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Exact day13 September 1993
Palestine
On 13 September 1993 in Washington, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, the first Oslo agreement: five years of interim self-government in the West Bank and Gaza, with Jerusalem, refugees, settlements and borders left to later negotiations.
Linked context in the legacy record
The declaration set out general guidelines for the negotiations to come and the foundations of a Palestinian interim self-government in the West Bank and Gaza for a transitional period of five years, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 and 338. It was done at Washington on 13 September 1993, signed for the Government of Israel and for the PLO, and witnessed by the United States and the Russian Federation.
Link to this chapterUnited Nations · section: Record summary
Editorial paraphrase · enGeneral guidelines for the negotiations to come and the foundations of a Palestinian interim self-government in the West Bank and Gaza for five years, based on resolutions 242 and 338.
Link to this citationUnited Nations · section: Agreement text: signature block
Editorial paraphrase · enDone at Washington on 13 September 1993, for the Government of Israel and for the PLO, witnessed by the United States and the Russian Federation.
Link to this citationThe five-year period was to begin with the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area. Negotiations on the permanent status were to begin no later than the start of its third year, and to cover the remaining issues, including Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, security arrangements, borders, and relations and cooperation with other neighbours.
Link to this chapterUnited Nations · section: Agreement text: Article V
Editorial paraphrase · enThe transitional period begins with the withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho; permanent status talks begin by the third year and cover Jerusalem, refugees, settlements, security arrangements, borders and relations with neighbours.
Link to this citationSources & evidence
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photograph · Wikimedia Commons
The photograph shown with this event: Rabin, Clinton and Arafat at the White House, 13 September 1993.
Public domain: a work of an employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, made in the course of official duties.
document · United Nations
The agreement’s record in UN Peacemaker, the United Nations’ database of peace agreements, with its text.
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13 September 1993 · day
09-13 · occurrence
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