UNITED NATIONS, April 24, 2008, (WAFA)- Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Angela called Thursday on the Palestinians and the Israelis to bring about a progress in their talks so as to reach a peace treaty just ahead the end of 2008.

Keen said in a report submitted to the UN Security Council, that we still call for achieving progress ahead the common target; peace treaty, pointing out that the quartet committee members are to convene in London the next month so as to follow up the latest developments concerning the situation in the Middle East after international summit of Annapolis.

The area “has also witnessed heightened humanitarian distress, while conditions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem have not significantly improved despite continuing efforts,” Ms. Kane said in her briefing to the Council on the events of the past month.

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