Statement by Secretary-General Waldheim on the Conclusion of the Geneva Peace Conference

(December 22, 1973)

On the second day of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, a consensus was reached and the following statement was read by the Secretary-General summing up the conclusions of the Conference about its future work:

After both formal and informal deliberations, the Conference reached a consensus to continue its work through the setting up of a military working group, as well as other working groups which the Conference may wish to establish at some future date. The military working group will start discussing forthwith the question of disengagement of forces. The working groups will report their findings and recommendations to the Conference, which is continuing on at least the ambassadorial level. The Conference at the Foreign Ministers level will reconvene in Geneva as needed in the light of developments.


Source: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs