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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Programme of the visit of
Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, Socialist Group)
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Situation in the Middle East
Jordan and Palestine, 6-9 April 2013 Israel, 28 April-1 May 2013
Meetings in Jordan and Palestine, 6-9 April 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
08:30 Briefing by the Mr Andrew Harper, UNCHR representative, on the Syrian refugee camp Za’atri in Jordan
10:30-12:30 Briefing by Mr Killian Kleinschmidt, Senior Field Coordinator for UNHCR and visit of camp Za’atri including exchange with Syrian new arrivals; visit to UNICEF child friendly space with Mr Lucio Melandri; World Food Programme (WFP) distribution compound with Mr Jonathan Campbell; and visit to the French and Moroccan hospitals
13:30 Meeting with H.E. Saad Hayel Srour, Speaker of Jordan’s House of Representatives and with Mr Bassam Al-Manasir, Chairperson of the Arab and International Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Jordan and members of this Committee
15:30-16:30 Meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East
16:30 Meeting with Dr Husni Sheyab and General Mounir Al Hanaity from the National Reform Front and Mr Abdullah Farajallah from the Islamic Action Front
20:00 Dinner with Ambassadors of Council of Europe member States offered by Ms Caroline Dumas, Ambassador of France to Jordan
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Sunday, 7 April 2013
10:00 Meeting with Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and with Mr Nassa Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs
12:00-14:00 Private audience with His Majesty King Abdullah II
Transfer to Ramallah via the Allenby Bridge
18:00-18:45 Meeting with H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas, Dr Saeb Arekat and Mr Azzam Al- Ahmad
20:00 Working dinner with members of the Palestinian delegation to the PACE
Monday, 8 April 2013
09:00-09:45 Briefing by the Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) on the current situation
09:45-10:40 Visit of Am’ari Refugee Camp accompanied by Mr Jehad Tummaleih
10:40-10:55 Visit of President Yasser Arafat’s Tomb
11:00-11:50 Meeting with Dr Hanna Nasir, Chairperson, Mr Hisham Kuhail, Chief Electoral Officer of the Central Election Committee (CEC), and Mr Ashraf Shuaibi
12:00-13:00 Meeting with Mr Azzam Al-Ahmad, Commissioner for National Relations and head of the FATAH Parliamentary block
13:30-14:30 Meeting with members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)
14:30 Press Conference
17:30-19:45 Meeting with Mr Issa Qaraqae, Minister of Prisoners Affairs; Mr Qadoura Fares, President of the Prisoner Club; Messrs Nasser Al Rayes and Shawqi Issa, representatives of the National Committee for Prisoners; and Ms Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer
20:30 Working dinner with members of the Palestinian delegation to the PACE and invited guests
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
10:00-11:00 Meeting with Mr Ahmad Qurei’, former Prime Minister and Chief Negotiator
11:00-12:00 Briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
12:00-15:30 Lunch and tour in the Old City of Jerusalem
16:45-17:30 Exchange of views with Mr Abdel Fattah Hamayel, Governor; Ms Vera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem; Messrs Fuad Kokali and Fayiz Saqqa, members of Parliament; and Ms Rula Maayah, Minister of Tourism
17:30-18:30 Visit to Bethlehem
19:00 Reception with diplomatic representatives of Council of Europe member States, offered by Mr Frédéric Desagneaux, the General Consul of France in Jerusalem
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Meetings in Israel, 28 April – 1 May 2013
Sunday, 28 April 2013
20:30 Dinner with Mr Oded Ben Hur, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Knesset, as well as the Italian Ambassador and Israeli parliamentarians in Tel Aviv
Monday, 29 April 2013
08:00 Transfer to Jerusalem
10:00 Meeting with MK Israel Hasson
11:30 Meeting with Mr Ali Yichye
13:30 Lunch with Mr Darwshe
14:30 Meeting with Mr Ron Gerlitz
16:00 Meeting with Professor Kleiman
20:00 Working dinner with representatives of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council of the European Parliament
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Jerusalem
Meetings and briefings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
09:30 – 10:30 Ambassador Raphael Schutz, Deputy Director General for European Affairs
10:30 – 11:15 Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs
11:15 – 12:00 Mr Reuven Azar, Head of Bureau, Middle East Affairs, Centre for Policy Research
12:00 – 12:45 Ambassador Daniel Carmon, Deputy Director General and Head of Centre for International Cooperation – MASHAV
13:30 – 15:15 Lunch with members of the Knesset – Ms Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Dr Nachman Shai (Labor), Mr Ronen Hoffman (Yesh Atid), Mr Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid)
15:15 – 16:00 Mr Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Foreign Minister
16:30 – 17:00 Guided tour of the Knesset
17:15 – 18:00 Mr Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset
20:00 – 22:00 Dinner hosted by Mr Yaakov Peri, Minister of Science and Technology
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Jerusalem
09:00 – 10:30 Visit to Yad VaShem, Holocaust History Museum
11:00 – 11:45 Visit to Hadassah Medical Centre and meeting with Dr Gavri Sagui, and Dr Muriel Haïm
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12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at 'Modern' restaurant, Israel Museum
13:30 – 14:30 Ms Tzipi Livni, Minister of Justice and Chief Negotiator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Transfer to Tel Aviv
16:00 – 18:00 Meeting with Mr Oded Eran, Senior Research Fellow and Mr Shlomo Brom, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Program on Israel-Palestinian Relations at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
19:00 – 20:00 Meeting with Mr Christophe Bigot, Ambassador of France in Israel
20:30 – 22:00 Dinner hosted by Mr Oded Ben Hur, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Knesset
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