THE NORDIC INITIATIVE FOR A DIPLOMATIC ACCORD IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1 September 2025

Dalmahoy Castle, Edinburgh, 1 September 2025

Dr. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, fourth from left, with speakers and delegates of the launching event of the Nordic Initiative: Dr. Hiba Husseini (Palestine, Advisor to PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat during the Oslo negotiations) (first row, sixth from left); directly behind Ms. Husseini: Ms. Ann Linde (former Foreign Minister of Sweden, co-moderator of the meeting); Dr. Yossi Beilin (Israeli architect of the Oslo Accords, former Minister of Justice of Israel) (first row, fifth from right); Ms. Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh OBE (Scotland, former member of the British Parliament and of the European Parliament) (third from left); Mr. Mark Donfried (USA, President of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy) (second from left); Mr. Ville Skinnari (former Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland) (second row, center).

Hans Köchler talks about challenges of Israeli-Palestinian peace. At his right: Dr. Yossi Beilin, Israeli architect of the Oslo Accords, former Minister of Justice of Israel; left: Mrs. Ann Linde, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Co-Moderator.

Hans Köchler
Statement on the Question of Palestine

The Nordic Initiative Declaration on Israel and Palestine