Tuesday, June 24, 2008

German conference seeks to bolster Palestinian police, courts


"Germany hopes donor countries will commit $183.6 million to strengthening the Palestinian Authority's police force and court system on Tuesday, improvements that officials say are needed whether or not the Middle East peace process makes progress.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is leading the Palestinian delegation to the one-day Berlin conference in support of Palestinian civil security and the rule of law, being held at Germany's Foreign Ministry.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and officials from Arab countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia [the great Arab democracies and models of the rule of law] are to attend, along with international Mideast envoy Tony Blair and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana........"

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