5. 委员会欢迎已扩大的中东问题四方所作的努力，为全面解决巴勒斯坦问题提供一个多边框架，包括四方特使 12 月访问以色列和巴勒斯坦被占领土。委员会还重申其立场，即阿拉伯和平倡议提议达成包括以色列和整个地区关系正常化在内的全面和平。这个倡议仍是为以色列和巴勒斯坦两国人民及其邻国人民带来和平的一个具有历史意义的机会，并敦促以色列认真考虑这一倡议。
5. The Committee welcomed the efforts by the enlarged Middle East Quartet to provide a multilateral framework to achieve a comprehensive solution to the question of Palestine, including the visit by the Quartet envoys to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in December. It also reiterated its position that the Arab Peace Initiative, offering a comprehensive peace including normalizing relations between Israel and the entire region, continues to be a historic opportunity to bring peace to the Israeli and Palestinian peoples as well as their neighbours, and urged Israel to seriously consider this initiative.