  {"id":200318,"date":"2004-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200318"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:57:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:57:07","slug":"auto-insert-200318","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200318\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary permits for Palestinians in EU Member States &#8211; European Council meeting &#8211; European Council press release\/Non-UN document (extracts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i><strong><u>PROVISIONAL VERSION<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">2581st Council Meeting<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>General Affairs and External Relations<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>&#8211; GENERAL AFFAIRS &#8211;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Brussel, 17 May 2004<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">President:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Brian COWEN, TD<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>OTHER ITEMS APPROVED<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>EXTERNAL RELATIONS<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Temporary reception of Member States of certain Palestinians<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Council decided to extend the validity of national permits for certain Palestinians temporarily received by EU Member States for a period of six months (9199\/04).&nbsp;&nbsp;The measure concerns a group of Palestinians in respect of whom a Memorandum of Understanding had been reached between the Palestinian Authority and the Government of Israel as of 5 May 2002 concerning the peaceful evacuation of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and who had agreed to be transferred temporarily to EU Member States.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On 21 May 2002 the Council adopted Common Position 2002\/400\/CFSP concerning the temporary reception by Member States of some Palestinians and granting them national permits valid for up to 12 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Common Position was amended on 19 May 2003, modifying the validity of the permits to up to 24 months.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVISIONAL VERSION PRESS RELEASE 2581st Council Meeting General Affairs and External Relations &#8211; 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