Report for the July 2003 Planning Committee Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Kamal Z. Mahmoud, chair of the Cairo Node of the Millennium Project, couldn't attend the February 2003 Planning Committee meeting, but sent the report on the latest activities related to the Project and the Cairo Node.

MP Planning Committee Meeting
Cairo Node Synoptic Report
February 2003 State of the Future in Egypt :
The Middle East Peace Scenarios Study

Contents:
1-The rise of Middle East peace diplomacy - an overview
2-Were peace processes getting better?
3-Middle East conflicts go to extremes
4-Four obstacles facing four unanswered questions
5-Millennium Project /Cairo Node Global Partnership for Peace..why and how?

The rise of Middle East peace diplomacy - an overview

 Early in Camp David; US, the tripartite summit diplomacy laid foundations for alternative scenarios of peace in the Middle East. Mediated by US President J. Carter, only the Egyptian scenario was implemented by President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister M. Pegen of Israel. Other scenarios came later in Oslo, Madrid, Sharm El Sheikh as bipartite Israeli-Palestinian agreements, or unilateral proposals from the US, EC, Saudia Arabia, and Egypt.

Were peace processes getting better?

Not at all.

Middle East conflicts went to extremes

 On all fronts instead, particularly after the 9/11 terrorrist attacks against the US, events went to extremes: assassination of palestinian activists, humiliation, and land re-occupation on the Israeli side, The Intifada (uprising), and suicidal bombing against the Israeli on the Palestinian side, and the anti-terrorism war against suspects in Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Libya, and above all today, against Iraq by the US and its allies.

Four obstacles facing four unanswered questions

A-Jerusalem question - to whom it would belong ?
B-The refugees question..how the UN resolutions be enacted ?
C-The secure borders - where and how ?
D-Israeli settlements - how be dismantled ?

MILLENNIUM PROJECT / CAIRO NODE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE

 Convincing evidence came to the MP planning committees from the CN  successive reports on the state of the future in Egypt, urging the initiation of MP / CN Global Partnership on Peace Scenarios for the Middle East.

 Today in CN, committees are put together comprising the Egyptian National Committee on Peace Scenarios, and the Visionist Council.

Members are:

· A high-rank political decision maker (chair)
· Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair (co-chair)
· Ministry of Exterior - the Middle East Sector (delegate)
· The Arab League - Palestinian Sector (delegate)
· National Security Council (delegates)
· Media - Al-Ahram Newspaper, (delegate)
     the Centre for Political and Strategic Studies
· Five high-level visionists (delegates)

Best wishes from Hadj, looking forward to seeing you next July in California (WFS)

Sincerely Yours,

Prof. Dr.Kamal Zaki Mahmoud Shaeer

Dr. Kamal Zaki Mahmoud Shaeer, chair of the Egypt node, represented the Node at the Millennium Project Planning Committee meeting in July 17-18, San Francisco, CA.

Dr. Kamal presented the new developments concerning the Middle East Peace situation with views from futurists and decision makers from Egypt and the importance given to this issue in his country.

Plasse click here to see/download the power point presentation that presented by Dr. Kamal.