Panel Assesses Road Map Prospects and "Where to Find Peace".

The United Nations (UN) NGO Working Group on Israel/Palestine sponsored a June 23, 2003 panel discussion in New York on "Where to find Peace?: Tracing the Route of the Middle East Road Map." Alain Epp Weaver, the Mennonite Central Committee's country representative in occupied territories, said that although the road map contains some promising elements that were not present in the Oslo accords — references to relevant UN resolutions, an insistence on simultaneity of actions by both parties, and something resembling a vague monitoring mechanism — ambiguities of interpretation remain.