Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...market, and agreement to set common regional defense priorities. But by far their most dramatic step was to endorse a Middle East peace plan that was getting increasing backing in Europe and the Arab world as an alternative approach to the flagging Camp David talks for working out a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict...
...think we continue the process that was started with Camp David... We have never sought to impose a settlement. We want to be helpful if all parties believe we can be. I think it is a case now of spreading from only one country (Egypt) that has made peace with Israel to other Arab states, and working out, mutually and with all of them, a fair solution to the Palestinian question...
What's more, the current spate of bombings could hurt one of the most promising approaches to working out an eventual settlement in Ireland: the hopes of Garret FitzGerald, who became Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland in June, to pave the way for eventual unification of Ulster and the republic. FitzGerald would like to see the establishment of an Anglo-Irish council, including Protestant and Catholic representatives from Ulster and members of the British and Irish parliaments, to promote better relations between Britain, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. This week FitzGerald is scheduled to meet with...
...still not agreed on basic operating rules or even whether the cases need to be decided by unanimous vote or simple majority rule. Another key detail over which both Washington and Tehran continue to squabble concerns whether Iran or the fund should receive the interest on the $1 billion settlement account. With Iran in continuing turmoil, no one knows if the Tehran government will continue to support the arbitration process...
...long dark tunnel that might actually lead nowhere. Arguing cases before the tribunal will eat up hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees. The most optimistic estimates are that the panel will still be sitting in 1985. Worst of all, no one expects that the $1 billion settlement account will come close to covering the legitimate claims for compensation. Though Iran has promised to replenish the fund, that too remains in doubt. Thus, the companies face the prospect of protracted litigation with only partial return, or none at all, to reward them for their trouble...