A political program adopted by the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, in Cairo on 8 June 1974.

A statement made by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat on 14 December 1988 at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1976 by a vote of 122 For, 2 Against (Israel and the United States), 8 Abstaining, 14 Absent.

A set of three resolutions concerning the question of Palestine adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 1988.

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 6 December 1990 by a vote of 144 For, 2 Against (Israel and the United States), 13 Absent.

A resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1991 by a vote of 104 For, 2 Against (Israel and the United States), 43 Abstaining, 17 Absent.

A resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 15 December 1973, by a vote of 11 For, 0 Against, 4 Abstaining (France, Britain, Soviet Union and United States).

An informal understanding reached by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan in London, United Kingdom, on 11 April 1987.

A letter from US Secretary of State George Shultz to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, dated 4 March 1988, in which he sets out his vision for Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.

An international peace conference held in the wake of the First Gulf War in Madrid, Spain, and co-sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union.

An international conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21-29 December 1973, with the goal of promoting Arab-Israeli peace following the conclusion of the 1973 War.