U.N. preparatory meeting urges concrete, time‑bound steps toward two‑state solution; working groups set submission deadlines

France and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, co‑chairs of a high‑level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, convened a preparatory meeting in New York to press U.N. member states to move from pledges to concrete, time‑bound actions toward a two‑state solution. The co‑chairs reiterated that the conference, scheduled for June 17–20 in New York, must produce operational commitments that feed into an implementation roadmap.

The President of the General Assembly told participants that the conference "must therefore be concrete and action oriented, identifying steps needed to realize the two‑state solution." France's co‑chair, Miss Ligon, echoed that urgency: "The war in Gaza must end," she said, and added that "humanitarian assistance must enter Gaza immediately and at scale. This is an obligation under IHL." The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's co‑chair said the preparatory meeting "must chart the course for action, not reflection."

Why it matters: organizers and multiple delegations said the June conference is a critical opportunity to convert decades of U.N. resolutions and diplomatic statements into measurable, irreversible steps — on security, governance, reconstruction,…