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This chapter analyses the activities of the Working Group on the Environment (EWG) of the Middle East peace process that was launched in January 1992 in Moscow as one of the five working groups of the multilateral negotiations (Dassa Kaye 2001: 158–183) besides arms control and regional security (co-chaired by the U.S. and Russia), economic cooperation (EU), water (U.S.) and refugees (Canada).
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This chapter relies in part on the author’s involvement in the activities of the EWG as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan.
See for a chart of the structure of the Middle East peace process at: <//www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/peaceprocess/frame.html>.
The participants of the EWG were as follows: 15 Regional parties: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen; 29 Extra-regional parties: Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and two International Organizations: the World Bank and the United Nations.
For Japan’s contribution the Middle East peace process see at: <http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/pea-ceprocess/support.html#4/region/middle_e/pea-ceprocess/support.html#4>.
For the findings of this mission see the final report presented to the unofficial donor meeting of the EWG in June 1999 in Paris, at: <http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/peaceprocess/ewg/mission9903/index.html>.
For a comprehensive list of EWG projects and programmes see at: <http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/mid-dle_e/peaceprocess/ewg/projects.html/region/mid-dle_e/peaceprocess/ewg/projects.html>; for additional details see: Dassa Kaye 2001:163–168.
For the text of the Bahrain Environmental Code of Conduct for the Middle East see at: <http://www.mo-fa.go.jp/region/middle_e/peaceprocess/ewg/bcc.pdf>.
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Oka, H. (2003). Activities of the Multilateral Environmental Working Group in the Middle East Peace Process. In: Brauch, H.G., Liotta, P.H., Marquina, A., Rogers, P.F., Selim, M.ES. (eds) Security and Environment in the Mediterranean. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55854-2_36
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