This is why it is now time to risk that leap to a final settlement.
Now, I cannot impose such negotiations or, certainly, the terms of a final settlement on the parties.
It reached a final settlement with the department in September and with the four other authorities in December.
Rather, he would explain in general terms Israel's thinking on a final settlement.
He is very much an active diplomat, and responsible for driving home a final settlement for the status of Kosovo.
In the approach to this month's meeting, Israeli negotiators floated Mr Barak's blueprint of a final settlement with the Palestinians.
Yet the moment may never come when it can be proclaimed that peace has been definitively established and a final settlement achieved.
He may even call an election before 2000 to ask the voters for their approval of the terms on which he might negotiate a final settlement.
Reaching a final settlement with the Osage Tribe on its trust accounting and trust mismanagement claims has been a priority for the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior.
The two sides promised, when they signed the Oslo peace agreement in 1993, that the status of Jerusalem would stay unchanged until they negotiated its future as part of a final settlement.
But Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to accelerate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process so that, with American help, a final settlement could be conjured up within six months is just not credible, at least in its current form and under present conditions.
Both Mr Clinton and Mr Barak seem to believe that, once the fighting has subsided, Mr Arafat, bruised and impoverished, will be obliged to address the same proposals for a final settlement that were put before him, and rejected, at Camp David.
Like Mr Netanyahu, Mr Barak would have liked to skip the unfinished business left over from the interim agreement, including the withdrawal prescribed at the Wye summit in Maryland last October, and go straight to negotiating a final settlement with Mr Arafat.
President Bill Clinton in his final days in office brokered negotiations that yielded a final settlement offer from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that ceded large portions of the West Bank and Gaza to the Palestinians, but Arafat effectively rejected it.
And on key international issues such as UN sanctions on Iran, a "strategic partnership" with Europe, Georgia's future as an independent conduit for central Asian oil and gas, and a final settlement in Kosovo and the Balkans, European diplomats say Russia's positive cooperation is essential.
The size and scope of the problem is now well known and it seems straightforward to sign on to a final settlement that wraps up most of the claims, helps some genuinely needy borrowers, and protects lenders from still additional liability arising out of the same conduct.
It reportedly calls for Palestinian elections six months later and an interim Palestinian state, with a final peace settlement by the end of 2005.
It is also said to call for the establishment of an interim Palestinian state, with a final peace settlement to be reached by the end of 2005.
The two Middle East leaders held a surprise face-to-face meeting overnight, amid concern about the lack of progress they have made towards reaching a final peace settlement.
As part of a final peace settlement, Israel must have secure and recognized borders, which should emerge from negotiations between the parties in accordance with UNSC Resolutions 242 and 338.
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As a result, a deadlock would leave the final terms of a settlement up to binding arbitration.
The BBC, which has apologised "unreservedly" for the report, said it was working on the final details of a settlement with Lord McAlpine.
The Bush administration, like the Clinton administration, believes the embassy should not be moved until the Israelis and Palestinians reach a settlement on the final status of Jerusalem.
He gave a preliminary approval to the settlement and set a hearing for May 2 to consider final approval of it.
Mr Netanyahu has long championed settlements, but has also said he would be prepared to make "painful concessions" - alluding to some settlement withdrawals - in a final peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Mr McGuinness said the prime minister had not put a final figure to him on the cost of a settlement.
The settlement marks the final act of a sprawling and contentious three-year investigation -- involving US and EU authorities -- that was triggered by complaints from Google's rivals, such as Microsoft.
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