Room S-226, Condoleezza Rice at the UN headquarters

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External Relations Bnita Ferrero-Waldner during a press conference at the United Nations in New York. The Security Council is expected on Tuesday to vote on a U.S.-Russian sponsored resolution that calls on the Israelis and Palestinians ‘to fulfill their obligations’ under the Annapolis process and for all nations and international groups ‘to contribute to an atmosphere conducive to negotiations.