United Nations, Ramadan 15, 1434, Jul 24, 2013, SPA - U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said Tuesday that the Palestinian and Israeli leaderships must not lose the opportunity to seriously consider U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s “promising opening” last week in the diplomatic efforts to resume their stalled peace negotiations. “This is the moment to translate our collective call for action into a shared sense of urgency in supporting leaders on both sides as they must realize that this in an opening they cannot afford to lose,” Serry told the U.N. Security Council during its monthly meeting on the situation in the Middle East. The special coordinator said that progress “necessitates serious political commitments if leaders on both sides are to achieve the vision of the two-state solution they have both agreed on.” --MORE 11:28 LOCAL TIME 08:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1131879