Posted on 03/11/2002 1:13:36 PM PST by knighthawk
The Arab League Council, which met at the level of Arab Foreign Ministers, Sunday issued its final statement in which it dealt with the following issues:
-To continue Arab political moves at the United Nations and with the parties concerned to halt Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people and their leadership and to provide international protection for the Palestinian people in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions and the Geneva conference on 5/12/2001 to apply the fourth Geneva convention on occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem.
To urge popular Arab organizations to continue to support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their heroic Intifada.
To support efforts of Arab legal experts to document Israeli war crimes and bring those responsible to account, at the legal and media levels.
To stress the Arabism of Jerusalem and to confront Israel's attempts to Judaism the city and desecrate its Islamic and Christian sanctities and to call upon the international community to pressure Israel to stop these practices.
The Council stresses that it is illegal to attempt to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Any country which moves its embassy to Jerusalem before a solution is reached on the final status of the city is a violation of international laws and norms.
The Council stresses commitment to resolutions of the 11th Arab summit which calls for severing relations with any country which recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or moves it embassy to Jerusalem.
Refugees: The Arab League Council places legal, political and moral responsibility on Israel for the creation and continuation of the problem of Palestinian refugees and rejects attempts at settlement (of refugees) in all forms and adheres to the solution of their issue according to international legitimacy resolutions.
UNRWA: should continue to provide its services until the refugees issue is solved in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution 194.
Arab countries are urged to raise their contributions to the annual budget of UNRWA to their 1961 level, namely 7.8 percent.
Settlement: to activate the Geneva Declaration of 5/12/2001 which calls for abstaining from committing violations of the fourth Geneva Convention stressing that the agreement applies to a Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem and it is illegal to set upon expand (Israeli) settlements in occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem.
The Council urges the European Union to activate its decision to ban the import of goods of Israeli settlements. The Council urges the international community to intervene to put an end to crimes and transgression of Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians and their property. The Israel govt is responsible for these crimes.
Development in Palestinian territories: To continue to support the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of Israeli occupation forces.
To ask Arab countries which have not contributed to the Aqsa Fund and the Intifada to make known their contributions and urge contributing countries to raise their contributions to these two funds.
The Syrian Golan: to stress the firm support of Arab countries to the just demand of Syria and its right to restore in full the occupied Arab Syrian Golan up to the line of June 4,1967. On the basis of the peace process and resolutions of international legitimacy.
To reject all measures taken by Israeli occupation authorities to change the legal, natural and demographic nature of the Arab Syrian Golan.
To stress the Arab position of full solidarity with Syria and Lebanon in the face of continued Israeli aggressions and threats and to consider that any aggression on Syria and Lebanon is an aggression on the Arab nation.
To support the steadfastness of Arab citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
To condemn the policy of the Israeli government which has destroyed the peace process and its continued escalation of tension in the area.
We call upon the international community, particularly the two sponsors of the Madrid peace conference and the European Union, to ask Israel to carry out UN resolutions regarding full Israeli withdrawal from the Arab Syrian Golan and from all occupied Arab territories up to the line of June 4, 1967.
Arab boycott of Israel: the League Council stresses the importance of holding periodical conferences for regional offices for the boycott of Israel and call upon Arab countries which have not issued the unified boycott law to issue it and Arab countries which have not set up offices for regional liaison officers to do this in order to protect Arab markets against the infiltration of Israeli goods.
The Arab Union Plan: The special committee is invited to continue to meet to carry out its mission.
Iran's occupation of Greater and lesser Tunbs and Abu Moussa islands which belong to the United Arab Emirates in the Arab Gulf: The Council stresses the full sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates on these islands and condemns any attempt by the Iranian government to build houses to settle Iranians on the islands and call upon the Iranian government to end the occupation of the three islands.
The issue will continue to be tabled on the agenda of the UN Security Council until Iran terminates its occupation of the three islands.
Libya: To express regret for the conviction of a Libyan citizen in the Lockerbie case acquittal. The Arab League Council considers that the acquittal of one of the two defendants means that the other was also not guilty because suspicion against the two was based on the same assumptions.
To express solidarity with the Libyan Jamahirya in asking for a fair trial of Abdel Baset Al Maghrahby.
The Arab League Council renews its categorical rejection of the method of insisting to obstruct the lifting of sanctions imposed on the Libyan Jamahirya and calls for the immediate lifting of these sanctions because Libya has fulfilled the Security Council resolution in this respect.
All Arab states will cancel these sanctions and will not be committed to them because they have lost the reasons for their continuation.
Somalia: The Arab League Council welcomes Somali re-conciliation efforts and efforts to restore security and stability. The Arab position is to maintain Somalia's territorial integrity and rejects any interference in Somalia's internal affairs.
Arab specialised funds will give material and technical aid to Somalia.The Arab League Secretary General is required to appoint a special envoy in Somalia.
Sudan: The Arab League Council stresses the territorial integrity of Sudan and its sovereignty and territorial safety and rejects any attempts to expose Sudan to division.
The Council welcomes Sudan's efforts at reconciliation and the realization of overall peace among all the people of Sudan.
To support the Egyptian-Libyan initiative to realize peace and national conciliation in Sudan.
Comores: The Arab League Council expresses satisfaction with recent positive developments about conciliation in the Comores.
Ask the Arab Development Bank in Africa to advance loans to the Comores and ask the Arab League Secretary General to continue his efforts to open an office for the league in the Comores to supervise implementation of Arab projects.
Israel's nuclear and mass destruction weapons and their threat to Arab national security:
To continue collective Arab efforts, within the framework of the Arab League, and at the regional and international levels and to urge countries which possess nuclear weapons to work to set up an area free of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
Arab Water Council: agreement was reached to set up an Arab Ministerial Water Council which meets periodically to study conditions of water in the Arab nation.
Islamic call: it was agreed to set up a ministerial council to be concerned with Arab religious affairs with the aim of drawing up plans for peaceful religious awareness. Security Council resolution 1373/2001 on measures to combat international terrorism.
The Arab League Council renews its categorical rejection of terrorism in all its forms and whatever its motives and justifications and distinguishes between terrorism and the right of peoples to resist foreign occupation and aggression.
The Arab League Council supports efforts to hold an international conference within the framework of the United Nations to discuss the phenomenon of terrorism, including state terrorism, and to draft an overall international agreement to combat this phenomenon provided this agreement contained a definition of terrorism and differentiated between it and the legitimate right of peoples to occupation and aggression.
To reject attempts to attribute terrorism to the Arabs and Muslims and to stress the precepts of Islam which call for tolerance and rejection of all forms of violence.
To denounce harassment to which some Arab and Muslim citizens are exposed in some countries contrary to the international law and human rights.
Turkish-Israeli military cooperation and its serious repercussions on security and stability in the area:
To stress once again that Arab countries are keen to continue their traditional relations with Turkey and to develop these relations. To express increasing anxiety over growing military cooperation which poses a danger to Arab security and stability in the area.
Arab-African cooperation: To continue to strengthen Arab-African cooperation and the Council to activate the apparatuses of Arab African cooperation. Arab Fund For Technical Assistance to African countries:
The Arab League Council stresses the important role of the Arab Fund for Technical Assistance to African countries.
The Council urges member states to pay their contributions to the Fund, amounting to 7 million dollars.
Arab-European dialogue: To intensify cooperation with the European Union to activate the right of peoples to exercise self-determination and achieve independence and sovereignty on national soil as a means of reaching a just and overall solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council, particularly resolutions 242 and 338 and the land-for-peace principle.
To intensify efforts, with the European Union, to put an end to oppressive measures taken by the Israeli occupation forces in Palestine prior to dealing with the Syrian file. To stress Arab keenness to develop Arab-European relations in all fields.
European-Mediterranean partnership: To stress the importance of coordination between Arab countries which are members in the partnership and to continue to work with the European side.
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Does a bear...
Nevermind.
Turkish-Israeli military cooperation and its serious repercussions on security and stability in the area:Sweat baby, sweat!
To stress once again that Arab countries are keen to continue their traditional relations with Turkey and to develop these relations. To express increasing anxiety over growing military cooperation which poses a danger to Arab security and stability in the area.
And yes, bears do.....
Arab-European dialogue: To intensify cooperation with the European Union to activate the right of peoples to exercise self-determination and achieve independence and sovereignty on national soil as a means of reaching a just and overall solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council, particularly resolutions 242 and 338 and the land-for-peace principle.Now you see why the EU won't classify Arab terror organizations as such. What would you suggest: Will the Arabs prefer Boeing over Airbus? NOT!
To intensify efforts, with the European Union, to put an end to oppressive measures taken by the Israeli occupation forces in Palestine prior to dealing with the Syrian file. To stress Arab keenness to develop Arab-European relations in all fields.
European-Mediterranean partnership: To stress the importance of coordination between Arab countries which are members in the partnership and to continue to work with the European side.
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To stress once again that Arab countries are keen to continue their traditional relations with Turkey and to develop these relations. To express increasing anxiety over growing military cooperation which poses a danger to Arab security and stability in the area.
A few pictures to piss them off:
Turks get shot in the chest, Arabs get shot in the back.Is that supposed to be some kind of compliment?
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