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A/55/716
S/2000/1236
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Letter dated 21 December 2000
from the Permanent Representative of Qatar
to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General
I
have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency herewith the following documents
of the ninth session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and
Development — "Al-Aqsa Intifada", held at Doha, State of Qatar, from 12 to 14
November 2000:*
– Text of the address
of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar,
at the opening of the session (annex I);
– Text of the address of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin
Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, at the close of the session (annex
II);
– Text of the Final Communiqué (annex
III);
– Declaration of the Summit on
the Al-Aqsa Intifada-Palestinian independence Intifada (annex
IV);
– Doha Declaration (annex V);
– Resolutions (annexes VI-X).
I should be
grateful if you would have the text of the present letter and its annexes
circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 10, 20, 24,
31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 63, 64,
68, 69, 70, 73, 76, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106,
108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 154, 155 and 164, and of the Security
Council.
(Signed) Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
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* The
annexes are being circulated in the languages of submission only (Arabic,
English and French).
Annex I
[Original: Arabic]
Address of His Highness Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani,
Amir
of the State of Qatar, at the opening of the ninth
session
of the Islamic Summit
conference (The Peace and Development Session)
Doha, 16 Sha'ban 1421 Higri,
corresponding to 12 November 2000
A.D.
In the name of
God, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful
In the name of Allah and with His blessing, I declare the
opening of the 9th Islamic Summit Conference. I would like, at the outset, to
greet and welcome you in your country and amidst your people and brothers. I
would also like to thank my brother His Excellency President Sayed Mohammad
Khatami, President of the sisterly Islamic Republic of Iran, for his good
efforts during his Chairmanship of the previous session of our Organization in
the last three years.
/...
The sanctity of the Islamic and Christian sacred places in Palestine is
being defiled; hundreds of Palestinians are being killed, in addition to
thousands who are being injured and wounded in the blessed Aqsa Intifada for no
reason other than demanding their right to life, existence and national
sovereignty, all of which have been established by heavenly laws and
international conventions. Is it not strange that at a time when various
international organizations and active forces in the world are raising the
slogans of human rights, freedom, security and stability, the Palestinian people
alone are denied these rights that are enjoyed by most peoples of the
world?
That is why I say
unequivocally that we all have a great responsibility to towards these proud
people who have shown their steadfastness, adamant determination and strong
mettle in facing up to the hard daily pressures to which they are
exposed.
The least we can do
is to come up from this meeting with a practical strategy that contributes
effectively to restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. This
way and only this way can we be true to the Almighty God and to the expectations
of our peoples who consider the question of Al-Quds Al-Sharif on top of their
sacred issues.
We have also to
reaffirm to the entire world our unwavering position that there can be no
settlement to the Middle East conflict except through the withdrawal of Israel
from all the occupied territories in Palestine, the Golan Heights and Lebanon,
as well as its implementation of all U.N. resolutions and its abiding by the
principles of international legality. Israel can neither remain outside the
framework of this legality, nor continue to fail to implement its binding
resolutions and conventions.
Peace cannot be realized under continued occupation. It will certainly
not be achieved under the continued judaization attempts, provocative acts,
threats and desecration of our sacred places. Israel has to choose between the
prospect of living in peace and security in this region or the dragging on, of
this conflict for decades and generations, with all the resulting catastrophes
and tragedies for all countries of the region and their
peoples.
This firm and
unwavering position on the Palestinian issue and Holy Al-Quds is required of us
now more than ever before. We have confirmed it at the emergency Arab Summit
that was lately held in Cairo. We are also looking forward to arrive at firm,
clear practicable resolutions in which we also stress on the firmness and unity
of our position as Arabs and Muslims.
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Annex
III
[Original: Arabic, English
and French]
Bismillabi Arrahmani
Arrahim
Final
Communiqué of the ninth session of the Islamic Summit
Conference,
Session of
Peace and Development - "Al Aqsa Intifada"
Doha, State of Qatar, 16-17 Sha'ban 1421
H.
(12-13 November
2000)
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3. On its first
day, the Summit Conference held a meeting devoted to the examination of the
serious situation prevailing in the occupied Palestinian territory following the
savage actions perpetrated by the Israeli forces against the Palestinian people.
The meeting resulted in the issue of a declaration under the title of "The Aqsa
Intifada, the Intifada for the independence of Palestine" (Annex 1). The
Preparatory Ministerial Meeting also devoted its first session to the same
issue. During the meeting, the Declaration was discussed and
drafted.
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His Highness Sheikh Hamad
bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, Chairman of the Ninth Islamic
Summit Conference, delivered a speech which he started by welcoming Their
Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses, the Kings, Heads of State or
Government, and thanking them for the trust showed in His Highness by electing
him Chairman of the Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference. The, His
Highness went on to address the serious conditions in which the current session
is being held, comparing them to those at the origin of the creation of the OIC
more than thirty years ago. He explained that once again Islamic and Christian
holy shrines in Al-Quds Al-Sharif were being violated and tens of innocent
Palestinian victims were falling for daring to demand their right to life,
existence, and national sovereignty . He affirmed that the trust placed by the
Islamic Ummah required the Conference to reach a practical strategy to help the
Palestinian people gain its legitimate rights while holding fast to the
immutable Islamic position insisting the foundations of the resolution of the
Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
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9. In his
address, which took the form of a general report on the major activities of the
Organizations, and the positive, unprecedented results reached at the levels of
administrative reform and financial redress since he took office, His Excellency
Dr. Azzeddine Laraki, Secretary-General of the OIC, put forth his vision
concerning the ways to achieve further Islamic solidarity in the political field
and to reinforce economic, cultural and social cooperation among Member States.
He also reviewed the major political developments in most of the items on
agenda, notably the acute crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory caused by
the savage acts of the Israeli forces against the resisting Palestinian people.
He also expressed his confidence that the Ninth Islamic Summit Conference will
tackle the serious situation in all determination, composure and
sagacity.
/...
POLITICAL AFFAIRS:
The Question of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, Palestine and the
Arab-Israeli Conflict
17. The
Muslim leaders presented to the Palestinian people, leadership and institutions
their condolences on the death of their righteous martyrs and wished the injured
heroes speedy recovery . The Conference hailed the heroic Intifada of the
Palestinian people "the blessed Aqsa Intifada" in defence of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
and all the sacred shrines and called for the end of Israeli occupation and the
establishment of freedom, sovereignty and independence of the steadfast
Palestinian people. The Conference urged all Member States to continue
strengthening their solidarity with the Palestinian people, support its just and
legitimate struggle and use all the resources of the Islamic Ummah to achieve
all its national objectives.
18. The
Conference reiterated the necessity to put an end to all Israeli settlement
activities, measures and practices contrary to the resolutions of international
legitimacy, and in violation of the agreements reached by the Palestinian and
Israeli parties; and requested the UN Security Council to ban these measures and
remove Israeli settlements, pursuant to resolution 465 (1980), and revive the Commission established by Security Council resolution 446
(1979) to examine the situation relating
to settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including
Jerusalem.
19. The Conference
requested the UN Security Council to set up an international commission of
enquiry to investigate the massacres perpetrated by Israel which resulted in the
death of over 200 martyrs and over ten thousand injured persons and to
constitute an international criminal tribunal, in conformity with international
law , to prosecute the Israeli war criminals who have perpetrated these savage
massacres. The Conference urged the international community to shoulder its
responsibility regarding ensuring the necessary international protection of the
Palestinian people in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the rest of the Palestinian
territory.
20. The Conference invited
Member States which had established relations with Israel and those which had
started taking measures towards the establishment of relations with Israel
within the framework of the peace process to severe those relations, including
the closing down of missions, offices and economic relations, and put an end to
all forms of normalization with Israel until it genuinely and accurately
implements UN resolutions relevant to the question of Palestine, Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
21. The Conference underlined that Israel's violation of
the principles and underpinnings of the peace process, reneging on the
commitments, pledges and agreements concluded within this process,
procrastination and evasion at implementation level and savage massacres of the
Palestinian people have seriously undermined the peace process. The Conference
held the Israeli Government wholly responsible for this
situation.
22. The Conference
reaffirmed the immutable responsibility of the United Nations towards the
question of Palestine until a just and comprehensive resolution is reached in
all its aspects that secures the end of occupation and enables the Palestinian
people to exercise its inalienable and imprescriptible national rights,
including the right of return and self-determination, and the establishment of
its independent state on its national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its
capital. It commended the resolutions of the Extraordinary Arab Summit
Conference, held in Cairo, on 21-22 October 2000.
23. The Conference called on all States in the world to
recognize the State of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital upon its
proclamation in the Palestinian territory and provide the Palestinian people
with all forms of assistance so that they can exercise their sovereignty on
their soil, within the borders of 4 June 1967, and in accordance with the
resolutions of international legitimacy. The Conference also urged all States to
extend their support to the State of Palestine to enable it to gain full
membership in the United Nations.
24.
The Conference stressed the need to intensify efforts to convene the meeting of
the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War with a view to taking the
required binding measures to secure the implementation of the Convention in
occupied Palestinian territory, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
25. The Conference called for action at the United
Nations and other international organizations and forums to force Israel to
release the Arab and Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli
prisons, return the deportees, put an end to collective punishments,
confiscation of land and property, demolition of houses, and desist from any act
likely to endanger life and the environment in the occupied Palestinian and
other Arab territories, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
26. The Conference affirmed the need to implement UN
Security Council resolution 237
(1967) on the return of Palestinian
displaced, and UN General Assembly resolution 194
(III) of 1948 on the return of
Palestinian refugees to their homes and properties as the cornerstone of the
just and comprehensive settlement.
27. The Conference affirmed the continuous responsibility
of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refuges in the Near
East (UNRWA) to carry out its mission in favour of all Palestinian wherever they
may be in accordance with the relevant UN General Assembly resolutions. It
called on the UN Secretary-General to commission the Conciliation Committee in
collaboration with UNRWA, and the concerned States to undertake exhaustive
census of Palestinian refugees and their properties, and to formulate a
comprehensive conception for resolving their problems on the basis of their
right of return to their homeland Palestine, pursuant to UN resolution 194 (III)
of 1948. The Conference also invited all States to extend further support to the
Agency to enable it to finance its budget and continue to provide its
services.
28. The Conference urged
all States and bodies concerned to support international programme for the
economic, social and cultural development of the Palestinian territories and to
extend the prescribed assistance to help Palestinians to build their national
economy and consolidate their national institutions.
29. The Conference reaffirmed that Al-Quds Al-Sharif is
the capital of independent State of Palestine and rejected any and all attempts
to diminish Palestinian sovereignty over it. It also reaffirmed that all
settlement measures and practices therein are null and void in accordance with
the resolutions of international legitimacy, covenants and conventions which
deem all Israeli legislative and administrative settlement measures and
practices aiming at altering the legal, demographic, architectural, heritage and
civilizational status of this Holy City null and void, in contradiction with the
agreements concluded between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. It called on the
UN Security Council to revive the Commission established by the Council to
examine the situation relating to settlements in the Arab territories occupied
in 1961, including Jerusalem, in accordance with Security Council resolution 446
(1979).
30. The Conference urged the
States of the world to abide by UN Security Council resolution 478
(1980) calling for the non-transfer of
their diplomatic missions to the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. It called for
contesting the decision adopted by the US Congress because the legislation
favors one religious group over another which is in contradiction with the
American Constitution based on equality among religious groups. It called for
severance of relations with any State that transfers its embassy to Al-Quds
Al-Sharif or recognizes the latter as the capital of Israel.
31. The Conference called on the international community,
particularly the Security Council to compel Israel to implement the resolutions
of international legitimacy, prevent it from introducing any geographic or
demographic alterations in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and compel it to lift
the siege on Al-Quds Al-Sharif, guarantee the freedom of worship therein,
respect religious rites of all revealed religions, desist from demolishing
homes, and withdrawing identity cards from Palestinian citizens, and evacuating
Arab nationals from the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
32. The Conference strongly condemned the Israeli Supreme
Court's decisions concerning the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, particularly the
decision adopted on 25 July 1996 allowing Jews to pray in the precinct of the
blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the decision issued on 23 September 1993, claiming
the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the territory of the State of Israel. The
Conference emphasized that such measures constitute premeditated provocation
which open the way to extremist Jewish organization to continue their violations
of the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to establish their presence in its
precincts, and to continue pillage of the religious, historical and cultural
relics in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the occupied Palestinian
territories.
33. The Conference
strongly condemned Israel for issuing orders for closing the Palestinian
institutions in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and preventing them from operating freely,
and considered such arbitrary measures as a continued violation of the
agreements concluded between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel
within the framework of the peace process, as well as a blatant violation of
international conventions and agreements, particularly the Fourth Geneva
Convention of 1949 and a breach of the principles and underpinnings of the
Madrid Peace Process.
34. The
Conference commended the efforts exerted by His Majesty the late King Hassan in
founding Bait Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency and defining its objective as the
protection of the Holy City and its Palestinian inhabitants. It expressed its
appreciation to his successor, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, who bestowed upon
it his affection and caring and put at its disposal generous resources. The
Conference thanked Al-Quds Committee Member States who had made contributions to
the Agency thus enabling it to implement its projects in the areas of housing,
renovation, and education.
35. The
Conference welcomed the basic agreement signed between the Palestine Liberation
Organization and the Vatican on 15 February 2000, which considers that any
unilateral decision or action altering the distinctive character of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif and its legal status morally and legally unacceptable. It reaffirmed
the need for Islamic-Christian action to preserve the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
and its religious, historical, civilizational, and cultural
character.
36. The Conference lauded
the steadfastness of the Syrian Arab citizens of the Golan against occupation
strongly condemned Israel's non-compliance with UN Security Council resolution 497
(1981). It affirmed that Israel's
decision to impose its laws and rule on the occupied Syrian Golan is illegal,
null and void, and totally illegitimate. The Conference condemned Israel for
continuing to alter the legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan and its
demographic and institutional structure. It reaffirmed the applicability of the
1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War to the occupied Syrian Golan. The Conference also condemned Israel's
repeated threats directed against Syria, with the aim of escalating tension in
the region and wrecking the peace process. It called for Israel's total
withdrawal from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the 4 June 1967
borders.
37. The Conference lauded
the steadfastness of the Lebanese Government, the people and the resistance
which led ultimately to the ejection of Israeli forces from south Lebanon and
the Western Bekaa Valley. The Conference condemned Israel for its continuing
occupation of expanses of land inside the internationally recognized Lebanese
borders, including the Shaba' Farms, in contravention to the provisions of UN
Security Council resolution 425
(1978).
38. The Conference also requested the international
community to take all necessary measures to compel Israel to immediately set
free all the Lebanese prisoners and abductees detained in Israeli prisons and
detention camps, in contravention of the provisions of international law, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention and the
1907 Convention of The Hague.
39. The
Conference urged the international community and the Security Council to force
Israel to comply with UN resolutions, particularly Security Council resolution 487
(1981), to accede to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and to implement the resolutions of the UN
General Assembly and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calling for
the subjection of all Israeli nuclear facilities to the Agency's comprehensive
safeguards system, and the need for Israel to abandon nuclear armament and
submit an inventory of its nuclear weapons and material capabilities and stocks
to the Security Council and the IAEA as indispensable steps for the
establishment of a zone free of weapons of mass-destruction, particularly
nuclear weapons in the Middle East region and a fundamental requirement for
establishing a comprehensive and just peace therein.
40. The Conference maintained its demand for a just and
comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on Israel ' s implementation of the
relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, particularly Security Council
resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) which provide for Israel's withdrawal from all occupied
Palestinian and Arab territories, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the occupied
Syrian Golan to the 4 June 1967 line, and enabling the Palestinian people to
recover their properties and national rights, including the right of return to
their homes and property in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution 194
(III) of 1948, and set up their own independent State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as
its capital. It strongly denounced the Israeli brutal aggression on the
Palestinian people and denounced as well the Israeli Government's policies and
practices inimical to the peace process through continued occupation of Arab and
Palestinian territories, including the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and by
demolishing the underpinnings and terms of reference of the Madrid Peace
Conference, and reneging on the commitments, pledges, and agreements concluded
over the past few years with Palestinian and other Arab
parties.
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Disarmament
/...
80. The
Conference urged all States, especially the nuclear weapon States, once again,
to exert pressure on Israel to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, and called on the international community and the Security
Council to compel Israel, which continues its secret nuclear programmes to abide
by relevant UN resolutions, and to implement forthwith the resolutions of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), calling for the subjection of all
Israeli atomic facilities to the IAEA's comprehensive safeguards system, as well
as implementing the special resolution on the Middle East adopted by the Review
Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, respectively, held in New York in 1995 and 2000, as these steps
are necessary for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle
East.
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Economic Affairs
/...
147. The
Conference invited all concerned bodies to broaden the scope of their assistance
to help the Palestinian people build their national economy, consolidate their
national institutions and enable them to establish their independent State, with
Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. The Conference at the same time expressed
serious concern over the economic implications of the recent developments in
Palestinian territories caused by the aggressive policies of the Israeli
Government and resulting in difficult living conditions of the Palestinian
people in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Conference commended the
initiative taken by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to create two funds to support
Palestine and its donation of 250 million Saudi Riyals to the budget of the
funds.
/...
Cultural Affairs
/...
162. The
Conference called on Member States to allocate scholarships to Palestinian
students injured during the Al-Quds Intifada and the sons and daughters of
martyrs of the Intifada. It also called on universities in Member States to
allocate scholarships to be named after the martyr children of the Intifada and
to name one of these after the late martyr Mohammed Aldorra.
/...
Annex IV
[Original: Arabic, English and
French]
Declaration of the ninth
session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development - "Al-Aqsa
Intifada",
on the Al-Aqsa Intifada
- Palestinian independence Intifada
The Kings, Presidents, Emirs and Heads of the States of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held a special session in Doha,
on 12 November 2000, within the framework of the proceedings of the Ninth
Islamic Summit Conference to express their solidarity and support with the
blessed Al-Aqsa Intifada of the Palestinian people against the barbaric Israeli
aggression, and consider its serious consequences.
The leaders were unanimous that the Ninth Islamic Summit
Conference is held in extremely serious circumstances in the history of our
Islamic Ummah due to the prevailing tragic conditions and brutal crimes
perpetrated in the Palestinian territories and the Islamic and Christian holy
sites, as a result of: the war launched by Israel against the Palestinian
people, using its military machine: aircraft, tanks, rockets, naval boats and
internationally prohibited ammunitions provided by the United States. This
onslaught has led to the fall of more than two hundred martyrs and the wounding
of ten thousand unarmed Palestinian citizens. Israel continues to lay siege to
all Palestinian cities and villages, isolating them from the outside world, as
was the case with Bethlehem, Bait Jala, Bait Sahour, Ramallah, Al-Bira,
Al-Khalil, Nablus and Gaza, which were shelled by helicopters and tanks. The
blockade against citizens, goods and supplies has been tightened; Palestinian
infrastructure, institutions, centres, institutes, university buildings, places
of worship and houses have been destroyed, and closing vital utilities, such as
Gaza airport, aimed at causing famine and suppressing and furthering the
suffering of the Palestinian people.
This wanton premeditated and deliberate Israeli
aggression comes within the framework of the Israeli policy aimed at imposing a
fait accompli and judaizing the Holy City, represented by the illegitimate
Israeli measures and practices, including the criminal attempt to burn down
Al-Aqsa Mosque, opening tunnels under it, in order to destroy it and the
storming of the blessed Al-Haram Al-Sharif in connivance with the Israeli
Government and forces and with their protection, which provoked the rage of
Muslims and Christians, all over the world.
Such an overt aggression is a blatant violation of the
civil and human rights of the Palestinian people and a flagrant breach of all
covenants, international law and international humanitarian law, especially the
Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and destroys the peace-building efforts in the
area. It will have serious consequences for the Middle East and international
peace and security, and as such, requires the invitation of the United States of
America to assume a just, honest and humanitarian stance vis-à-vis the Israeli
bloody aggression against the Palestinian people and to shoulder its
responsibilities for deterring it.
The leaders condemn the large-scale, systematic and
substantial violations of human rights committed by the Israeli occupation
authorities, in particular acts of mass murder and collective punishment, such
as the demolition of houses and closure of the Palestinian territories. These
actions constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity and a gross breach of
international humanitarian law, as well as a flagrant and serious violation of
the right of the Palestinian people to life.
The leaders condemn the aggressive and systematic policy
of the Israeli occupation authorities to confiscate lands, build and expand
Israeli settlements on them, especially in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, build
roads, and all other settlement activities, as all of this is considered a stark
violation of the UN resolutions and international humanitarian law, in
particular, the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. They consider the settlements
null and void, and with no legal effect whatsoever, and must be dismantled
according to Security Council resolution 465 (1980).
The leaders condemn the Israeli policy of persistently
violating international legitimacy and the peace process, as it is inconceivable
to proceed forward with a political process based on the principle of land for
peace while Israel is strengthening its settlement
activities.
While they pay tribute to
the legitimate Intifada of the Palestinian people against Israeli occupation,
the leaders affirm their support and assistance to this blessed uprising, hail
the memory of the martyrs, pray for their pure souls, and wish the injured a
speedy recovery. The leaders emphasize their firm adherence to the parameters
approved by the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the
OIC-adopted resolutions on Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the question of Palestine. They
are committed to exerting all efforts to achieve this goal. They affirm their
resolve to continue utilizing Arab and Islamic potentials to serve the causes of
their Ummah and deploy all capabilities to liberate the occupied Arab
territories and support the struggle of the Palestinian people in order to
restore their land, return the refugees and establish their State on their
national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and also to safeguard
Islamic and Christian holy places in Palestine.
The leaders express their support for the resolution of
the Extraordinary Arab Summit Conference, held in Cairo on 21-22 October 2000,
especially its resolution on setting up two funds for the sake of preserving the
Arab and Islamic identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif to preclude its obliteration and
curtailing Palestinian sovereignty over the City, enabling the Palestinian
people to offset their huge material losses and get rid of dependency on the
Israeli economy, and supporting the families of the Palestinian martyrs as well
as establishing the means for taking care of their children and attending to
their education in addition to rehabilitating the injured people. They invite
the OIC Member States to contribute towards financing both funds and developing
their resources. The leaders express in this respect their appreciation of the
initiative for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to establish these two funds and its
generous contribution towards financing them.
The leaders emphasize the necessity of extending
financial support to Bait Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency, and Al-Quds Fund and its
Waqf, in order to enable them to perform their tasks of safeguarding the
Arab-Islamic identity of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and strengthening the steadfastness
of its people. They call on the OIC Member States, the public and private
Islamic financial and economic institutions, businessmen and individuals to
extend donations to support Bait Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency, Al-Quds Fund and
its Waqf, to enable them to implement their approved projects in support of the
steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the Holy City. They also call for the
setting up of committees in the Member States to collect peoples' donations, in
a special account, support the Al-Aqsa Intifada and protect Islamic
sanctities.
The leaders call for
taking measures to facilitate importation of Palestinian commodities after
securing their certificates of origin. They also call for exemption of these
commodities from tariffs and lifting of barriers.
The Summit invites the OIC Member States which have
already establish, or started to take steps to establish relations with Israel
in the framework of the peace process to sever these relations, including the
closing of missions and offices, cutting economic ties and stopping all forms of
normalization until Israel fully and genuinely implements UN resolutions on the
question of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and
until a just and comprehensive peace is established in the
region.
The leaders call for
commitment to apply the provisions of the Islamic boycott of
Israel.
The leaders request States of
the world to abide by UN Security Council resolution 478 (1980) calling for the
non-transfer of their diplomatic missions to the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. They
condemn and reject the decisions adopted by the US Congress as well as
statements on recognition of Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the capital of Israel, and the
transfer of the US Embassy to the Holy City. This is considered a blatant
violation of the said resolution, and a manifest challenge to the sentiments of
Muslims and Christians all over the world. They confirm their determination to
severe relations with any State that transfers its embassy to Al-Quds Al-Sharif
or recognizes the latter as the capital of Israel.
The leaders emphasize the importance of maintaining the
focus of the mass media on developments and the confrontations of the Intifada
heroes in the Palestinian territories. They emphasize the importance of holding
meetings with scholars, experts and specialists to develop Islamic information,
and its interaction with the Islamic peoples, as well as inform Islamic masses
about the Palestinian cause and its developments.
The leaders emphasize the necessity of acting
continuously with the international mass media in order to lay bare the
violations of Palestinian human rights, raise world conscience and mobilize
international support and sympathy with the legitimate national struggle of the
Palestinian people.
The leaders
request the United Nations and Security Council to provide the necessary
international protection to the Palestinian people in the Palestinian
territories to forestall the grave violations they are subjected to until they
are able to exercise their inalienable national rights in Palestine in
accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy.
The leaders request the UN Security Council to shoulder
its responsibilities for stopping the massacres of the Palestinian people by the
Israeli occupation authorities, as the Council is responsible for maintaining
international security and peace. They urge the US Government to enable the
Security Council to carry out its obligations in conformity with the UN
Charter.
The leaders call for a
meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention to
examine Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territory and take
appropriate measures to provide protection for the Palestinian people under
occupation.
The leaders request the
setting up of an impartial international commission of inquiry in implementation
of resolution (2000) of the Security Council on responsibility for bloodsheds
perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian
citizens.
The leaders request the
Security Council to set up an international criminal court to prosecute Israeli
war criminals responsible for the massacre of Palestinians and other Arabs, and
decide to sue them in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes of the
International Criminal Court.
The
leaders also stress the need to work for safeguarding the rights of Palestinian
citizens killed or wounded through Israeli repressive practices, by making
Israel liable for appropriate compensation for damages sustained by them, their
families and property as a result of these practices.
The leaders reaffirm the unflagging Islamic position on
the cause of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and its importance for the Islamic World, in
particular the provisions of the recommendations adopted by the Eighteenth
Session of the Al-Quds Committee, chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, held
in Agadir, Kingdom of Morocco on 28 August 2000. This position asserts its
support for the position of the State of Palestine asserting its sovereignty
over East Jerusalem as the capital of the independent State of Palestine
including Al-Haram Al-Sharif and all the Islamic and Christian holy places which
form an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied since June 1967
and rejects any attempt to limit Palestinian sovereignty over the Al-Quds
Al-Sharif.
The leaders assert their
commitment to recognize the independent State of Palestine as soon as it is
proclaimed and to endorse its request for full UN membership and call on all
other UN members to do the same.
The
leaders stress once again that the condition for the establishment of a just and
comprehensive peace in the region is first and foremost full Israeli withdrawal
from all the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, including Al-Quds
Al-Sharif and the Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967, and from the Lebanese
territories still under occupation, including the Shaba' Farms to the
internationally recognized borders in implementation of the resolutions of
international legitimacy, particularly Security Council resolution 242 (1967),
338 (1973) and 425 (1978) and the principle of peace for land, the restoration
of the established national rights of the Palestinian people, including their
right to return to their homes and properties and compensations for the damages
sustained as a result of Israeli occupation in accordance with United Nations
General Assembly resolution no.194 (III) of 1948 and the establishment of its
independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
The leaders reaffirm their total solidarity with Syria
and Lebanon and reject any Israeli threats against these two sisterly
countries.
The leaders firmly reject
any deviation from, prevarication or circumvention of the peace process and its
principles and call upon the United States of America not to consent to any
Israeli proposals that contravene international legitimacy. They also affirm
their full solidarity with the Palestinian position in confronting attempts to
dictate unjust, conditional and unacceptable settlements.
The leaders affirm their full confidence in the
Palestinian people leadership, represented by the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO), in their efforts to achieve their inalienable rights, in
their just struggle to establish their independent Palestinian State on their
national territory, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and achieve a just
and comprehensive peace in the region.
The leaders decide to undertake the necessary action
required by the serious events taking place in the occupied Palestinian
territories so as to project full Islamic solidarity with the just cause of the
Palestinian people. The Chair of the Summit is entrusted in coordination with
the Chair of Al-Quds Committee, with conducting the necessary contacts in order
to implement the relevant resolutions of the Ninth Islamic
Summit.
The leaders decide to
commission Member States' missions accredited to the UN in New York and Geneva
and other places to take effective and sustained action to ensure the adherence
to and implementation of the provision of this Declaration particularly to
coordinate among themselves to mobilize the necessary support for Palestine's
request for international protection for the Palestinian people in the occupied
territories, and its renewed request that the Security Council consider Israeli
violations and practices in case Israel continues its current policies and
stands.
Annex V
[Original: Arabic, English and
French]
Doha
Declaration
Ninth session of
the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development - "Al-Aqsa
Intifada"
16-17 Sha'ban 1421 H.
(12-13 November 2000)
/...
We
reaffirm our solidarity with the Palestinian people and its leadership which
leads their just struggle to regain their inalienable national rights, including
the right to establish their independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its
capital, and pay tribute to the steadfastness and courage they have shown and to
the spirit of sacrifice with which their martyrs have written a glorious chapter
for the liberation of Palestine which is considered the foremost Islamic cause.
We are of the view that a just and lasting peace in the Middle East can only be
achieved by the implementation of all resolutions of international legitimacy on
Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly
Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and General Assembly
resolutions 194 (III) of 1948, which provide for the right of the Palestinian
refugees to return and receive reparations, as well as all other relevant
resolutions.
We condemn once again
Israel's consistent refusal to respect the resolutions and the will of the
international community which assert the right of the Palestinian people to
achieve its full rights and establish its independent State with Al-Quds as its
capital and demand Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the line of 4
June 1967 and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon.
We reaffirm, in this context, the Declaration on Al-Aqsa Intifadah - the
Palestinian Independence Intifadah which we have adopted during the current
session, in particular concerning guaranteeing international protection for the
unarmed Palestinian people against the barbaric Israeli
aggression.
/...
We again condemn all forms and manifestations of
terrorism whatever its source as reflected in the unanimous adoption of the
Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on Combating
International Terrorism, and in the repeated promises for the convening of an
international conference under the auspices of the United Nations to address
this phenomenon in an effective manner away from racism and bias and to consider
effective ways and means to eradicate it. We reaffirm here that a clear
separation must be made between terrorism, on the one hand, and people's
struggle for national liberation including the struggle of the Palestinian
people and the elimination of foreign occupation and colonial hegemony as well
as for regaining the right to self-determination, on the other
hand.
We warn of the serious threats
posed by nuclear arsenals and other weapons of mass destruction to international
peace and security, particularly in the Middle East region as a result of
Israel's refusal to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
and to subject its nuclear facilities to surveillance by the International
Atomic Energy Agency. We demand that Israel submits to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and declare its rejection of nuclear
weapons, thereby following the example of all other States in the
region.
/...
Annex VI
[Original: Arabic, English and
French]
Resolutions on political,
Muslim minorities and communities,
legal and information affairs adopted by the ninth
session
of the Islamic Summit
Conference, Session of Peace and
Development - "Al-Aqsa
Intifada"
Doha, State of
Qatar, 16-17 Sha'ban 1421 H. (12-13 November
2000)
RESOLUTION NO.
l/9-P (IS)
ON THE CAUSE OF
PALESTINE
AND THE ARAB ISRAELI
CONFLICT
The Ninth Session
of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa
Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13
November 2000),
Having
examined the report of the
Secretary-General on the cause of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict
(Document No. IS/9-2000/PAL/D.1);
Proceeding from
the principles and objectives enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC);
Based on the
Islamic resolutions and decisions on the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli
conflict;
Recalling the
resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and the U.N. Security
Council, particularly resolutions 242 (1967); 338 (1973); 465 (1980); 476 (1980); 478 (1980); 1322 (2000) and General Assembly resolution
no.194 as well as the resolution adopted by the extraordinary session of the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the resolutions adopted by the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the
League of Arab States concerning the situation in the occupied Palestinian
territories, including the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the rest of the
occupied Arab territories;
Expressing its strong condemnation of Israel's persistence in its crimes as well as
repressive and terrorist practices while continuing to implement its policy of
colonialist settlements and the expansion of the existing ones along with the
confiscation of land and property and the perpetuation of the policy of
collective sanctions against Palestinian and other Arab citizens in all the
occupied Palestinian and Arab territories as well as the siege of the city of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the desecration of holy places and other harm done to both
Muslim and Christian shrines;
Strongly condemning as well the provocative visit by Ariel Sharon, head of
the Israeli Likud party, under the protection of thousands of Israeli troops, to
Al-Haram Al-Quds Al-Sharif (the holy noble sanctuary in Al-Quds), which
constituted the start of the bloody massacres conducted against Muslim
worshippers inside the Holy Mosque of Al-Aqsa and Palestinian citizens in all
parts of the Palestinian territories;
Condemning the
continuous Israeli aggressions against the Lebanese territories and their
civilian population;
Affirming the
Islamic states' commitment to achieving just and comprehensive peace in the
area;
Emphasizing that the Israeli policies, practices and expansionist
designs threaten not only Arab states and the peace process, but also the
Islamic countries, while jeopardizing international peace and
security;
Holding
Israel fully responsible
for the destruction of the Middle East peace process on all tracks as a result
of the Israeli Government's obstinacy and intransigence, its reneging on the
foundations that underlay the peace process, especially Security Council
resolutions 242 and 338 and the .'land for peace" principle, and its failure to
comply with all the agreements concluded in its context;
Hailing the
resolutions of the Extraordinary Summit of the League of Arab States held in
Cairo from 21-22 October 2000;
Hailing the just
struggle and the valiant "Intifada" (uprising) of the Palestinian people to
recover their inalienable national rights;
Determined to
back such efforts by all possible ways and means:
1. Reiterates
all the resolutions and decisions
adopted by the Islamic conferences and Al-Quds Committee, particularly those of
the latter's 18th session in connection with the Palestinian cause and the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
2-
Stresses the necessity to set up an independent Palestinian State
with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as capital and the imperative implementation of all the
international resolutions and decisions pertaining to the Palestinian cause, in
particular Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and those
relating to the issue of Al-Quds, especially Security Council resolutions
252 (1968), 267 (1969), 465 (1980), 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 1073 (1996) as well as U.N. General Assembly resolution 223/51 of
1997 and no. 194 (III) adopted by the same body on the refugee issue, considered
as the main guarantee for peace to take hold in the region.
3- Backs the stance
of the State of Palestine based on holding fast to the sovereignty of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, including the Holy Haram in that City and that of all the Christian
and Muslim holy places and shrines which are part and parcel of the Palestinian
territories occupied since 1967. The Conference also Emphasizes that Al-Quds Al-Sharif is the capital of the independent
State of Palestine and vehemently rejects any attempt to diminish Palestinian
sovereignty over Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
4- Presents its
condolences to the Palestinian people,
their Leadership and Institutions for their great martyrs and wishes the heroes
a speedy recovery. It pays a glowing
tribute to the heroic Intifada of the
Palestinian people "the blessed Intifada of Al-Aqsa" in defense of the Holy City
of Al-Quds and all other sanctuaries and shrines, with the unstinted objective
of ending the Israeli occupation and giving substance to the freedom,
sovereignty and independence of the valiant Palestinian people. The Conference
invites [OIC] Member States to keep on fostering their
solidarity with the Palestinian people and supporting their just and legitimate
struggle and to muster all the potentialities of the Islamic Ummah (worldwide
Muslim community) to help them achieve their national goals in
full.
5- Underscores the
necessity to stop all colonialist settlement activities and Israeli measures and
practices contrary to the resolutions and decisions of the "international
legality" and running counter as well to the accords signed by the Palestinian
and Israeli sides. The Conference urges
the U.N. Security Council to prevent and
ban such measures and see to it that the Israeli colonial settlements are
removed in accordance with Security Council resolution 465 and to revive the
International Supervision and Monitoring Committee to prevent and prohibit
settlement in Al-Quds and the rest of the occupied Arab territories, in line
with Security Council resolution 446.
6- Exhorts
the Security to set up an international
commission of enquiry on the massacres which, perpetrated by Israel, led to the
fall of over two hundred (200) martyrs and the injury of thousands [of other
Palestinians]. The Conference also urges the Security Council to establish a
special international criminal court, in conformity with International Law to
try those Israeli war criminals who carried out or were behind the savage
slaughters. In the meantime, it calls
upon the international community to
shoulder their responsibilities in ensuring necessary international protection
of the Palestinian people nationals in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the rest of the
occupied Palestinian territories to enable them to regain their inalienable
national rights, concretize their national sovereignty over their national soil
and set up their own independent State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as
capital.
7- Insists on the
necessity of implementing Security Council resolution 237 on the return of the
Palestinian displaced persons and General Assembly resolution 194 on the return
of the Palestinian refugees to their homes and property, as a cornerstone of the
final, just and overall settlement.
8- Affirms its
support of the Middle East peace process along the foundations it proceeded from
at the Madrid Peace Conference, in accordance with the United Nations Charter,
resolutions and decisions, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967),
338 (1973), 425 (1978) and the "land for peace" principle which call for
Israel's withdrawal from all the occupied Palestinian and other Arab
territories, including the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the establishment of the
inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people and the complete pullout
from the occupied Syrian Golan to the 4th of June, 1967, line and from the
occupied Lebanese territories to the internationally recognized borders, and the
call for the genuine and accurate implementation of all the international
agreements signed in this framework between the parties
concerned.
9- Underlines that
Israel's flouting of the principles and foundations on which the peace process
was based and its reneging on the commitments, pledges and agreements reached in
the context of the said process, along with its procrastination, prevarication
and dodging insofar as implementation was concerned and the brutal massacres
perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people have destroyed the peace
process. The Conference blames the
Israeli Government and holds it fully responsible for such a deadlock.
10 - Reaffirms the
continuous nature of the United Nations immutable responsibility towards the
Palestinian issue until a just and comprehensive settlement has been reached for
all its facets that would bring about the end of the occupation and enable the
Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable national rights, including the
right to return, to self-determination and to independent statehood on their
national soil with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as capital.
11- Urges
the countries of the world to recognize
the State of Palestine with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as capital, as soon as it is
proclaimed on Palestinian soil, and extend to it all kinds of support and
assistance to consolidate its sovereignty over the Palestinian land, within the
June 4th, 1967, borders, in accordance with the resolutions and decisions of the
"international legitimacy ," and exhorts the countries of the world also to back
the State of Palestine in obtaining full-fledged United Nations
membership.
12- Calls for action at the United Nations and other international
institutions and forums to compel Israel to free the Arab and Palestinian
detainees and captives in Israeli jails, return the deportees, end the practice
of collective sanctions and the confiscation operations of land and property as
well as the demolition of homes and abstain forthwith from undertaking any
action that imperils life and the Environment in the occupied Palestinian and
other Arab territories, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
13- Urges
all states, competent authorities and
other concerned quarters to foster the international program for economic,
social and cultural development in the Palestinian territories, extend the
prescribed assistance to the Palestinian people to help them build their
national economy and take concrete action to consolidate their national
institutions and enable them to set up their independent state with Al-Quds
Al-Sharif as capital.
14-
Affirms the necessity to intensify the good offices and efforts
being exerted for the holding of a meeting of the high signatories of the 4th
Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, with a
view to taking the necessary radical measures designed to guarantee the
implementation of the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territories,
including the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
15- Urges
the international community and all the
states that extend economic and financial assistance to Israel, especially the
United States of America (USA) and others as well as the international donor
institutions and funds to halt the assistance which Israel uses to carry out its
colonial settlement designs in the occupied Arab territories in Palestine and
the occupied Syrian Golan.
16- The
Summit requests the OIC Member States which have already established, or started
to take steps to establish relations with Israel in the framework of the Peace
Process to sever these relations, including the closing of missions and offices,
cutting economic ties and stopping all forms of normalization until Israel fully
and genuinely implements UN resolutions on the cause of Palestine and Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, until a just and comprehensive peace
is established in the region.
17-
Calls for commitment to implement the provisions of the Islamic
boycott of Israel, for considering the legislations, rules and status governing
the boycott action, the general principles of the boycott, the Islamic law and
the by-laws of the regional offices and their periodical meetings as part of the
national legislations in force, and for the creation of the necessary offices
and mechanisms for so doing.
18-
Hails the steadfastness of Lebanon - Government, People and
Resistance - and what it has achieved in terms of the liberation of the Lebanese
territories and the repelling of the Israeli occupation. The Conference
supports Lebanon in its efforts to liberate its entire territories
to the internationally recognized borders. It URGES the United
Nations to force Israel to pay damage for all the losses it inflicted or caused
as a result of its continuous aggressions against Lebanon. The Conference holds
Israel responsible for any action of a nature as to infringe upon Lebanon's
sovereignty, political independence and safety of its people and integrity of
its territories.
19- Strongly condemns Israel's policy of refusing to comply with Security Council resolution
497 of 1981 and of imposing its mandate,
laws and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan as well as its policies of
annexation, building of colonial settlements, confiscation of land, diversion of
water sources and imposition of Israeli citizenship upon Syrian citizens. The
Conference considers all such measures as null and void and constituting a
violation of those provisions and principles of International Law pertaining to
occupation and war, particularly the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949. It
URGES Israel to completely evacuate the entire occupied Syrian
Golan and pull back to the June 4th, 1967 lines.
20- Urges
the international community and the
Security Council to compel Israel to comply with U.N. decisions, especially
Security Council resolution 487 of 1981, to join the Nuclear Weapons
Non-Proliferation Treaty, implement the decisions of the General Assembly and
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calling for all Israeli nuclear
installations to submit to the Agency's comprehensive guarantee system,
imperatively declare its renunciation of nuclear armament and present to both
the Security Council and the IAEA a factual statement on its capabilities and
stockpile of nuclear weapons and substances, given the fact that those are
imperative steps for the creation, in the Middle East, of an area free of
weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons - which is essential
to the establishment of a comprehensive and just peace in the
area.
21- Insists on the
continuing responsibility of UNRWA in fulfilling its duties towards the
Palestinian people wherever they may be in accordance with the UNGA resolution
on the matter. It calls on Member States to request of the UN Secretary-General
that the Conciliation Committee, in collaboration with UNRWA and relevant
states, carry out a comprehensive census of Palestinian refugees and their
property and develop a global vision to solve their problems based on their
right to return to their homeland, Palestine, in accordance with UN resolution
194. It calls on states to extend further support to cover the budget of UNRWA
and enable it to continue providing its services.
22- Requests
the Secretary-General to take the
necessary measures for the pursuance and enhancing of communications and
coordination on the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict between the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), on the one hand, and the League of
Arab States, the Organization of African Unity (OAU). the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Organization (UNO) and its
specialized agencies, on the other. The Conference EXPRESSES its
appreciation for their show of solidarity and support to the Palestinian
people's just struggle.
23-
Charges the
Secretary-General to follow-up the implementation of the present resolution and
report thereon to the tenth (10th) session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. 2/9-P
(IS)
ON THE
CITY OF AL-QUDS
AL-SHARIF
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H
(12-13 November 2000),
After
considering the report of the
Secretary-General on the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Document no.
IS/9-2000/PAL/D.2);
Proceeding
from the principles and objectives of
the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC);
Based on the Islamic resolutions and decisions affirming that the
issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif is the core of the Palestinian cause which, itself,
is the essence of the Arab-Israeli conflict and that there can be no
comprehensive and just peace without the return of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
to Palestinian sovereignty , as it is the capital of the State of
Palestine;
Recalling
the relevant United Nations (U.N.)
General Assembly and International Security Council decisions, particularly
resolutions 242 (1967); 252 (1968); 338 (1973); 465, 476 and 478 (1980) and 1073
(1996) pertaining to the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif;
Re-endorsing resolutions 2/10 of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA)
extraordinary emergency session dated April 24, 1997 and 3/10-b dated July 15,
1997 on the illegal actions carried out by Israel in the occupied Eastern part
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif (East Jerusalem) and the rest of the Palestinian
territories under its occupation;
Condemning in the strongest terms the continuing and escalating Israeli aggressions on the
holy places in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and other Palestinian cities and
its desecration of shrines and sanctuaries;
Reaffirming
the terms of all the International Security
Council resolutions on Al-Quds, including resolution 681 stipulating that all the provisions of the 4th Geneva
Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war apply to the
Palestinian people in the occupied Arab territories, including the City of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif;
Strongly
denouncing the provocative visit to the
Haram Al-Sharif in Al-Quds (the Noble Sanctuary) by Ariel Sharon, September 28,
2000, accompanied by thousands of Israeli troops - the visit that marked the
start of the bloody massacres perpetrated by the Israeli forces against the
Muslim worshippers at the Holy Mosque of Al-Aqsa and Palestinian citizens in all
parts of the Palestinian territories - which led to the fall of over two hundred
(200) "shaheed" (martyrs) and thousands of Palestinian
casualties;
Equally denouncing in
the strongest terms all the illegal
measures and practices running counter to all international resolutions,
decisions and laws undertaken by the Israeli occupation authorities in the City
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and designed to judaize the Holy City and obliterate its
Arabo-Islamic features;
Hailing
the consistent efforts deployed by Al-Quds
Committee under the chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohamed VI of the Kingdom
of Morocco;
Commending
the sustained efforts by all OIC Member
States in defending the inviolability of Muslim holy shrines and sanctuaries in
the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, safeguarding the Holy City's Arab identity and
Islamic character and protecting it from Zionist trampling and judaization
schemes;
Paying tribute
as well to the contribution of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia in rehabilitating Al-Aqsa Mosque and the blessed Dome of the Rock at the
behest of and under the guidance of the late King Hussein ibn Talal, the late
King Hasan II and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd ibn Abdul
Aziz;
1- Reaffirms its
endorsement of all the relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the Islamic
Conference, including those of previous sessions of Al-Quds Committee
particularly the 18th Session.
2-
Emphasizes that there can be no just and lasting peace in the Middle
East area as long as Israel has not withdrawn from all the Palestinian and other
Arab territories occupied from 1967, foremost among which is the City of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, in implementation of Security Council resolution 242
(1967).
3 - Asserts its
support to the stand of the State of Palestine resting on holding fast to
sovereignty over Al-Quds Al-Sharif, including the Holy Haram in Al-Quds
Al-Sharif and all the Christian and Muslim holy places which are part of the
Palestinian territories occupied since June, 1967. The summit also
affirms that Al-Quds Al-Sharif is the capital of the independent
State of Palestine. In this connection, it underlines its rejection of any
attempt to reduce or minimize Palestinian sovereignty over Al-Quds
Al-Sharif.
4- Considers definitely as null and void all the occupation-related
settlement measures and practices in Al-Quds and the rest of the occupied
Palestinian territories in line with the resolutions and decisions of the
"International Legitimacy" as well as international covenants and conventions
which consider all Israeli arrangements, legislative, administrative and
colonial settlement measures aiming at altering the legal, demographic,
architectural, cultural and heritage-related status of the Holy City as null and
void and contrary to the resolutions and decisions of the "International
Legitimacy," world covenants and conventions and diametrically opposed to
agreements signed between the Palestinian and Israeli parties - decisions that
call for the revival of the International Supervision and Monitoring Committee
to Prevent Colonial Settlement in Al-Quds and the Occupied Arab Territories, in
particular resolution 446.
5 -
Urges all countries of the world to abide by Security Council
resolution 478 (1980) which exhorts them not to move their diplomatic missions
to the City of Al-Quds. The resolution also invites them to avoid having any
dealing with the Israeli occupation authorities, lest it may be construed as an
implicit, a de facto recognition of the fait accompli imposed by Israel which
claims that the City of Al-Quds is its capital. The states are also requested to
declare their condemnation and rejection of the recommendation passed by the
U.S. Congress and the American statements in favor of the recognition of Al-Quds
as the capital of Israel and of moving the American Embassy therein. The Summit
CALLS for severing relations with any State that would move its embassy to
Al-Quds or recognize Al-Quds as Israel's capital.
6 - Calls
for legal proceedings to challenge the
soundness of the law passed by the American Congress on recognizing Al-Quds as
the capital of Israel and moving the American Embassy to it, on the ground that
this law gives preference to a religious group over another, which is contrary
to the Constitution of the United States of America based on equality among
religious and ethnic groups. Moreover, the land on which the would-be embassy is
to be built in the occupied City of Al-Quds is a stolen land originally
belonging to an Islamic "waqf" [Muslim trust-fund].
7 - Urges
all states, institutions and
international bodies to abide by the international resolutions on the City of
Al-Quds for its being part of the Palestinian and other Arab territories
occupied in 1967 and not to take part in any meeting or activity made to serve
Israel's designs to consecrate its occupation and annexing of the Holy
City.
8 - Exhorts the
international community, especially the Security Council to compel Israel to
implement the resolutions of international legitimacy, to stop it effecting any
geographic or demographic alteration in the Holy City of Al-Quds, to lift the
siege of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, to ensure the liberty of worship therein
along with the respect of the religious rites of all divine religions, to stop
the demolition of homes and the withdrawal of the national identity cards of the
Palestinian citizens as well as the emptying of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif of
its Arab nationals.
9 -
Strongly condemns the decisions of the Israeli "Supreme Court" on the City
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, especially the one issued on July 25, 1996, granting Jews
the permission to pray in the praying area of the blessed Mosque of Al-Aqsa, and
the one dated September 23, 1993, proclaiming Al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the area
covered by the "State of Israel." The Conference considers such measures as
deliberate provocative acts opening the way to extremist Jewish organizations to
pursue their constant violations of the sanctity of the Holy Mosque of Al-Aqsa,
establish a presence of theirs in its praying areas and continue the looting of
religious, historic and cultural relics in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the
rest of the occupied Palestinian territories.
10 - Strongly
condemns Israel for giving orders to
close the Palestinian institutions in Al-Quds Al-Sharif and preventing them from
freely conducting their activities. It considers such arbitrary coercive
measures as a continuous
a violation of
the accords signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and
Israel within the framework of the peace process and a flagrant violation, as
well, of international conventions and covenants, particularly the 4th Geneva
Convention of 1949, and an infraction of the very principles and foundations on
which the peace process was built in Madrid.
11- Pays a glowing
tribute to the laudable efforts exerted
by the late King Al-Hasan II to set up the Bait Maal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency
and define its objectives as being the protection of the Holy City and its
Palestinian owners.
The Conference
similarly expresses its gratitude to His late Majesty's successor His Majesty
King Mohamed VI who, surrounding it with his sympathy and care, placed at its
disposal generous means that made it possible for it to embark immediately on
its activities under the best possible circumstances.
12- Thanks
the Member States of Al-Quds Committee
who took the initiative of making donations in favor of the Agency, which was
yet another reason why it managed to tackle without delay the execution of its
housing, renovation and education projects. The summit calls upon all Member
States to support the Agency and facilitate its mission with a view to mustering
all its potentialities and using all the financial capabilities to contribute
towards the achievement of its projects in Al-Quds
Al-Sharif.
13- Lays stress on
pursuing the work and coordination with international and regional organizations
for the implementation of the international resolutions and decisions adopted by
the United Nations and its specialized agencies, especially the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and coordination as
well with the League of Arab States, as well as the holding of conferences aimed
at acquainting people with the issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and expounding the
dangers besetting it.
14 -
Invites the Vatican, the Eastern Churches and other churches and
Christian religious orders to take action to resist the judaization of the City
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, keen as they are to respect the spiritual dimension of all
the religions, as a safeguard to peaceful coexistence amongst them, and in
observance of Security Council resolution 242 of November 22, 1967, urging
Israel to evacuate all the occupied territories it invaded in 1967, including
the City of Al-Quds, along with the rest of the Security Council resolutions,
especially:
- No. 465 of March 1,
1980, confirming the illegality of the building of Israeli colonialist
settlements in this part and stressing that they ought to be dismantled and
removed;
- No. 476 dated June 30,
1980, emphasizing that all measures which altered the features of the City of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif and its geographic, demographic and historic status "are null
and void" and must be reversed according to the relevant Security Council
resolutions and decisions;
- No.478
dated August 20, 1980, deciding not to recognize the so-called "Fundamental Law"
and other such Israeli acts designed to alter the features and status of
Al-Quds. It urged the states which established diplomatic missions in Al-Quds to
remove them from the Holy City. It also called for support to help the
inhabitants of Al-Quds Al-Sharif resist the judaization measures and their
uprooting from their own City.
15-
Welcomes the basic agreement signed between the PLO and the
Vatican, February 15, 2000, which agreement considers any unilateral decisions
or actions, such as altering the distinctive character of Al-Quds and its legal
status as rejected both morally and legally. It underlines necessity for joint
Islamic-Christian action to preserve the City of Al-Quds and its religious,
historic, civilization-related and cultural character.
16 - Reiterates
the resolutions and decisions of the
previous Islamic conferences affirming support for the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
and fostering of the steadfastness of its people and calling for support as well
to be extended to Bait Maal Al-Quds Al-Sharif and Al-Quds
Fund.
17- Charges the
Secretary-General to follow-up the implementation of the present resolution and
report thereon to the tenth (10th) session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. 3/9-P
(IS)
ON
THE OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of
Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November 2000),
Having considered
the item titled "The Occupied Syrian Golan" and Israel's decision of 14 December
1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Occupied Syrian
Golan;
Having reviewed
the repressive measures to which the
Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan are being subjected and Israel's
continued attempts to force them to accept Israeli
identity;
Recalling
the relevant resolutions of previous
Islamic Conferences, the latest being Resolution 3/27-P of the Twenty-seventh
Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia;
Recalling
also Security Council Resolution 497
(1981) dated 17.12.1981 and the relevant UN General Assembly Resolutions, the
latest of which are resolution No.54/38 adopted by the Fifty-fourth Session dated
1/12/99;
Observing
that Israel, in contravention of Article
25 of the United Nations Charter, has refused to accept and implement the
numerous relevant resolutions adopted by the Security Council, in particular
resolution 497 (1981); which considered null and void and with no legal
consequence Israel's decision to annex the occupied Syrian
Golan;
Deeply concerned
at Israel's persistent attempts to defy
the international community and its reaffirmation of the annexation decisions
though they were considered null and void and illegitimate by the international
community;
Affirming
that the Geneva Convention on the
Protection of Civilians in times of War (dated 12 August 1949) applies to the
occupied Syrian Golan and that setting up settlements and bringing settlers to
this area constitutes a violation of this Convention and a demolition of the
peace process;
Affirming
the fundamental principle of the
inadmissibility of acquisition of territories by force;
Condemns Israel's
non-compliance with the will of the international community by withdrawing from
the occupied Syrian Golan which it occupies since 1967 contrary to the relevant
resolutions of the Security Council, the UN General Assembly as well as
international law.
Expressing
concern over Israel's disavowal of the
Peace Process which was launched by the Madrid Conference on the basis of the UN
Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, as well as the peace-for-land formula
and over the risks resulting from Israel's reneging on the commitments and
obligations reached,
1.
Lauds the steadfastness of the Syrian Arab citizens in the
Syrian Golan against the occupation and their valiant resistance to Israel's
repressive measures and against the continued attempts to weaken their
attachment to their land and to their Syrian Arab identity, and declares its
support for this resistance.
2.
Strongly condemns Israel for its non-compliance with UN Security Council
Resolution 497 (1981) and reaffirms that
Israel's decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the
Occupied Syrian Golan is illegal, null and void and has no legal validity
whatsoever and that it constitutes a flagrant violation of the OIC Charter and
relevant resolutions, the UN Charter and relevant resolutions, the Geneva
convention on the protection of civilians in times of war dated 12 August 1949
and relevant provisions of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, and the
principles of international law , in particular the inadmissibility of
acquisition of territory by force.
3.
Strongly condemns Israel for its persistence in changing the legal status,
demographic composition and institutional structure of the Occupied Syrian
Golan, and for its policy and practices of confiscating lands, appropriating
water resources, establishing and expanding settlements and transferring
settlers and immigrants thereto, exploiting their natural resources and
establishing projects on them, and imposing an economic boycott of the
agricultural products of the local population and prohibiting their
exportation.
4. Strongly condemns Israel's attempts to impose Israeli nationality and
identity cards on the Syrian Arab citizens, as these measures constitute a
flagrant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva
Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War of 1949 and the
relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and other international
bodies.
5. Condemns repeated
Israeli threats against Syria aiming at wrecking the peace process and
escalating tension in the region.
6.
Reaffirms that Israel's continued occupation of the Syrian Golan
since 1967 and its annexation of it on 14 December 1981 constitute a permanent
threat to peace and security in the region.
7. Reaffirms also
the right of the Syrian Arab Republic to
recover its full sovereignty over the Occupied Golan.
8. Demands
Israel to fully withdraw from all the
occupied Syrian Golan to the line of the 4th of June 1967 in implementation of
the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and to immediately begin
demarcating that line.
9.
Demands Israel to fully comply with the fundamental principles of
the peace process as initiated in Madrid consistent with Security Council
resolutions Nos. 242 and 338 and the principle of "land for peace" and to abide
by all the commitments and pledges reached so far.
10. Demands anew
all states to stop providing Israel with
any military, economic, financial, technological or humanitarian assistance that
may extend Israeli occupation of Arab territories and encourage Israel to pursue
its expansionist settlement policy.
11. Calls upon
the co-sponsors of the peace process and
the international community to assume their responsibilities and compel Israel
to implement the resolutions of international legality calling for total Israeli
withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967, and to
immediately start demarcating this line in order to achieve a just and
comprehensive peace in the region.
12. Declares
its support for the firm position of
Syria in its commitment to a just and comprehensive peace in the
region.
13. Requests the
Secretary General to follow up the implementation of this resolution, and to
submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. 4/9-P
(IS)
ON
ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF PARTS OF LEBANON AND
ITS
CONTINUED DETENTION OF
LEBANESE CITIZENS IN ITS JAILS
AND
DETENTION CAMPS
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H
(12-13 November 2000),
Commending
the steadfastness of Lebanon and the
valor of its national resistance in achieving victory over the Israeli
occupation forces and liberating most of its territories in the South and
Western Bekaa;
Recalling
the resolutions of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC) on solidarity with Lebanon to put an end to the
Israeli occupation of Lebanese territories in the South and the Western
Bekaa;
Noting Israel' s continued occupation of parts of Lebanese
territories, including the Shabaa' farms, its incomplete withdrawal from all
Lebanese territories back to the internationally recognized borders in
accordance with Security Council Resolution No. 425 (1978) and its continued
invasion of Lebanese regional waters and airspace;
Concerned at
Israel's continued, arbitrary detention of Lebanese citizens in Israeli prisons
and camps in flagrant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in Times of War of
1949, and the Hague Convention of 1907;
Recalling as well
the resolutions of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the suffering of
Lebanese citizens in Israeli jails;
Reaffirming Lebanon's right to compensation for the losses in human
life, material damages and substantial economic losses it has suffered as a
result of Israel's repeated aggressions against Lebanese citizens and
infrastructure, and the ensuing damages and heavy loss of life and
property;
1. Expresses its
congratulations and appreciation to the Republic, President, Government and
People of Lebanon and commends the valorous Lebanese resistance for the
admirable Lebanese resistance which has repelled the Israeli forces from the
South of Lebanon and the Western Bekaa.
2. Strongly
condemns Israel for the continued
occupation of portions of. territories within the internationally recognized
borders of Lebanon, including the Shabaa' farms in contravention of the
provisions of Security Council Resolution No. 425.
3. Reaffirms
the Islamic Summit Conference's
commitment to Lebanon's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity
within its internationally recognized borders and supports the position of the
Lebanese government.
4. which insists
on the necessity of ensuring the complete withdrawal of the Israeli forces from
all Lebanese territories back to internationally recognized borders and of
bringing them under Lebanese sovereignty . It reaffirms Lebanon's right to
recover every inch of its occupied territories and to reserve the right to
resist Israeli occupation by all legitimate means until the liberation of all
its territories including the Shabaa' farms.
5. Calls on
the international community, judiciary
and political bodies and Member States to condemn Israel and bring pressure to
bear on it to give compensation to Lebanon for the damages caused by Israeli
repeated aggressions against Lebanese territories since the establishment of the
State of Israel.
6. Calls on the
international community to take all necessary measures to compel Israel to
promptly release all Lebanese prisoners and abductees detained as hostages in
Israeli prisons and camps in violation of the provisions of international law
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention of
1949, and the Hague Convention of 1907, and urges Member States and
international organizations to bring pressure to bear on Israel to allow
representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and other
humanitarian organizations to visit Lebanese detainees in Israeli prisons on a
regular basis, report on their conditions, and provide them with health and
humanitarian care.
7. Reaffirms the
right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and warns
that not solving the problem of Palestinian
refugees living in Lebanon on the basis of UNGA resolution No. 194 jeopardizes
the security and stability of the region and impedes the achievement of a just
and comprehensive peace therein.
8.
Considers that the achievement of a just and comprehensive peace in
the Middle East is the appropriate way of achieving security and stability in
the region. For this reason, it calls upon the international community,
particularly the sponsors of the peace process - the United States and the
Russian Federation - and the European Union (EU) to play a more effective role
in ensuring the success of the settlement issue in accordance with the Madrid
Terms of Reference and the decisions of international legality, particularly
Resolution 425, 242 and 338. It considers also that the liberation of Lebanon
from Israeli occupation is a victory for Lebanon that serves the Arab and
Islamic interests which will only be complete when the prompt and complete
withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan, back to the 4 of June 1967 line, is
secured and when the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people including the
right to repatriation, and refusal to be resettled away from their homeland are
restored.
9. Requests the OIC
Secretary General to follow up the implementation of this resolution and to
submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. S/9-P
(IS)
ON
THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PEACE
PROCESS
IN THE MIDDLE
EAST
The Ninth Session
of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa
Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13
November 2000),
Referring
to the resolutions and decisions of
Islamic Conferences and the recommendations of Al-Quds
Committee;
Having examined
the serious and urgent situation
entailed by the continued intransigent policies of successive Israeli
governments hostile to peace,
1.
Reaffirms its continued solidarity with the Palestinian people for
the recovery of its imprescriptible and inalienable national rights, including
its right to return, to self-determination, and to the establishment of its
independent state on its national territory with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its
capital.
2. Reaffirms its
commitment to a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East based on
Israel's implementation of the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy,
particularly Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 guaranteeing Israel's
withdrawal from all occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, including Al-Quds
Al-Sharif and the Syrian Golan, back to the 4th of June 1967 line and securing
the Palestinian people's imprescriptible, national rights including the right to
return to its homes and properties in line with Resolution 194 and to establish
its independent state on its national territory with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its
capital.
3. Strongly denounces the Israeli government's policy and practices which are
hostile to the peace process and are designed to undermine it through the
continued colonization of Arab and Palestinian territories, including the city
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and also designed to invalidate the foundations and terms
of reference of the Madrid Peace Conference, and evade the commitments, pledges
and agreements reached in the past years of peace talks with the Palestinian and
other Arab parties.
4.
Expresses its strong condemnation
and anger regarding brutal Israeli
aggression against the Palestinian people and the threats made by Israeli
officials against Syrian and Lebanon, and holds Israel responsible for returning
the region to the wear atmosphere, which jeopardizes international security and
peace.
5. Requests the OIC
member states which have already established, or started to take steps to
establish relations with Israel in the framework of the Peace Process to sever
these relations, including the closing of missions and offices, cutting economic
ties and stopping all forms of normalization until Israel fully and genuinely
implements UN resolutions on the cause of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and
the Arab-Israeli conflict, and until a just and comprehensive peace is
established in the region.
6.
Requests the Secretary General to follow-up the implementation of
this resolution and to submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the
Islamic Summit Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. 6/9-P
(IS)
ON
AL-QUDS AND ITS WAQF
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of
Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November 2000),
Proceeding from
the principles and objectives of the Charter of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference;
Referring
to all the Islamic Resolutions adopted
on Al-Quds Fund and its Waqf;
Reaffirming the
principle of consolidating Islamic solidarity with the Palestinian people and
their just and legitimate struggle;
Paying tribute to
those States, foremost among which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that
regularly fulfill their obligations and make donations to Al-Quds Fund and its
Waqf;
Appreciating
the significance of the vital role
played by Al-Quds Fund and its Waqf to support the steadfastness and struggle of
the Palestinian people within the occupied Palestinian territories, and
particularly the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif;
Noting with deep
concern Israel's continued pursuit of its aggressive, expansionist and
settlement policy;
Commending
the positive role played by the
Governing Board of Al-Quds Fund in quest of financial resources to promote the
Fund and its Waqf,
1. Reaffirms all
previous relevant resolutions adopted by successive Islamic
Conferences.
2. Expresses its
profound appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and to the
Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the continued support to Al-Quds
Fund and its Waqf, which falls within the framework of their consistent
solicitude towards the foremost cause of the Islamic Ummah, namely the cause of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif and Palestine.
3.
Urges Member States to initiate donation campaigns in favour of
Al-Quds Fund and its Waqf, together with the appropriate directives to the
public and other media to conduct a parallel campaign for this
purpose.
4. Calls upon Member
States to continue their support to the Palestine Liberation Organisation,
especially at this decisive stage, for the consolidation of its national
authority over all occupied Palestinian territories including Al-Quds Al-Sharif,
capital of the independent Palestinian State, and to extend all forms of support
to the Palestinian people so they can build their institutions and national
economy.
5. Commends the
positive role played by Al-Quds Fund in supporting the steadfastness of the
Palestinian people and boosting their struggle.
6. Requests the
Secretary-General to follow up the implementation of this resolution and to
submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO. 719-P
(IS)
ON
BAIT MAL AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF
AGENCY
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H
(12-13 November 2000),
Proceeding
from the principles and objectives
enshrined in the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC);
Recalling resolution no.27/8-C (IS) of the eighth (8th) session of
the Islamic Summit Conference, held in Tehran (1997);
Bearing in mind the resolutions of the 15th, 16th and 17th sessions of
Al-Quds Committee, especially those pertaining to the founding and regulating of
Baitumal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency;
Mindful of the
resolutions of the Twenty-third (23rd) Session of the Islamic Conference of
Foreign Ministers (ICFM) (Conakry, 1995) and the 26th ICFM (Ougadougou, 1998),
which welcomed the establishment of Baitumal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency and called
upon all member states to support the said agency so that it may perform its
noble mission in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif;
Recalling as well
the resolutions and recommendations of the fifth (5th) session of the Islamic
Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) (Tehran, 1999) and the twenty-third
(23rd) session of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social
Affairs (Jeddah, 2000), both blessing the agency's functions and exhorting the
member states to back its activities in the Holy City;
Determined to
intensify efforts in defending the Muslims' first "qibla" and third holiest
mosque, safeguarding its Arab identity and Islamic character and protecting it
against Zionist infringement and judaization designs:
1 - Pays tribute
to the outstanding efforts exerted by
the late King Hassan II, may God bless his soul and reward him for having
founded Baitumal Al-Quds Agency and set its objectives as protecting the Holy
City and its steadfast Palestinian inhabitants along with its sacred
Arabo-Islamic identity and heritage, and for having enabled it to carry out its
mission by providing its headquarters and securing generous financial resources
so that it may discharge its work in the best possible
conditions;
2 - Expresses, in the
same vein, its best wishes and thanks to his successor His Majesty King Muhammad
VI, who is following in the footsteps of his late father with the same faith and
upholding, with the utmost care and generosity, the agency's
activities;
3 - Notes with satisfaction the donations made by some Islamic states in favor of
Baitumal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency to make it possible for it to implement its
well-studied projects;
4 -
Invites OIC member states to extend their support to Baitumal
Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency, facilitate its tasks in all fields designed to harness
all kinds of facilities and mobilize all the financial potentialities as well as
technical and technological expertise to contribute towards the fulfillment of
the agency's projects in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif;
5 - Urges
Islamic public and private institutions,
financing funds, banks, businessmen and other individuals to perform their
sacred duty of fostering Baitumal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency and generously
provide all the necessary assistance, to achieve its ambitious and pressing
objectives in the areas of housing, education, health and others, and for the
preservation of the Arab identity and Islamic features of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif;
6 - Exhorts firms,
contractors and investors from Islamic states to invest in Al-Quds, as a show of
cooperation with the inhabitants of Baitul Maqdes, in the various economic,
commercial, trade and tourist fields, to shield the Holy City from the
encroaching peril of judaization and preserve the Arab character of the City and
its Muslim holy shrines.
7 -
Calls upon member states to extend invitations to the Agency's
Director General to visit them and to help him organize wide ranging campaigns
and embark upon intensive contacts with all the competent authorities, on both
the governmental and private enterprise levels, in the fields of information,
culture, finance and trade, to muster ample financial capabilities, again on
both the governmental and private sector levels as well as the popular one, to
meet the huge needs of the Holy City's steadfastness in the face of the enormous
challenges it is confronted with in the fate-determining battle imposed upon it.
An example may be taken from the successful visit made by the Director General
to Cairo in October 1999.
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Annex VII
[Original: Arabic, English and
French]
Resolutions on economic
affairs and science and technology
adopted by the ninth session of the Islamic Summit
Conference
Session of Peace and
Development - "Al-Aqsa Intifada"
Doha, State of Qatar, 16-17 Sha'ban 1421 H. (12-13
November 2000)
/...
RESOLUTION NO.
9/9-E(IS)
ON
ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THE
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, OF THE SYRIAN CITIZENS
IN
THE OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN
HEIGHTS AND OF THE LEBANESE
CITIZENS IN OCCUPIED SOUTH LEBANON AND
THE
WESTERN BEKKA FORMERLY UNDER
OCCUPATION
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada" held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421 H
(12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 7/8-E (IS) adopted by the Eighth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference;
Recalling
Resolution No. 9/27-E adopted by the Twenty-seventh Session of the Islamic
Conference of Foreign Ministers;
Believing in the
objectives and principles of the OIC Charter aimed at strengthening Islamic
solidarity among the Member States, and conforming with mass international will
that rejects arbitrary Israeli practices in the occupied Arab territory which
lead to deterioration of the economic and social conditions of Arab citizens
under the yoke of Israeli occupation, on the one hand, and that supports the
establishment of a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East region based
on the (Land-for-Peace principle) UN Security Council Resolutions 242, 338 and
425 as well as the authority of the Madrid Peace Conference, on the
other;
Underlining the unfailing efforts exerted by the Palestinian
National Authority (PNA) to promote the economic structure; and in view of the
escalation of the illegal and unlawful expansionist settlement policies of the
Israeli government, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Al-Quds
Al-Sharif and the occupied Syrian Golan; and also in view of the serious
implications of this escalation on the existing difficult economic and
humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian
territory and the Syrian citizens in the occupied Golan;
Expressing
extreme concern over the grave economic impacts, resulting from the expansionist
settlement policy of the Israeli government, on the difficult living conditions
of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory and those of the
Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan as well as the Arab people in the
occupied Arab territory;
Appreciating with profound interest the role which the Palestine Liberation Organization and
its National Authority (PNA) are playing in all territories under the PNA
including the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif for the improvement of the Palestinian
people's living conditions and the overhauling of their national
economy;
Expressing deep
concern over the danger of Israel's continued occupation of the
Syrian Golan, part of South Lebanon which are suffering huge economic and
material losses;
Emphasizing the
resolutions of the recent Arab Summit in Cairo concerning this
matter;
Having
considered the report of the Secretary
General,
1. Hails the efforts
made by the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National
Authority to rebuild Palestinian facilities, infrastructure and properties
already destroyed and those being destroyed by the Israeli occupation
authorities. It commends the strenuous efforts exerted by the Palestinian
Authority to rebuild and strengthen Palestinian National
economy.
2. Invites all
concerned bodies to expedite the extension of the envisaged necessary assistance
to help the Palestinian people to establish their national economy,
consolidation of their national institutions and to enable them to establish
their independent State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its
capital.
3. Reaffirms the
earlier OIC resolutions in favour of the extension of all forms of economic,
technical, material and moral support and assistance to the Palestinian people,
preferential treatment for Palestinian export products, granting them exemptions
from taxes and tariffs and permitting Palestinian manpower to work in Islamic
States for specific periods thus helping to improve their material conditions
and contributing to their return and their steadfastness on their
land.
4. Urges Member
States to set up people's committees to collect donations to support the
Intifada and provide urgent assistance to the Palestinian people in this
emergency situation.
5.
Calls the Member States to contribute to the Al-Quds Fund, the
Al-Quds Waqf and Beit al-Mal of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
6. Calls
for the necessity of implementing the
resolutions of the UN General Assembly on the economic assistance extended to
the Palestinian people as well as the resolutions of other international
organizations and relevant specialized agencies. It also calls for unified
efforts during the Fifty-fourth Session of the UN General Assembly in this
respect.
7. Urges the private
sector and investors of the OIC Member States to undertake the execution of the
economic, industrial, agricultural and housing programmes in the territories of
the Palestinian National Authority with a view to supporting and strengthening
the Palestinian national economy.
8.
Condemns Israel's continuing occupation of the Palestinian
territories including Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the escalation of its arbitrary
practices against the Palestinian people in all of the occupied towns and
villages, and building an expansionist infrastructure by establishing more
settlements and calls for halting these practices.
9. Condemns
Israel for its continued occupation of
the Syrian Golan and parts of South Lebanon, including the Shebaa farms and the
arbitrary Israeli practices which have led to the degradation of the social and
economic situation of the Syrian and Lebanese populations suffering under the
yoke of Israeli occupation.
10.
Expresses extreme concern
about the serious economic implications
resulting from a new series of expansionist settlement policies by the Israeli
government on the existing difficult living conditions of the Palestinian people
in the Occupied Palestinian territories as well as those of the Syrian citizens
in the Occupied Syrian Golan and the Arab people in the other Occupied Arab
territories.
11. Urges the OIC
Member States to carry all necessary actions at the international level to exert
pressure on Israel to desist from resorting to imposition of the brutal
blockades on the occupied Palestinian territory, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif
which result in extremely painful economic effects on the Palestinian people and
raise the level of unemployment among the Palestinians. It also hampers
international efforts aimed at realizing development in the occupied Palestinian
territory and the territory of the Palestinian National
Authority.
12. Calls on Member
States and the international community to extend necessary assistance to the
Lebanese citizens in South Lebanon and the Western Beqaa who have been
constantly and every day the targets of Israeli aggression throughout the
occupation period, thus entailing huge material losses and social hardships
leading to a quasi permanent paralysis of the economic activities in the
area.
13. Calls also on the
Member States to coordinate their efforts regarding the implementation of the
resolutions on the subject.
14.
Requests the Secretary General to submit a report thereon to the
Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
RESOLUTION NO.
13/9-E(IS)
ON
ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada" held in Doha, State of
Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 10/8-E (IS) adopted by the 8th Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference in Tehran, from 9-11 Sha'aban 1418H (9-11 December
1997);
Also
recalling Resolution No. 12/27-E adopted
by the Twenty-seventh Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign
Ministers;
Further
recalling Israeli aggressions against
Lebanon, and the resulting losses of life and property, and their consequences
on political and economic conditions in Lebanon;
Appreciating the
efforts exerted by the Government of Lebanon to achieve stability and security,
establish its authority, reconstruct its country, and provide for the needs of
citizens in the territories previously under Israeli
occupation;
Taking into
account the difficulties faced by the
Lebanese citizens in the territories previously occupied by Israel, and in the
neighbouring areas;
Having
considered the report of the Secretary
General on the subject;
1.
Expresses its appreciation of the assistance extended by some
Member States and by the relevant organs of the OIC.
2. Condemns
Israeli acts of aggression against
public facilities and infrastructures in Lebanon, aimed at obstructing the
efforts of reconstruction made by the government of Lebanon. It also condemns
the continued Israeli unwillingness to withdraw from parts of the territory of
Lebanon, including the Shabaa' farms, to the line of the internationally
recognized borders of Lebanon.
3.
Reaffirms its previous Resolutions on the need to provide various
forms of financial, material, and humanitarian aid to Lebanon to meet its
economic, technical and training needs, and reiterates the appeal to OIC Member
States and to international and regional bodies to contribute urgently and
effectively to the reconstruction of what was destroyed by Israeli occupation,
and to respond positively to the call for a conference of donor states for that
purpose.
4. Calls on Member
States to grant exceptional facilities to Lebanese products to permit them
unhindered access to their markets in support of the Lebanese economy, the
mainstay of Lebanese steadfastness and resistance to Israeli
aggression.
5. Requests the
Secretary General to submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic
Summit Conference.
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RESOLUTION NO.
25/9-E
ON
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE OF
PALESTINE
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada" held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H
(12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 22/8-E (IS) adopted by the Eighth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference;
Recalling
also Resolution of the Seventh Islamic
Summit Conference as well as resolutions of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and
27th Sessions of the Islamic Conferences of Foreign
Ministers,
Noting with great
interest the role played by the
Palestine National Authority in the Palestinian Self-rule regions in the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank, with a view to improving the jiving conditions of the
Palestinian people and building up the national economy;
Having taken note
of the report of the Secretary General,
1. Expresses deep
appreciation for the assistance extended
by some Member States and OIC relevant bodies.
2. Commends
the initiative taken by the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia at the Extraordinary Arab Summit Conference, held in Cairo in
October 2000, to allocate US$ 1000 million to setting up two funds for the
Intifada and Al-Aqsa, of which the Kingdom donated US$ 250 million, in addition
to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque, generous providing for one thousand
Palestinian families of the martyrs and victims of the Intifada. It calls on all
Member States to continue their support and assistance to their Palestinian
brothers to enable them to face the difficult economic conditions they are going
through as a result of the Israeli aggression.
3. Commends
the efforts made by the Palestine
National Authority in the Palestinian Self-Rule regions in order to reconstruct
what occupation had destroyed, as well as the efforts exerted to build up and
consolidate the Palestinian national economy.
4. Urges
the speedy granting of the required and
approved assistance by the concerned Member States and OIC bodies, with a view
to helping the Palestine National Authority and the Palestinian people in the
building up of the national economy and the consolidation of their national
institutions.
5. Reaffirms the
previous resolutions advocating the provision of all forms of support and
assistance as well as economic, technical, material and moral assistance in
support of the Palestinian people and the Palestine National Authority and
Urges that preferential treatment be accorded to Palestinian
products as regards importation and exemption of taxes and customs
duties.
6. Urges businessmen
and investors of Member States to contribute to the implementation of economic,
industrial, agricultural and housing projects in the Palestinian Self-Rule
regions, with a view to building up the national economy and enabling the
Palestine National Authority and its national institutions to implement their
development programmes, during the coming transitional period, in the various
economic, social and health fields.
7. Urges
to Member States, in view of the
obstacles raised by Israel in the face of the Palestinian labour force, to
provide work opportunities to this Palestinian labour force, with a view to
enhancing the socio-economic status of the Palestinian people and putting an end
to unemployment
8. Also urges the
Member States to conclude bilateral agreements with the Palestine National
Authority in the economic, commercial and social field on its national soil.
Expresses great appreciation
for the assistance provided by some
Member States to the Palestinian people in order to build up the national
economy in the Palestinian Self-Rule regions in the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip.
9. Requests the
Secretary General to submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic
Summit Conference.
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RESOLUTION NO. 41/9-E
(IS)
ON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE ISLAMIC
WORLD
INCLUDING ISRAELI PRACTICES
AND THEIR EFFECTS
ON THE
ENVIRONMENT IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES, IN THE OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN, AND
IN
LEBANESE TERRITORIES PREVIOUSLY
OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
The
Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada" held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-
13 November 2000),
Having noted
the resolution No. 39/27-E, and 35/8-E
(IS) adopted respectively by the Twenty-seventh Session of the Islamic
Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Eighth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference;
A. ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Recalling previous Resolutions on this subject especially
Resolutions 2/19-E, 17/21-E, 22/22-E, 29/23-E, 32/24-E, 32/25-E, 35/25-E and
36/26-E, 39/27-E of the 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th Sessions
of the Islamic Conferences of Foreign Ministers
respectively;
Deeply concerned
at the continuing deterioration of the
global environment, including the worsening trends in environmental pollution
and the degradation of natural resources;
Stressing again
the right of all human beings to enjoy a healthy and non-polluted environment,
as a basic human right;
Re-emphasizing the right of States to protect their environment from
harmful activities, and to cooperate among themselves to that
end;
Noting with concern
that the condition of the environment
has reached a stage that requires taking effective measures to stop its
deterioration;
Noting
that while there has been progress in
the implementation of Agenda 21, at various levels, particularly at the national
level, the lack of fulfillment of international commitments agreed upon at Rio
has been very disappointing;
Stressing the
commitments of the developed countries envisaged in Agenda 21 and Rio
Declaration adopted by UNCED;
Recognizing that
environmental degradation both natural and manmade is a major global concern
which requires the strengthening of international cooperation and extending
effective contributions for the protection of the
environment;
Noting with
satisfaction the recent developments
towards the finalization of the International Convention to Combat
Desertification and Drought, which was adopted in Paris in September 1994 and
inviting the Member States, which have not ratified all the relevant
conventions, including the International Convention on Combating
Desertification, to do so, as soon as possible;
Stressing the
need for closely and constantly monitoring the global environmental situation
and relevant activities and also supporting the establishment of
mass-destruction-weapons-free-zones in the Muslim world;
Expressing also
its deep concern over the devastating effects of hazardous, toxic and
radioactive wastes on humankind and the environment and supporting the
establishment of mass-destruction-weapons-free-zones in the whole
world;
Strongly condemning
the attempts by some developed countries
to export their hazardous and radioactive wastes for dumping in developing
countries, and appealing to Member States to sign the Basle Convention on
Dangerous wastes and the Bamako Convention and relevant international
agreements;
Guided by
the teachings of Islam which enjoin the
Muslim peoples to safeguard the bounties that Allah has granted them on
Earth;
Having considered
the Report of the Secretary General on
this subject,
1. Encourages Member
States to continue to incorporate environmental considerations in their
developmental policies.
2.
Urges Member States to cooperate and coordinate within the
existing Desertification Regional Centers for preparation and implementation of
NAP and RAP in accordance with article 11 of the CCD.
3. Invites
Member States to exchange information
and experience in various environmental fields such as desertification, climate
change and loss of biological diversity .
4. Urges
developed countries to provide new and
additional financial resources specially for protection of global environment in
general, and loss of biological diversity.
5. Also Urges
the Member States which have not
ratified all the UN International Agreements on the Environment including the
International Convention on Desertification and Drought to do so as soon as
possible so that the Convention can come into force.
6. Calls on
Member States to mobilise available
financial and institutional resources needed for implementing national programs
of environmental protection.
7.
Emphasizes the commitments of developed countries in transferring
environmentally sound technologies and know-how to developing counties in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 34 of Agenda 21.
8. Urges
the Member States to attach greater
importance to the question of the protection of the Environment and Natural
Resources and to its relevance to sustainable development.
9. Condemns
Israel's continued rejection to join the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and carrying out uncontrolled nuclear
programs.
10. Requests the
international community, particularly relevant United Nations Organs, to conduct
active scientific research on the rise in sea levels, and its socio-economic
impacts, so as to protect the coastal zones and the wild life in the territories
of the Member States.
11.
Urges the developed countries to discharge their obligations
under prevailing international agreements on the transfer to developing
countries of financial resources and environmentally sound
technologies.
12. Reaffirms the
determination of the Member States to work for the strengthening of
international cooperation in seeking solutions to global environmental problems
and requests the donor countries and international financial institutions to
extend further support to regional networks and national focal points in States
stricken by desertification.
13.
Stresses that multilateral cooperation for the protection of the
environment should include the provision of additional financial resources and
access to environmentally sound technologies for the developing
countries.
14. Calls for the
dissemination of pioneering experiments for the application of environmental
development in the Islamic States and the use of the latter's available
expertise in this field, whether through bilateral cooperation or multilateral
programs for the exchange of expertise.
15. Requests
Member States to promote coordination
and cooperation among environment monitoring networks and remote-control sensing
Centers and coastal control posts and all other environment protection organs in
Islamic States.
16. Urges all Member
States to continue consultation and coordination among them at all international
meetings including consultations relating to environment protection, especially
in the field of biological diversity, climate change, desertification, hazardous
and radioactive waste.
17.
Rejects the imposition of obligations on developing countries to
contain the phenomenon of climate changes in addition to the provisions of the
Kyoto Protocol on the UN convention on Climate Changes and calls on Member
States to oppose this orientation wherever it deemed necessary
.
18. Expresses its satisfaction at the fruitful cooperation between the Organization of
the Islamic Conference and the United Nations Environment
Program.
19. Calls for the
intensification of this cooperation with emphasis on the problem of the remnants
of World War II and other wars in the Islamic countries, which impedes
development of their societies, and calls on the international community to
address the problem immediately and take the necessary measures to remove land
mines and war remnants in countries concerned.
20. Appeals
to the parties to World War II to
expeditiously provide Member States with information, data and maps on mines
planted in their territories during the war and commit themselves to extend
immediate aid and assistance required for the removal of these mines which still
cause huge damage to human lives and obstruct development and construction in
vital areas, while taking into consideration the decisions of the UN Conference
on the Question of Mines which was held in Geneva in 1996.
21. Calls on
Member States to intensify coordination
and consultation among themselves in the framework of the UN and others,
particularly specialized agencies concerned, on tackling this subject in an
effective and meaningful manner .
22.
Expresses solidarity with the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya concerning its
position on the question of the minefields left on in its territory by World War
II, their grave effect on the environment and the accidents and grievous damage
they cause to thousands of its citizens. Also appeals to Member States to stand
in solidarity with the Jamahiriya in its efforts to overcome this problem and
its right to demand compensation for the damage and that the countries
responsible for the mine danger, finance mine-hunting operations and produce
minefield maps to the Libyan authorities concerned.
ISRAELI PRACTICES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT
IN THE OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, THE SYRIAN GOLAN,
AND LEBANESE TERRITORIES PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY
ISRAEL.
Proceeding
from the principles and objectives of
the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference;
Recalling
previous OIC and other International
Resolutions on this subject;
Recalling also the UNEP GC decision (UNEP/GC.19/107) on environmental
situation in occupied Palestine and Arab territories, and expressing deep
concern over the continued degradation of the environmental conditions in the
occupied Palestine;
Taking into
consideration the recommendations of the
Twenty-first Session of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social
Affairs;
Also recalling
resolutions 14/11-E and 15/18-E of the
UN Environment Program with respect to the environmental conditions in the
Palestinian Arab Territories, and the Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories
occupied by Israel;
Referring
to the relevant resolutions of the UN
General Assembly, Security Council and ECOSOC;
Reaffirming the
rights of mankind to a dignified life enjoying a healthy environment, free of
pollution as a basic human and sacred right;
Expressing deep concern over the escalating brutal and expansionist practices of
the Israeli occupation authorities which include seizure of land and water
resources, the demolition of houses, the construction of new settlements in the
occupied Palestinian and Arab Territories, especially in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and
the Syrian Golan, the uprooting of trees, the destruction of crops, the cutting
off of irrigation waters, the deforestation of wide expanses of land and the use
of toxic gases with the attendant serious effects on the Palestinian and other
Arab inhabitants and the economic and social situation in those
lands;
Expressing deep concern
upon the dumping by Israel of highly
toxic radioactive and chemical wastes in the Mediterranean sea and particularly
in the Lebanese regional waters;
Having considered the report of the Secretary General on this
issue;
1. Condemns and
censures Israel for its aggressive policies, the confiscation of Palestinian
lands, the setting of forests on fire, the cutting off of irrigation water and
the seizure of water resources and polluting the neighbouring countries' coasts
thereby causing considerable degradation of ecological conditions in occupied
Palestine and aggravating the economic and social situation of the
citizens.
2. Reaffirms the
inalienable right of the Palestinian people and the citizens of the occupied
Syrian Golan and other occupied Arab territories, and considers illegal any
violation of this right.
3.
Urges UNEP to update its report on the environmental situation
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and submit it to the GC for immediate
reaction.
4. Requests the
Member States to continue to extend help and assistance to the Palestine
Liberation Organisation and the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan and
the citizens in the Lebanese territories previously occupied, in drawing up the
plans deemed necessary for environmental conservation within these territories
and stresses the need to adopt concrete measures for consolidating such plans
and taking steps to expose the policies pursued by Israeli occupation
authorities which have led to ecological degradation in the occupied Palestinian
territories, the occupied Syrian Golan and the previously occupied Lebanese
territories.
5. Strongly condemns Israel's persistence in changing the legal status of the
occupied Syrian Golan and its practices aimed at changing its environmental
conditions as well as its geographical, demographic and historical features and
at imposing Israeli laws, jurisdiction and administration on the
Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan.
6.
Calls for the strengthening of the cooperation among the Member
States in the field of earthquake monitoring and establish a mechanism from the
Member States on the Red Sea so as to monitor earthquakes in the region and
exchange the necessary information on treating this
phenomenon.
7. Condemns Israel's
continuous rejection to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to pursue
nuclear programs which are bound to cause serious damage to the neighbouring
Islamic States as these programs are not subject to monitoring by the
International Atomic Energy Agency and calls upon the international parties and
bodies concerned to adopt the measures necessary for putting an end to this
damage, while stressing the importance of cooperation among the Member States
concerned in the field of monitoring radiation fallout in the
area.
8. Opposes the
introduction of amendments to annex 7 of the Basle Convention on the prohibition
of exporting dangerous wastes from OECD countries to non-OECD member countries
until the states signatory to the Convention have approved the provisions of the
annex.
9. Strongly emphasizes the need for in-depth studies of crucial issues on the
environment affecting Member States so that they can keep abreast of their
future development and implications.
10. Requests
the Secretary General to take
appropriate steps for the implementation of this recommendation and submit a
report thereon to the next Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
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Annex VIII
[Original: Arabic, English and
French]
Resolutions on cultural and
Islamic affairs adopted by the
ninth session of the Islamic Summit
Conference
Session of Peace and
Development - "Al-Aqsa Intifada"
Doha, State of Qatar, 16-17 Sha'ban 1421 H. (12-13
November 2000)
/...
RESOLUTION NO.
28/9-C(IS)
ON
THE
TWINNING OF PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES WITH UNIVERSITIES
IN
OIC MEMBER
STATES
The Ninth
Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development
"Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H
(12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No.24/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic Summit Conference in
Tehran;
Recalling
also Resolution No.28/27-C adopted by
the Twenty-seventh Session of the ICFM;
1. Calls on
the Member States to allocate
scholarships for the Palestinian students injured in Al-Quds Al-Sharif Intifada
and the other students who are members or families of the Intifada martyrs. It
calls on the Universities of the Member States to allocate
scholarships in the names or child martyrs of the Intifada, and to name one or
those scholarships as Mohammad Al-Durra Scholarship.
2. Approves
the recommendations of the 20th Session
of the Islamic Commission for Economic, Cultural and Social Affairs which call
for the necessity of strengthening Islamic solidarity with the people and
students of Palestine through establishing twining relations between
universities in OIC Member States and Palestinian universities in the Occupied
Territories to enable the latter to overcome their difficulties, confront
Israeli designs aimed at impeding their functioning, fulfil their educational
mission in the best manner and contribute to the reinforcement of the
Palestinian national authority.
3.
Recommends to extend every kind or financial and academic support
and assistance to Palestinian universities so that they may be able to play
their national and educational role, and support in particular the Open
University or Al-Quds in view or its importance or supporting the steadfastness
of its people and preserving the Arab and Islamic heritage of the Holy
City.
4. Calls upon Member
States to see to it that their universities receive delegations or trainees and
academics from the Palestinian Universities in order to offer them
work.
5. Calls upon the
Member States to contribute towards qualifying Palestinian youth in their
Universities and exchanging educational delegations with the Palestinian
Universities in various academic fields, so as to assist the Palestinian
Universities in performing their tasks within the framework of overall
reconstruction by the Palestinian National Authority and lessen the material and
academic difficulties which may emerge.
6. Requests
the Secretary General to follow-up this
matter and submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit
Conference.
RESOLUTION NO.
29/9-C(IS)
ON
THE
TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT OF THE HISTORY
AND GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of
Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 25/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic Summit Conference in
Tehran;
Recalling
also Resolution No. 29/27-C adopted by
the Twenty~seventh Session of the ICFM;
1. Commends
the efforts made by the Commission
entrusted with elaborating curricula for the teaching of the history and
geography of Palestine and calls on the General Secretariat and the Islamic
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) to expeditiously
print and communicate the curricula to the Member States in implementation of
relevant Islamic Resolutions.
2.
Calls upon Ministries of Education and all educational organisations
and institutions in Member States to contribute effectively to the teaching of
the subject of the History and Geography of Palestine approved for the three
levels of education so as to inform the young generations of Muslims about the
land of Palestine as well as its identity and history and the rights of its
Muslim Arab people, and safeguard the Islamic and historic heritage of
Palestine, particularly in Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
3. Appeals
to the Member States and the IDB to
contribute to financing the printing of the approved curricula in the three OIC
languages as well as in the national languages of non-Arabic-speaking
States.
4. Requests the
Secretary General to follow-up this matter and submit a report thereon to the
Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
RESOLUTION NO.
30/9-C(IS)
ON
THE
EDUCATIONAL SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, AND OCCUPIED SYRIAN
GOLAN
The Ninth Session of the
Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada",
held in Doha, State of Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November
2000),
Recalling Resolution No.26/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic
Summit Conference in Tehran;
Recalling also
Resolution No.30/27-C adopted by the Twenty-seventh Session of the
ICFM;
Taking into
consideration the policy and practices
of the Israeli occupation authorities towards the Arab citizens in the occupied
Arab territories, aimed primarily at the eradication of their cultural identity,
along with Israeli attempts to wipe out and disintegrate their national and Arab
identity at all levels, the Israeli policy of systematic stamping out of
education aimed at creating a poorly educated generation ignorant of its
history, culture, nation and Ummah, the Israeli practice of a policy geared
towards maligning Arab and Islamic civilization and causing prejudice to Arabs
and Muslims, the Israeli abuse and distortion of historical and geographical
facts, in addition to the continued Israeli policy of racial discrimination by
claims of Israeli superiority over the citizens of the occupied Arab territories
which constitute a blatant violation of their fundamental
rights;
1. Condemns the measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities
against the educational and cultural organizations and institutions in the
Palestinian territories aimed at denying the Palestinians access to education,
so as to obliterate their national identity and severe them from their culture
and history, and distort their civilization to serve the designs of
occupation.
2. Appeals to Member
States to support the efforts of the Palestine Liberation Organization aimed at
promoting the educational process in the Palestinian territories under its
National Authority during the transitional period, and to provide it with all
technical and financial means to develop curricula for all educational
levels.
3. Calls upon Member
States to promptly extend every kind of academic and financial assistance and
support to the educational sector in the occupied Palestinian territories so
that it may fulfill its mission in the reconstruction of the Palestinian
national institutions and so that the educational institutions may contribute to
the establishment of the Palestinian people's national authority on their
homeland, and thus further enhance Islamic solidarity with the people of
Palestine.
4. Calls upon Member
States to extend every necessary financial assistance to provide the funding
required for the promotion of education in the occupied territories in general
and in the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif in particular, in view of the great
difficulties faced by the educational process in the Holy City on account of the
practices of the Israeli occupation authorities aimed at the judaization of the
Holy City and at severing it from its Arab-Islamic
environment.
5. Condemns the
practices and actions of the Israeli occupation authorities against educational
and other institutions in the occupied Syrian Golan, their cancellation of the
Syrian educational syllabus in the villages of the Golan and its substitution by
an Israeli one, their imposition of the teaching of Hebrew instead of Arabic,
their replacement of the teaching staff to serve the goals and directions of
Israeli policy, their taking measures to deny Syrian Arab citizens access to
higher education in Syrian universities and their denying some of those who
manage to get education in those universities the right to return to their
homes.
6. Reiterates its
full support and assistance for the inhabitants of occupied Syrian Golan in
their resistance against the oppressive Israeli practices, and their legitimate
struggle to preserve their cultural, national and Arab identity, and
appeals to the United
Nations, to specialized international bodies and institutions and in particular
to UNESCO, to counter those Israeli policies which violate international laws
and conventions.
7. Calls for support
to the steadfastness of the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan against
the Israeli practices aimed at obliterating their Arab cultural identity and
proclaims its support for the maintenance of Syrian Arab educational curricula
and the provision of educational and cultural material.
8. Recommends
to provide all kinds of financial and
academic assistance and support to the Palestinian universities in
implementation of the resolutions of successive Islamic Conferences, and to work
for the establishment of a Centre of higher studies in the occupied Palestinian
territories.
9. Calls upon the
international community to shoulder its full responsibility in forcing Israel to
abide by the principles of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and of all
international conventions on human rights, particularly the Geneva Convention of
20.8.1949 on the Protection of Civilians in Time of War, as well as the relevant
resolutions adopted by the United Nations and its specialized
agencies.
10. Invites Member
States to extend necessary facilities to Palestinian students to enable them to
enroll in their universities and specialized institutes and thus help them
complete their university studies and also stresses the need to increase the
number of scholarships and seats for the Palestinian youth in the Islamic
States, particularly in higher education, technical and technological training
and teacher training.
11.
Calls for extending support to the Open University of Al-Quds in
view of its vital importance in strengthening the resistance of the Palestinian
people and enabling them to continue their university education and
also calls for extending the technical and financial assistance
necessary for the development of the university and for solving its problems so
that it may open new branches and thoroughly fulfil its educational
mission.
12. Expresses its
high appreciation for the role played by Palestinian schools and universities in
the preservation of the Palestinian culture and heritage and in confronting the
measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities against the educational and
cultural institutions and organizations in the occupied Palestinian and Arab
territories.
13. Reaffirms the
need to implement the recommendation addressed to the administrations of Islamic
Universities to receive training and academic missions from the universities of
the occupied territories to work in their universities for short
periods.
14. Requests the
Secretary General to follow-up this matter and submit a report thereon to the
Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
RESOLUTION NO.
31/9C(IS)
ON
THE
PRESERVATION OF THE ISLAMIC CHARACTER,
HUMAN HERITAGE AND RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF AL-QUDS
AL-SHARIF
The Ninth Session
of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa
Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13
November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 27/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic Summit Conference in
Tehran;
Recalling
also Resolution No.31/27-C adopted by
the Twenty-seventh Session of the ICFM;
Condemning the
recent actions by Israel for the expansion of the borders of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
Municipality.
1. Reiterates all
previous Islamic resolutions on the preservation of the Islamic character and
human heritage of Al-Quds.
2.
Condemns the aggressive and expansionist Zionist policies and
particularly the policies seeking to establish further settlements and to
transfer and resettle hundreds of thousands of Jewish immigrants in the occupied
Palestinian and Arab territories including Al-Quds Al-Sharif - policies aimed at
seriously altering the demographic and historic status of these territories by
judaizing them, and may jeopardize the current peace process and constitute a
flagrant violation of international laws and of relevant U.N. and Security
Council Resolutions.
3.
Calls for continued action at all Islamic and international
levels with a view to forcing Israel to rescind its decision to annex the city
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, reaffirming the City's Arab-Islamic character and
rejecting its annexation or judaization, pursuant to the relevant resolutions of
international legality, and particularly UN Security Council Resolutions No. 465
and 478.
4. Requests the
General Secretariat to continue its coordination with international agencies and
institutions and particularly with UNESCO to prevent the Israeli authorities
from demolishing buildings in the vicinity of the Al-Quds Holy Enclosure and
demand that they close the tunnel and stop their excavation works especially on
the south side of the Holy Enclosure which actions aimed at destroying the
Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and erecting their alleged temple on its
site.
5. Recommends that
an information symposium on the City of Al-Quds be organized specially at the
present juncture, in order to inform public opinion of imminent threats to the
City, and the need to safeguard the Islamic and Christian holy places and
guarantee the freedom of religious rites for all believers.
6. Urges
the General Secretariat and Member
States to provide material assistance to enable the Palestinian people to face
Israeli challenges and schemes aimed at obliterating religious landmarks in the
Holy City of Al-Quds, and reaffirms the need for extending all sorts of support
and assistance to the residents of Al-Quds Al-Sharif to enable them to refurbish
their houses, support their steadfastness and protect Islamic shrines in Al-Quds
Al-Sharif from demolition and waste.
7. Calls
on Member States, public institutions,
and the private sector to extend the necessary assistance to the Baitulmal Quds
Agency whose Director General was appointed and Casablanca headquarters donated
by His Majesty, the late King Hassan II, may Allah have mercy on his soul.
Recommends that the Director of Baitulmal Quds Agency shall visit the Islamic
States in order to inform about the Agency and its objectives and to organize
information campaigns in this respect, on the example of the visit he made to
Cairo in October 1999.
8.
Commends the strenuous efforts made by His Majesty the late King
Hassan II, may Allah have mercy on his soul, in establishing the Baitulmal Quds
Agency and enabling it to fulfil the Islamic mission of preserving the Islamic
character of the city of Al-Quds. Expresses its best wishes to his successor,
His Majesty King Mohamed VI for complete success in this
respect.
9. Requests the
Secretary General to follow-up this matter and submit a report thereon to the
Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
RESOLUTION NO.
32/9-C(IS)
ON
THE
ISRAELI AGGRESSIONS AGAINST ISLAMIC SHRINES
IN THE CITY AL-KHALIL
(HEBRON)
The Ninth Session
of the Islamic Summit Conference, Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa
Intifada", held in Doha, State of Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13
November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No.28/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic Summit Conference in
Tehran;
Recalling
also Resolution No.32/27-C adopted by
the Twenty-seventh Session of the ICFM;
Reaffirming the
objectives of the OIC Charter aimed at ensuring coordination for the safeguard
and liberation of the Holy places;
Recalling the
resolutions adopted by Islamic Conferences on the Unified Stand Against the
Profanation of Islamic Holy Places and Values;
Expressing deep concern at the designs being devised against the precinct of the
Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied city of Al-Khalil with the aim of judaizing it,
seizing part of it and preventing worshippers from entering and normally
offering in it the five daily prayers;
Recalling
Security Council resolution number 904 (1994) on the Massacre in the precinct of
the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil:
1.
Strongly condemns the repeated Israeli aggressions against the Ibrahimi
Mosque in Al-Khalil, in particular, the massacre perpetrated by the settlers
against Palestinian worshippers in the Enclosure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in
Ramadan 1414H killing tens of martyrs.
2. Strongly
condemns also the aggressive Israeli
scheme for the partition of the Enclosure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil,
which aims at seizing and judaizing most of it and building a Synagogue therein,
which constitutes an aggression against Islamic Holy Places and feelings and a
violation of all international Conventions and Charters, in particular the
Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.
3.
Requests Member States to coordinate and intensify their efforts
in the various international fora to prevent the implementation of the Israeli
scheme for partitioning the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil, to ensure access to it
for Muslim worshippers and preserve the integrity of the Ibrahimi Enclosure as a
Mosque for Muslims only as it has been through the ages; and warns Member States
against any slackness in this regard as this would encourage Israel to undermine
the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic and Christian
shrines.
4. Calls on Member
States to ensure the restoration of the old town in Al-Khalil as well as the
remaining Islamic relics and shrines on the Palestinian lands to safeguard the
heritage and culture of this historic city and its resident Palestinian families
in an effort to counter Jewish colonization.
5. Requests the
Secretary General to follow up this matter and submit a report thereon to the
Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
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RESOLUTION NO.
37/27-C
ON
THE
ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL,
SCIENTIFIC AND
CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION (ISESCO)
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference,
Session of Peace and Development "Al-Aqsa Intifada", held in Doha, State of
Qatar from 16 to 17 Shaban 1421H (12-13 November 2000),
Recalling
Resolution No. 33/8-C(IS) adopted by the Eighth Islamic Summit Conference in
Tehran;
Recalling
also Resolution No. 36/27-C adopted by
the Twenty-seventh Session of the ICFM;
Having taken cognizance with the high appreciation of the outstanding report
submitted by the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (ISESCO) on the activities of the Organization, and
listened to the valuable presentation made by its delegate to the Conference in
this respect.
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17.
Commends the initiative of the Director General of ISESCO to
visit the territories under PNA rule as well as the pioneering role of ISESCO in
extending support to education, science, and culture institutions in Palestine.
Also commends the signing of the cooperation Agreement between ISESCO and
Al-Quds Bait Al-Mal in March 2000. Requests the
Director General to continue his good offices to preserve the identity of
Al-Quds Al-Sharif and safeguard it from all attempts to distort and judaize it,
expresses extreme appreciation at the report submitted by ISESCO on this issue
to the Conference.
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