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29th of November
Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People
On 29 November 1947, the United
Nations issued the resolution 181, the Separation Resolution, which divided
Palestine into two countries, one Arab and the other Hebrew. The United
Nations determined their borders, as well a special status for Al-Quds city.
Then,
it issued a resolution to consider the 29th of November a day of solidarity
with the Palestinian people.
Since
Israel’s establishment, the entire Middle East region is living a condition
of ebullition, war, instability, hostility and demolition.
What makes the conditions more
tragic is that Israel finds all support from the English, French and
American colonial forces, as Israel is the front base for these forces in
the region.
Today, 29th of November 2005, Israel had seized a lot of parts from the
lands determined by the UN as lands for the Palestinian country. The
resolution 181/1947 actually and practically had ended and has been
substituted by the Zionist Sharoni projects which are the segregation racist
wall, human eradication, demolition of the basic structure and the
agricultural lands, the practical refusal to hold the Palestinian country
and the transfer of the Palestinian lands to torn cantons controlled by the
Zionist Israel and governed actually by Israel’s will, not by its people’s
will.
The
United Nations stood totally helpless in implementing dozens of resolutions
taken into the benefit of Palestine. The American administration (the
official sponsor for the Palestinian issue and the peaceful solution between
the Palestinians and the Israelis) is extremely supporting Israel and
extremely pressing the Palestinian authority. It intends to reformulate the
whole region for imposing Israel as a regional leadership on the Great
Middle East, as it called it.
On
this opportunity, AAPSO calls all the liberation and development forces to
support the Palestinian people in their just heroic struggle for their
liberation and for holding their independent country with its capital Al-Quds.
Also, AAPSO urges the UN and all the international legislative forces to
defend their resolutions and to obligate Israel for implementing it, as they
do with other countries. And till the implementation of these resolutions,
they have to protect the Palestinian people from the Zionism Nazism savagery
and to judge the killers, and above them all Ariel Sharon and his
administration bodies.
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Congratulation
His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa
President of Sri Lanka
Your
Excellency,
The
Permanent Secretariat of the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
takes great pleasure in congratulating your Excellency on your election to
the presidency of Sri Lanka.
Your
Excellency has long connection with Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity
Organization and particularly with the Sri Lanka Afro-Asian Solidarity
Association. We highly value your participation and contributions made at
our conference in Sri Lanka in the past. We recollect the inspiring keynote
address Your Excellency made three years ago in the capacity as the Leader
of the Opposition at our international conference in Colombo.
AAPSO
wish that under your Excellency’s leadership Sri Lanka will usher a new
chapter in its history by achieving durable peace respecting human rights of
all the ethnic groups in Sri Lanka so that the people will live in peace and
prosperity.
We
wish your Excellency and the family best of health and the people of Sri
Lanka a bright future.
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
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Condolences
His
Excellency the President of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamabad
Your
Excellency,
AAPSO
was shocked to learn about the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan
administered Kashmir killing ten of thousands of people, destroying houses
and property in large scale.
We
wish that with the support of the international community, rescue operations
would be speeded up to bring solace to those who are buried under debris and
rehabilitation.
AAPSO
extends its heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the government and
people of Pakistan.
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
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Terrorism Condemnation
at India
His
Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime
Minister of India
Your
Excellency,
Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization was shocked about the three bomb
explosions on 29th October in the heart of capital New Delhi killing
fifty-five and wounding hundreds more. The victims were innocent people who
were busy preparing for both the Eids and Deepavali, the Hindu festival of
lights.
AAPSO
strongly condemns this terrorist attack and associate with the Indian people
at the hour of their grief. AAPSO also expresses its deep condolences to the
people and government of India.
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
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Terrorism Condemnation at
Jordan
H.E.
Dr. Adnan Badran
Prime
Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
We
feel all sorrow for the vile crime, perpetrated by the sinful hands of
terrorism, which killed dozens and injured hundreds from the innocent
civilians who shed their souls unjustly and perfidiously.
We,
and all the loving forces for the people’s safety, security and peace,
condemn these offensive and humanity hostile operations. Our condolences to
you, the Jordanian people and the victims’ families.
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
The
same condolence was sent to:
Mr.
Issa Madanat - President of the Jordanian Committee for Peace and Solidarity
Mr.
Moussa Al-Maayta - Secretary-General of the Jordanian Committee for Peace
and Solidarity
Mrs.
Emily Nafae - The Arab Social Forum
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Message of Condolences
To
His Excellency Mr. Ambassador of the Republic of Nigeria
Cairo, Egypt
The
Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) expresses its deep
sorrow over the plane crash which has killed 117 persons and extends its
heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims as well
as to the government and the people of Nigeria.
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
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Russian Delegation to
Cairo
Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
President of Permanent AAPSO Secretariat
Dr.
Mourad Ghaleb
Secretary General of Permanent AAPSO Secretariat
Mr.
Nouri Abdul Razzak
Dear Sirs
I am
glad to greet you and inform you that in our schedule we have free days from
November 13 till 17, 2005. In connection with that, we decided in our
Council to send delegation to Cairo that will be consisted of:
Mihail V. Margelov - Chairman of Russian AAPSO,
Vyacheslav V. Bakaev - Member of RAAPSO Council,
Kim
A. Koshev - Responsible Secretary of RAAPSO Council,
Irina
V. Hvorostyanaya - Secretary of RAAPSO Chairman.
We
plan to fly to Cairo at November 13, 2005.
Yours
faithfully,
M.
Margelov
Chairman of RAAPSO Council,
Chairman of Committee of International Relations of the Russian Federal
Council
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Welcome
Mr.
Margelov
Chairman of RAAPSO Council
Chairman of the Committee of International Relations of the Russian Federal
Council. Moscow
Dear
Mr. Margelov,
We
thank you very much for your intention to visit Cairo during November 13-17,
2005. We have great pleasure to welcome your delegation.
Sincerely Yours
Nouri Abdul Razzak,Secretary
General
Dr. Morad Ghaleb,President
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Embassy of the Russian
Federation
Dr.
Morad Ghaleb
President of AAPSO
Dear
Sir,
I
have the pleasure to inform you that according to decisions of the
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of
Independent States the tenth Petersburg International Economic Forum will be
held in Tavricheskiy Palace in Saint Petersburg on June 14-16, 2006.
The
subject of the tenth Forum -"Man in the space of XXI century: economics,
politics and culture”. The Forum is held under patronage of the President of
the Russian Federation, who is expected to participate personally. Heads of
states and governments, heads of parliaments, leaders of International
organizations, representatives of economic and political elite of different
states of the world regularly take active part in it. The Forum allows to
join the efforts of representatives of the authorities, science and business
to render assistance to considerable investment projects and development of
topical economic ideas. It is righteously considered to be the main economic
summit of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
You
are kindly invited to participate in this main economic summit of Russia and
the CIS.
Please accept the assurances of my highest consideration.
Mikhail Bogdanov, Ambassador
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The Interest Sponsoring
Bureau
Of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr.
Mourad Ghaleb,
President of AAPSO
Greetings,
We would like to inform you that
the International and Political Studies Center, subsidiary to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs at the Islamic Republic of Iran, will hold a conference
under the title of: “Energy and Security: Asian Vision”, in cooperation with
the International Center for Atomic Studies, subsidiary to the Iranian
Ministry of Petroleum. The conference will be at Tehran, on 12-13 March
2006.
Attached herewith, the introduction and the subjects of the participated
articles in this conference. Will you kindly nominate a researcher from your
side and inform the office by his data and his participated article, so we
can send him an official invitation.
With
respect,
Hamid
Karim Naya
Responsible of the Economical Section
at
the Interest Sponsering Bureau of the
Islamic Republic of Iran - Cairo
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AAPSO Issued the following Press Release:
A Symbol Never Die
A
year ago Late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, the man who endowed his
life to defend the Palestinian issue, passed away.
Since
he was a student in the faculty of Engineering, Foad the 1st university,
Cairo (late 40s and advent of the 50s decade) Arafat had been interested in
his country concerns. He established the Palestinian Graduates Association.
In 1956, he took part in confronting the tripartite aggression against
Egypt.
Then,
Arafat established Palestine Liberation Movement (Fath) in Kuwait, on 1965.
His name came into focus with the martyr operations, launched from Jordan,
against Israel following the 1967 aggression.
Arafat was elected, by the National Palestinian Council, as Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1969.
He
led the Organization and the Palestinian resistance. However, in November
1974, he stated before the UN: "I've come with both an olive branch and a
rifle. Do not let drop the green olive branch unto my hand. Palestine is the
land where either war or peace may start."
The
Palestinian resistance then faced the Israel conquest onto Lebanon. Arafat,
then, had to leave Lebanon for Tunis.
In
November 1988, the National Palestinian Council issued the Palestinian State
Proclamation Resolution, with Jerusalem as its capital, and formed a
temporary government. Some time later, December same year, Arafat launched a
peace initiative, before the UN, admitting the right of all Middle East
states, including both Palestine and Israel, to live in peace. Arafat was
designated as President of the Palestinian State in April 1989. Then in the
beginning of 1990, he declared that he is making contacts with Israeli
leaders to push forward the peace process.
In
1993, he signed Oslo Agreement (which did not recognize the Palestinian
Authority) with the then Israeli Prime Minister Ishaq Rabin. Afterwards they
signed Cairo Agreement stipulating for an autonomous Palestinian rule in
Gaza and Jericho. Then he returned to Gaza in June 1994 after 27 years in
exile. He was awarded the Peace Nobel Prize for concluding peace agreement
with Rabin and Peres.
Arafat roamed after peace from Way River (1998) to Camp David (2000) where
he rejected Clinton's suggestions. He insisted in tackling the issues of
Jerusalem, the refugees, and Israel settlements in the occupied territories.
Then, the Second Palestinian Intifada (Al-Aqsa Intifada) erupted and
Arafat’s relations with the USA got worse.
With
the Israeli Prime Minister Areal Sharon holding onto power in Israel, Arafat
had been besieged in his residence in Ramallah. In order to isolate Arafat
and eliminate all means for settling the Palestinian question, Israel and
the US claimed that there was no proper Palestinian negotiator. Despite
Arafat accepted the US sponsored Road Map, both Sharon and Bush clang to
their adamant stances. The US President refused to meet Arafat who never
abandoned the Palestinian rights until he passed away in November 11, 2004.
Arafat's history is that of the Palestinian nation which has been the
subject of several UN resolutions ignored by Israel (always backed by the
US).
If
the history of individuals is everlasting, so the history of nations is
immortal.
Yasser Arafat will always remain the symbol who initiated both armed
resistance and political negotiations to find a solution for his country
question.
Despite he warned the world not to let drop the olive branch unto his hand
in 1974, the US and Israel crashed it. They had been stuck to destruction,
ignoring the Palestinian authority, and trials to impose the unilateral
Sharoni Zionist solution.
The
symbol could not be lost in the crowd of events and its cruelties, and
Arafat will always be the Palestinian conscience spurring struggle to attain
victory.
AAPSO, hereby, pays condolences to the Palestinian Authority, people, and
Arafat's family. The Organization reaffirms its support to the Palestinian
People and the Palestinian Authority up till the day of victory when all
legitimate rights of the Palestinians are attained.
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White Phosphorous in
Fallujah
Last
November, the US occupation forces in Iraq used White Phosphorous in Al-Fallujah,
although the use of this material has been prohibited as they result in
severe, deep and very painful burns. The screen of fire, on the skin, keeps
ignited until reaching the bones.
The
US has recently admitted that US forces used that chemical weapon after an
Italian News Network documentary showed civilian Iraqi women and children
who died after having severe burns. The burns resulted from the White
Phosphorous material used by US forces and Marines during Fallujah invasion.
In an interview with the BBC, the US Pentagon spokesman Barry Finally
affirmed that White Phosphorous material was used "as burning material
against the enemy". It is noteworthy that the US has not signed an
international treaty banning the use of the White Phosphorous.
The
Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) strongly condemns the use
of such a weapon and calls to form an international investigation committee
from the UN to follow this subject and its dimensions, to judge the
responsible and to pay great attention to the Iraqi people who was subjected
to that weapon.
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Al-Jadaria Scandal
The
Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization (AAPSO) is following-up, with
great concern, the news about unleashed secret detention center subsidiary
to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, in Jadriyah, Baghdad, where Iraqi
security forces detained and abused more than 170 prisoners. The Iraqi
prisoners were found in a very bad condition for undergoing severe abuses.
The Undersecretary for Western Iraq of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, Major
General Yassin Al-Qaoud, admitted that nearly other 250 prisoners, including
women, were abused in Jadriyah detention center.
AAPSO
strongly condemns the repeated human rights abuses of Iraqis by the
cognition of Iraqi officers. The Organization calls for an international
investigation for the repugnant breaches committed against the detainees.
The persons responsible for such abuses must be judged for torturing the
prisoners.
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The General Union of
the Palestinian Woman
Dear
Dr. Mourad Ghaleb,
President of AAPSO
The
Palestinian Woman Union at Cairo and the Egyptian Opera House have the
honour to invite you for attending: “Palestinian Evening”, on Thursday 17
October 2005, 9:30 p.m. at the small theatre - Opera House.
The
participants are:
Sunflower chorale - singing
Al-Fllujah
band - singing and dabka
Tamer
Abu Ghazallah - singing and playing
Al-Quds
band - folk art
Pictures exhibition
Samira Abu Ghazallah
President of the Palestinian
Woman Union at Cairo
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The Arab Lawyers Union
Dr.
Mourad Ghaleb,
President of AAPSO
Mr.
Nouri Abdul Razzak
Secretary-General of AAPSO
Greetings,
The Arab Lawyers Union decided to
hold the (21st) conference under the slogan: “Defending Syria is a national
and human duty”, on 20-22 January 2006 at Damascus - Syria. The aim of the
conference is the solidarity with Syria and the support of the Syrian
situation withstand in facing the American - Zionist attack. The Arab and
international unions and organizations have to participate in the Arab
Lawyers Conference in a frame of a popular conference, by vocational,
political and syndicate personalities.
With
regard to the role of your union/organization in supporting the Arab issues,
the General Secretariat of the Arab Lawyers Union has the pleasure to invite
ten members from your union/organization leaders to attend the conference
and its activities and to deliver a speech for 10 mn. in the opening
session.
Taking into consideration that Syria syndicate will bear the accommodation
cost during the conference period and your organization has to bear the
travel cost.
Thank
you in advance,
Ibrahim Al-Semlaly
Secretary-General of the ALU
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Global Symposium:
“Towards a New World Order”
Nouri
Abdul Razzak
Secretary General (AAPSO)
Dear
Nouri,
We
cordially invite you to actively participate at Global Symposium:
“Towards a New World Order” for civil society organizations and networks
from 10 to 14 December 2005 at Lucknow, INDIA.
The
objective of the Global Symposium is to foster personal interaction, mutual
understanding and action for a strong foundation of a nuclear-free,
democratic, sustainable, just and peaceful new world order by bringing
together Nobel laureates, international institutions, civil society
organizations, global and local leaders in the fields of art, science,
religion, culture and media.
We
consider your participation very important to contribute to the success of
this Conference and I look forward to meet you this December in Lucknow,
India.
With
best regards,
Yours
sincerely
(Jagdish
Gandhi)
Founder-Manager
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Global Symposium
Dear
Friends,
You
must be aware that we are hosting the 2nd Global Symposium from 9 to 13
December 2005 at Lucknow City, India in which nearly 250 participants from
102 countries will be participating.
We
cordially invite all organizations working for Global Sustainability, World
Democracy, World Peace and World Unity to come and join hands for this
Global Partnership even if your organization cannot participate at the
Global Symposium.
If
your organization is interested to join, please submit your participation.
You are requested to kindly send us your participation requests by 5th
December 2005.
Looking forward to hear from you,
Coordinating Committee
Global Partnership for World
Democracy
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Invitation
15th World Trade Union
Congress
General Secretary
Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
Dear
Colleagues,
In
the framework of the longstanding friendship and cooperation between our two
organizations as members of the international NGO community, we have great
pleasure to convey a cordial invitation to your esteemed organization to
send a delegation to participate in the 15th World Trade Union Congress
which will be held in Havana (Cuba).
We
request you to inform us and the CTC of Cuba about the composition of your
delegation.
The
working languages of the Congress will be: English, French, Spanish, Russian
and Arabic.
Looking forward to hear from you and with warm greetings,
Yours
fraternally,
Alexander Zharikov, Secretary General
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60 Years in Service of
Youth and their Rights
Today, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of WFDY - World Federation of
Democratic Youth, we salute in particular all our member organizations as
well as our friends and partners at national, regional and international
level that have been struggling along with us for these 60 years. We would
like to share with you the happiness of this day and enhance the strong
conviction on the people’s victory with a stronger WFDY on the defense of
youth rights.
On
November 10, 1945 the World Youth Conference, organized in London, founded
the WFDY. It adopted a pledge for peace that remains entirely valid after 60
years:
“We
pledge that we shall remember this unity, forged in this month, November
1945,
Not
only today, not only this week, this year, but always,
Until
we have built the world we have dreamed of and fought for.
We
pledge ourselves to build the unity of youth of the world.
All
races, all colours, all nationalities, all beliefs,
To
eliminate all traces of fascism from the earth,
To
build a deep and sincere international friendship among the peoples of the
world,
To
keep a just lasting peace,
To
eliminate want, frustration and enforced idleness.
We
have come to confirm the unity of all youth salute our comrades who have
died-and pledge our word that skilful hands, keen brains and young
enthusiasm shall never more be wasted in war.”
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Women International
Democratic Federation
The
Women International Democratic Federation WIDF has the honor to invite you
for the celebration of “WIDF 60 Years of Fights and Conquests”, the 6th of
December, at the UNESCO Headquarters, in France, Place Fontenoy, no 7, Paris
7, at 6 pm. During the celebration the former WIDF Presidents will be
honored; they have encouraged, since 1945, women to struggle for their
Rights, for Peace and Cooperation and Solidarity among Nations.
Márica Campos
WIDF
President
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Research Center for
Political Studies
The 19th Annual
Conference of Political Research
The Great Middle East
Project: Inside and Outside Argument and the Arab Region Future
26 - 29 December 2005
Aim of the Conference
“The Great Middle East”, it is an
expression that has become general to use in the American speech when
pointing out to the Arab region and the Islamic countries surrounding it.
Although it is a wide and non-determined concept, but the Great Middle East
had basically political, economical and cultural contents that are directly
related to the Arab national security. The concept of security, in general,
and the national security, in particular, had got unmilitary dimensions,
which are important as the military ones related to the traditional concept
of the national security. The 19th Annual Conference of the Center of
Political Research and Studies is being launched on the assumption of the
existence of the effect and affection relation between the foreign forces
strategies towards the Arab region in the shadow of the various and repeated
initiatives of the Great Middle East and among the Arab national security as
a wide and total concept comprising a lot of political, economical,
security, social and cultural issues which are vital and touching the region
stability and security, in its total and its parts. The foreign act had
become an essential base to form a lot of regional status. After long
decades of the interaction between the external and internal changes lived
by the Arab region, the international forces from outside the region - under
the American leadership - succeeded to make its visions and targets as basic
entries affecting in the making of the Arab decisions and policies, either
in its local dimensions or its regional and international ones.
From
this point, it is important to hold a scientific conference to discuss what
has become general to use in a lot of assemblies at the aim of reformulating
the Arab region and which are setting out from foreign visions comprising
what the region form should be politically, economically, socially,
culturally and military in the future. These total visions and directions
come with a movement plan that had its action resources. At the same time,
we find that the Arab region countries - either alone or in its total - have
their visions and movement plans to respond to these foreign challenges.
These
basic introductions are forming the main reasons for which the Center of
Political Research and Studies at Cairo University chose this subject, in
its annual conference, to be a field for research, discussion and
conversation.
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The Arab European
Dialogue Forum
The Arab League -
The European Legation
The General Union of the
Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Chambers of Arab
Countries
The Arab French
Commercial Chamber
Arab World Institution -
Paris
They
are organizing the first forum for the Arab-European dialogue under the
slogan of “Towards Joint Arab - European Strategy”. The target is: enhancing
the Arab-European dialogue in the different economical, political, cultural
and scientific fields and activating the role of the Arab colonies and the
Arab and European institutions, to hold equivalent Arab-European relations.
It will be on 26-27-28 April 2006 at the Arab World Institution in Paris.
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The International
Conference on Racism and Child Abuse
Child
Abuse and racism taking place in urban centers, towns and villages the world
over. The Conference will bring together Youths, Youth Leaders, Performers,
Educators, Artists, Scholars and Researchers, Psychologists and Therapists,
Health Professionals, Business Professionals, Youth Workers, Activists, and
Community Organizers to showcase what need to be done to win this war.
These
events are scheduled to commence in Michigan, USA 19th of December 2005 and
come to an end in Napoli, Italy on the 23rd of December 2005.
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The Arab Organization
for Human Rights
The Arab Organization for Human
Rights Condemns the American Occupation Forces for Using the White
Phosphorus during the Falluja Invasion Last Year
The
Arab Organization for Human Rights condemns the American occupation forces
for using the white phosphorus in Al-Falluja battles last November, although
the treaty of using traditional weapons on 1980 had prohibited the use of
this material as a weapon in the war because of its bad effects on the human
as it causes bad burns that could lead to the dissolution of bones and
tissues when there is an intense exposure to it.
On
8th of November 2005, Al-Akhyar Ray News-24, the Italian net, broadcasted a
show about the Falluja invasion which affirmed the use of this chemical
material by the occupation forces, beside the testimony of the American
journalist “Darine Mortenson” who was a witness on Al-Falluja battles, after
that the American administration had to admit their use of the white
phosphorus despite their previous denial.
The
Arab Organization for Human Rights had previously condemned the American
forces for using the weapons internationally prohibited during their
invasion of Iraq and, again, we re-condemn them for using the white
phosphorus. That is considered a violation for the treaty of using
traditional weapons 1980 and for the fourth Geneva Convention concerning the
protection of civilians during the military operations and the organization
of the occupation forces responsibility.
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The Arab Organization
for Human Rights
The Arab Organization
for Human Rights Condemns the Crimes of Iraqi’s Torturing and Claims for the
Investigation in these Crimes
The
Arab Organization for Human Rights is following-up, with great sorrow, the
scandal of torturing 176 Iraqi prisoners in one of the secret prisons,
subsidiary to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, at Al-Jadria suburb, south
Iraq. The declarations point out to the bad health condition of the
prisoners and the effects of the brutal torture to which they were exposed.
And according to the declarations of the Iraqi Vice-Minister of Interior, a
lot of prisoners have been paralyzed because of that brutal torture.
The
Arab Organization for Human Rights feels sorry for these brutal violations
taking place at the same time in which both the American occupation forces
and the Iraqi government are alleging that Iraq is witnessing the most
flourishing era of democracy.
The Arab Organization highly
condemns the torture violations perpetrated in the prisons of the American
occupation forces, especially in Abu-Ghraib and Buka prisons and recently in
the Minister of Interior prison, with the cognition of some Iraqi
responsible and under the umbrella of occupation. Also, it claims for a
transparent and honest international investigation, sending quickly an
independent and neuter international investigation committee to investigate
the events included in the torture scandals and guaranteeing that the
criminals will not getaway without punishment.
It
calls upon the International Committee of the Red Cross to send a widened
mission to Iraq for inspecting the status in the prisons and the detention
centers, and claims both the Iraqi government and the American occupation to
stop these violations as quickly as possible.
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Draft
Message from the Trade and Development Board to the Governments
Participating in the Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
1-
The Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD, at its fifty - second session,
held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October 2005, reviewed developments and issues
in the post-Doha work programme of particular concern to developing
countries.
2-
The members of the Board, stressed that an early and successful conclusion
of the Doha Round should be viewed as a crucial international instrument for
development and a driving force for sustained economic growth.
3-
The key focus should therefore be on maximizing for all developing
countries, particularly LDCs, the development value and gains of every
sector under the negotiations, and of the Round as a whole.
4-
The members of the Board emphasized that the successful outcome of the Hong
Kong Ministerial Conference is indispensable to enable the negotiations to
be concluded by the end of 2006. They recongnized the urgent need for all
Governments participating in the Doha Round, and in particular the major
trading members, to exercise fully their responsibilities and leadership,
and urged them to give the highest political priority to bringing these
negotiations to a timely and successful conclusion.
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UNCTAD
Trade and Development
Board
On
behalf of the President of the Board, H.E. Ambassador Ransford Smith, the
UNCTAD secretariat has the honour to inform member States that the followig
issues will be taken up at the resumed fifty-second session of the Board:
*
Draft decision by the Board to welcome the offer of Ghana to host UNCTAD
XII.
*
Draft agreed conclusions on Africa
*
Draft message from the Trade and Development Board to the governments
participating in the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
*
Other business.
The
secretariat wishes to draw the attention of member States to the fact that
the resumed session will now open at 3 p.m. (Instead of 10 a.m) on 7
November 2005, in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Jo
Elizabeth Bulter
Secretary of the Trade and Development Board
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Food Security and Gender
The
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
would like to cordially invite you to a workshop/brainstorming session on
Food Security and Gender: What is the Link, What is at Stake? On Thursday,
10 November 2005 in Conference Room 8 at the United Nations Headquarters.
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Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Tenth Session of the
Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Participation by
Non-Governmental Organization and industry
The Tenth Session of the
Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention will
convene at the Netherlands Congress Centre in The Hague, the Netherlands,
from 7 to 11 November 2005.
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UNCTAD
Information note to
Member States of UNCTAD
The
UNCTAD secretariat is pleased to inform Member States of its participation
from 15-19 November 2005 at the forthcoming World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis.
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UNCTAD
Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on
Insurance Services
The
Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Insurance Services will be held on Thursday, 24
November 2005, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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UNCTAD
Expert Meeting on Capacity
Building in the Area of FDI: - Data Compilation and Policy Formulation in
Developing Countries
The
Expert Meeting on Capacity Building in the Area of FDI, convened in
accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Investment,
Technology and Related Financial Issues at its ninth session, will be held
from 12 to 14 December 2005, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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UNESCO
To International
Non-Governmental Organizations
maintaining official
relations with UNESCO
Sir,
On
behalf of the Director-General, I have pleasure in inviting your
Organization to participate in the International Conference of NGOs that
maintain official relations with UNESCO, to be held from 14 to 16 December
2005, at UNESCO Headquarters.
Looking forward to your participation in this important Conference,
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Ahmed
Sayyad
Assistant Director-General
for
External Relations and Cooperation
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The Israeli -
Palestinian Dialogue Committee
We
will keep going on the road of “Peace of the Braves”.
A
year ago, Late President Abu Ammar passed away and he is still living in the
hearts of his loyal Palestinian people and the hearts of million from peace
lovers in the whole world. During four decades, he led the march of his
people towards freedom and independence; and his modest personality, with
his famous kuffieh, became one of the new era giants and a symbol of
dignity, endurance and challenge.
I saw
him when he returned in pride and honor to his homeland and he kissed its
sacred dust. In the course of time, I knew him as a dear brother and a close
friend, especially in the days of the unjust siege on the proud province.
We
will not forget that the Israeli leaders, who bear malice against his
popular Intifada, had refused to move his virtuous body to Al-Quds Al-Shareef.
By this, they disgraced themselves forever and the decisive answer will be
his immortal commemoration by doubling the struggle to end the hatred
occupation and to hold the Palestinian country, with its capital Al-Quds, in
just peace.
Let’s
stand in reverence and esteem before the tomb of the immortal martyr and
let’s say to Abu Ammar:
We’ll
keep going on your road and on the road of “Peace of the Braves”.
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