AAPSO hails India-Pakistan Thaw

The three day Summit of the SAARC held in Islamabad, the Capital of Pakistan ended in a great success. This in the first time that SAARC Summit was able to deliberate in an atmosphere of cordiality and steer a coure of action plan for South Asia comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. To begin with they agreed for a free trade area to commence from 2006.

The outcome of the Summit was a landmark development. In the past the bi-lateral isritant between India and Pakistan, the two biggest countries always hindered the SAARC process to a dead end. Since of late both India and Pakistan had taken positve actions to develop friendly relations between the two countries. The two countries have restored, Air, Rail and Road transport which came as a great relief for both people.

The whole world has hailed this new development in the Indian-Subcontinent for the exemplary wisdom and foresight shown by the leaders of both India and Pakistan.

The U.N. Secretary-General commended to say that he was "excited by the actions" and "applauded the wisdom of the leaders of India and Pakistan" .

AAPSO from its inception had consistently supported peaceful solution to the thorny issues between India and Pakistan through dialogue. Therefore AAPSO congratulates leaders of India and Pakistan particularly for the succesful conclusion of the SAARC Summit.


Congratulations

H.E. Mr. Kim Jong II
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

It is a great pleasure for me to send my warmest congratulations and best wishes to your Excellency, the great leader of the Korean people on the new year 2004.
Last year, the Korean people achieved great successes in the struggle of building powerful and prosperous country under your wise leadership.
I take this opportunity to heartily wish you good health and Korean people great successes in their struggle to build prosperous and powerful nation and achieve reunification of Korea on the new year too.
With best regards,
Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussein
Secretary General
December 29, 2004, Cairo

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Thanks

Mr. Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussain
Secretary General of AAPSO

By the authorization of the Great Leader Camrade Kim Jong II, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, have the honour to convey his message expressing his thanks for your kind congratulations and best wishes of greeting sent on the New Year 2004 wishing you good health and success in your responsible work.
Jon Hui Jong
Ambassador of the D.P.R. of Korea
January 21, 2004, Cairo

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AAPSO will participate at the World Social Forum.
A delegation composed of Mr.Vidyasekera, AAPSO coordinator and Dr.Fakhry Labib, responsible of Information Section will participate at the World Social Forum at Mumbai. The conference will be held in January 16-21,2004 at Mumbai, India. The delegation seeks to have discussions, dialogues and consultations with the Arabs participating at the preparations for the Arab Social Forum.

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Forty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women

Dr, James A. Harris, Sr.
Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization

Dear Dr. A. Harris Sr.
I am pleased to inform you that you have been pre-registered to attend the forty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW48) as a representative of your organization. The session will be held from 1 to 12 March 2004 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
All representatives of non-governmental organizations accredited to CSW48 are invited to attend an NGO Consultation which will be organized by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, on Sunday, 29 February at the New School, as well as an Orientation for all new representatives of NGOs, on Monday, 1 March from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, at the Church Centre.
We look forward to your participation at the forty-eighth sesstion of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Yours sincerely,
Carolyn Hannan
Director
Division for the Advancement of Women

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His Highness
Ambassador Dong Honeih Lab,
Embassy of Vietnam,

Dien Bien Phu Battle

The French forces considered Dien Bien Phu as a decisive battle in the Vietnamese War. They gathered a huge number of the military forces on the pretext of dragging the Vietnamese forces from all sides to be able to weaken their resistance, and to control Vietnam. However, this was discovered early by the Vietnamese leadership of the legendary President Mr.Hoshei Menh and the smart General Mr. "Phu Jojween Jeiab". They mapped a very genius strategy to overcome the French forces in Dien Bien Phu without weaken other sides of battlefronts which were escalated in fighting.
There were a complete and a comprehensive determination by the Vietnamese leaders and peoples to take over "Dien Bien Phu" and to overcome the French colonialism at its heart. General "De Castries" was the French Leader of the army at "Dien Bien Phu ".
Within a violent subsidiary battles around "Dien Bien Phu" the Vietnamese forces was able to seizure this inaccessible castle. Consequently, the French forces became besieged by the Vietnamese forces and they were compelled sometimes to withdraw some of their forces by air.
In 1953 and during the repeated defeats of the French forces, the USA interferred as General Izenhaour ordered military supplies to be sent to the French forces monthly. They were estimated by twenty thousand to forty thousand tons. He declared the American's persistence for saving "Dien Bien Phu" out of the Communists' hands and especially Vietnam which has an important and a strategic location in South- East Asia. Also, he sent an American military mission to Vietnam with hundreds of American officers. He agreed with the French forces to nominate the French general " Na Varre" to be able to win the battle.
Then the Vietnamese attack had been started to restore "Dien Bien Phu" since Autumn 1953 till Spring 1954, and the main battle continued for 55 days. The Vietnamese General Jeib used a very genius strategy in this battle. As, he didn't attack a determined battlefront , but attacking all the weakness sides to the French forces one after the other. Then he withdrew and repeated this till penetrating the French forces. The Vietnamese forces attacked heavily the Center of the French forces beside other sides till the French became exhausted. They couldn't know where the attacks would take place, and by which kind of weapons.
This genius tactics was the example implemented at all other battlefronts. This tactics was described by Americans as they said., "We were walking in one of the battlefront where everything was completely quiet but suddenly a group of Vietnamese emerged and surrounded us from every sides."
Finally, in 1954 March 13, the Vietnamese forces celebrated the starting of the last battle for capturing Dien Bien Phu. In 1954 May 7, they could to put the Vietnamese flag at the inaccessible castles and to prison General De Castries with more than 2000 of his forces. The Vietnamese presented this victory to their great Leader "Hoshei Minh".
By this battle, the Vietnamese people added a brilliant victory to their struggle as Dien Bien Phu becomes a symbol for any nation struggling for its freedom, and a victory on the biggest military forces in history, who forcing out the Vietnamese from their land. The great victory on the U.S. was in 1975.
I praise the great Vietnamese people who sacrificed millions of their sons, daughters, children, villages and cities for gaining freedom and dignity.
Dr. Morad Ghaleb
President
Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization.

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Baghdad 12/1/2004

Notification

It seems that a group of unknown people with unknown intentions have used my name in issuing statements through the Internet, attacking political personalities.
In fact, I have not issued any statements like this before, neither have a website. Actually, till now I haven't possessed an internet set and I'm not using my name "Wamid" under any circumstances.
As some of these statements were published in Arab newspaper, I felt the need to ascertain that I have no relation with them and deny this way of plotting my name in ignorant intentions.
And God is my witness.
Dr.Wamid Gamal Omar Nazmy
This notification is a reply on a liar and a fabricated letter on the internet by the name of Dr. Wamid Omar against AAPSO.

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Fabrication is a shameful method in politics and journalism

Development reports indicate the badly need of Arabs to a revival project to decrease the gap between them and other nations proceeding on democracy establishment. This project requires basic factors in which truthfulness becomes as the first priority when dealing with reality, ourselves and others.
It is supposed that newspapers, which have been publishing in the foreign countries to get rid of the suppression of thoughts and its consequences of using liars and trickery styles. They should be objective when displaying facts to be as a bridge reassuring passing the backwardness gap. However, some of those newspapers are still using methods of defamation, accusation and truth forged.
For example, one of those Arab newspapers published in London, and known of its strong relation to Sadam Hussain's regime has fabricated a "letter", using my name falsely as being its writer.
If I assumed their good intentions for publishing the letter or if I believed that they received the letter by mail, this would have not neglected their failure to contact me for the reality for this letter before publishing. However, supposing their good purposes is not acceptable matter.
This letter from A to Z is similar to that writing method of the intelligence organisations and its bodies. As you could find little fragments of truth combined with many liars, then to be provided to the reader as " a cooked food" aiming at:
1) Damaging me myself as the "main melody" of the letter indicates the denounce of its writer from his relation with the Jewish Defence League. The writer of this fabrication aims to reveal the ashes under fire. So "innocence" becomes a kind of guilty confession.
2) Damaging my colleague and friend, Mr. Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussain, the Secretary-General of AAPSO, who was exposed to a campaign of false accusation. He was defended by many Palestinian movements leaders who know him as a firmly struggler for restoring the Arab rights. Besides other national Iraqi personalities who support him in the campaign.
3) The content of this letter aims to defame the forces working for establishing democracy in Iraq, by intimated that the leaders of the movement who are against the dictatorate as having "black dots". Sadam Hussain's agents used this method when dealing with Iraqi oppositions (and Arabs in general). This method was continued and reached its climax by using assassinations. This letter is a repeated and a small copy aims at assassinating their spirits.
4) I don't assert, but I assume the publishing of this letter helps directly or indirectly the international Zionism movement by the intimation of its extensity inside the Arab body and its leaderships. I don't want to refute all what have mentioned in the letter, as it is only pieces of cheap liars. It is just enough to refer to the unknown of the writer as he ignores my position as he described me twice as one of the 25 members of the transitional Ruling Council.
The reader of what I am writing in Arab and Iraqi newspapers knows very well my avoidance of using "Vulgar" expressions like that mentioned in this false "letter". Besides other many mistakes and false events which I couldn't mention in details because you can not find any true in all what is really fabricated.
Consequently, I would like to inform those interested in this matter about my intention to sue the newspaper for publishing this fabricated letter. And I announce that the money I will gain as a compensation will be given to support free and objective journalism.
Finally, I would like to express my constant belief that neither Mr. Nouri Abdul Razzak, nor I, are the subject of this attack. But it is the new Iraq that seeks to get rid of occupation and the heritage of dictatorial regime and to establish an ideal experiment of a democratic regime as an alternative of the suppressed and tyrannical regime. These horizons may force others to be worry and envy Iraq for that.
Those who are unable to reconstruct the past and polish it, will seek to hinder the present and damage it.
Dr. Mahdy Al Hafez
Minister of Planning
and Development Co- operation
This is a refutation to a fabricated letter on the internet by the name of Dr. Mahdy Al-Hafez.

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Meeting of Arab Solidarity Committees

According to the decisions taken by the co-ordinating committee for the Arab Solidarity committees and to fix the time for the Arab Solidarity Committees Meeting. And on request of the Syrian committee, the meeting is decided to be on March 27-28, 2004 in Damascus, Syria.
This meeting will discuss in general the Arab situation in general and with special focus on the situations on Palestine, Iraq and Sudan. Also, it will discuss the mechanisms of Arab committees work.
The agenda will be as follows:
First day: the opening session.
First session: * the situation in the Palestine territories.
Second session: * the situation in Iraq.
Third session: * Threatens against Syria.
Second day:
First session: * Situation in Sudan
Second session: * Activation the work of solidarity committees.
Third session: * Final communiquژ.

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The Egyptian Solidarity Committee

A proposal presented by the Commission for the present situations of the Arab World
Doubtless, the deteriorated circumstances of the Arab World nowadays, call upon all democratic and national forces to organise an immediate and effective dialogues on the political and economical developments in the Arab world and searching for the effective methods to overcome the severe crises, every Egyptians and Arabs feel. For example, the invasion of Iraq by the Imperialist British and American forces, the falling of the dictatorial regime, and the continuous popular resistance in Iraq. Also, the Zionism daily attacks by the Israeli troops against the Palestinians, and the trials of stopping the noble Intifadah. The ultimate supports to the terrorist and suppressed Israeli policies by the U.S. The weakness of the present Arab regimes before the American-Israeli attacks in the region. In addition to the developments in Syria, Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and other Arab countries, and the growing of fundamental movements, with the lackness of democracy and paralysing mass movements.
The Egypt Solidarity Committee thinks on the necessity of inviting parties, syndicates and NGOs to discuss the present situations and to reactivate the mass movements to be more active and effective through a mass conference described by transparency and clear views in discussing the following issues:
* The American occupation to Iraq and its motivations and working out to clear this occupation as soon as possible with handling the authority in Iraq to the national and democratic forces.
* The Zionism attack on the Palestinians with the support of Americans and mobilizing for facing this attack.
* Reactivating the question of democratic by the participation of public and mass movements to cancel and eliminate any laws tend to forbidden the freedom and organising any work towards democracy changes.

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Egypt A.R.E.
The Egyptian Solidarity Committee
The Egyptian Solidarity Committee organised two cultural salons as follows:
1) A discussion on "The Future of National Thinking" on 14/1/2004.
2) A discussion on "the Present Economic Situations in Egypt" on 19/1/2004.

World Forum
on Human Rights

Dear Sir/Madam,
World Forum on Human Rights will be organized by the City of Nantes (France) at the initiative and with the support of UNESCO from 17 to 20 February 2004. With the aim to bring together representatives of all actors involved in the promotion and protection of human rights to discuss today's challenges.
We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and look forward to your attendance at the event.
Christine Allan
Division of Human Rights
Human Rights and Development Section

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The Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations

To: Dr.Morad Ghaleb
The Egyptian Council for Foreign Relations invites you to a meeting and a banquet organised in the honour of Mr. Paolokota Ramosino, the General Secretary of the International Bagawash Organisation. It is known that the organisation and its President Mr. Jozef Roteblat had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 for their efforts in the field of Nuclear Weapons disarmament.
The banquet will be held on Wednesday January 21 at 8:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club.
Ambassador Dr.El-Sayed Amin Shalaby
The Executive Director

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The 4th Conference for Journalists
Towards adjustment of Journalism and Journalists Status

Dr.Morad Ghaleb
Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation

The syndicate of Journalists has the honour to invite you to the 4th General Conference under the title:
"Towards adjustment of Journalism and Journalists Status". The meeting will be held from 23 to25 February 2004. We trust on your valuable contribution in enriching the discussion.
Best regards,
Raggaey Al Merghany
Conference Rapporteur
Galal Aref
Journalists Head
President of the conference

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The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists

Dr. Fakhry Labib

Greetings,
The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists has the honour to invite you to the second workshop within the framework of cancellation the exceptional Laws and courts, under the title "The positions of Lawyers and Journalists towards the Exceptional Laws and Courts". The workshop will take place at the Head Quarter of Al-Saed Development Association on February 12, 2004 from 2 to 9 o’clock in the evening. Exceptional laws and courts have bad effects at all fields of life. Their negative influences are directed clearly on the rights of all society sectors.
No doubt, the judge, the lawyer, the journalist and the politic are considered the biggest sector who have the ability to face these effects as they are the most to be involved with these laws due to the nature of their work. The first real improvement step starts from sticking the natural laws and standards.
Hajaj Nael
Chairperson of the Board

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Women and the Parliament conference

Miss Hamsa Abd El- Hamid
Afro-Asian Peoples' solidarity Organisation

Arab Women Alliance with the European Union invites you to attend "Women and Parliament Conference" at 9:30 in January 20-21, 2004 at Grand Hayat Hotel.

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Association for Health and Environmental Development (AHED)
Miss Hamsa Abd El-Hamid
Afro-Asian Peoples' solidarity Organisation

Dr.Aly El-Din Helal, Minister of Youth.
Her Highness Ambassador Mushira Khatab, the Secretary General of Child and Motherhood National Council.Mrs.
Shahida Azfar, UNICEF Representative.
Mr.Peter Fayek, Dutch Embassy Representative to Egypt.
Association for Health and Environmental Development (AHED).
(Technical and Institutional Support Project for NGOs in
Implementation of the Beijing Document)
We extend this invitation to you to attend the final meeting of Girls Support Groups on Friday 6th February 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Engineering Association Center.
Best regards,
Eman Hassan
Executive Director
Dr. Alaa Shokr-Allah
Chairman of the Board

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Association for Health and Environmental Development (AHED)
Miss Hamsa Abd El-Hamid
Afro-Asian Peoples' solidarity Organisation
Within the framework of the Project of Technical and Institutional Support for NGOs to Implement Beijing Resolutions and with the support of the UNICEF, we would like to invite you to attend the final meeting of the project on 7-8 February 2004 at 10:30 in the morning at the Engineering Association Center.
The opening session will be honourable by the attendance of Mrs. Shahida Azfar, UNICEF Representative to Egypt.
Best regards,
Eman Hassan
Executive Director
Dr. Alaa Shokrallah
Chairman of the Board

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Intergovernmental working group follow up Durban
Dear Colleagues,
The upcoming second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (IGWG) which will be held from 26 January to 6 February 2004 at Palais des Nations (Geneva). The session starts on Monday 26 January at 10.00 a.m.
Best regards,
Sandra Arag—n-Parriaux, NGO liaison officer
Anti-Discrimination Unit (OHCHR)

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Work Camp

Dear Friend,
Greetings from Palestine

We are pleased to invite you to join our international voluntary workcamp "Project Together" in August 2004. This project has been designed to give you the opportunity to meet with other people from around the world to discuss the Middle East conflict, share ideas, enhance practical skills, foster relationships, and give assistance to the children of the Palestinian community in need.
Welcome to Palestine
Sincerely,
Alla Yousef
Zajel Youth Exchange Program
Public Relations Department
An-Najah National University
Nablus, Palestinehttp
UNCTAD

Commission on Trade in Goods and Services,
and Commodities
The eighth session of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities will be held from 9 to 13 February 2004. The session will open at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
The substantive items for the provisional aganda were approved at the seventh session of the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities (3-6 February 2003) The main agenda items are:
Item 3: Market access, market entry and competitiveness.
Item 4: Trade in services and development irrplications.
Item 5: Trade, enviormnent and development.
Item 6: Progress report on the implementation of agreed conclusions and recommendations of the commission, including the post-Doha follow-up.
Membership of the Commission is open to all States members of UNCTAD. Other participants (i.e. the specialized agencies and intergovernmental bodies, as well as non-governmental organizations in the General and Special Categories wishing to participate as observers) are requested indicate the names of their representatives by 21 January 2004.

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Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development
The eighth session of the Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development (originally scheduled from 8 to 11 December 2003) has been rescheduled and will now take place from 12 to 15 January 2004 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

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Trade Union Organization and FTAA

We, trade union organizations of the five continents affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), send fraternal greetings to all the organizations - trade union, social, political, of intellectuals, religious, peasants, indigenous peoples, youth, women, artists, parliamentary bodies and the Non-Governmental Organizations - present at the IIIHemispheric Meeting of Struggle against the FTAA, which is taking place in Havana, capital of heroic Cuba.
The workers and people of Latian America and the Caribbean are conscious of the fact that the proposal for the establishment of a "Free Trade Area of the Americas" (FTAA) is a creation of the United States government which conforms to its strategy of domination and recolonization of the peoples of the region.
To permit such an imperialist proposal would mean the end of the sovereignty of the nations and the arggravation of their poverty.
The united response of the entire social and people's organizations of Latin America against the FTAA, which is uniting all the patriotic forces against neoliberalism, has been evident in the great mobilizations and actions of struggle in each of the countries.
The people of Latin America live today in a new situation characterized by the unstoppable march to demand changes in the present reality and to put an end to their suffering.
This is being demonstrated by the peoples of Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the peoples and countries Central America.
In this context, the workers and people of Cuba continue to provide a great contribution with their example of firmness and dignity.
The world Federation of Trade Unions highly values and expresses its admiration for the valiant position of the President of Argentina, Dr. Kirchner and of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Commander Hugo Chavez. In the same way we salute the admirable attitude of Presidnent Lula of Brazil in confronting FTAA and for his efforts toward the integration of the peoples of the region.
The III Hemispheric Meeting of Struggle Against FTAA takes place in an international context in wich imperialism, led by the Bush Administration, is terrorizing humanity with its aggressive policies and new theats of aggression against several sovereign countries, among which are to be found the heroic people of Cuba.
For these reasons, this great event of the latin American peoples has a significant historic character because it will contribute to the strengthening of the integration of the peoples and will be another step forward in the struggle against the FTAA, against neoliberalism. It will contribute to the struggle to end the policies of imperialism and neofascism carried out by the Bush Administration and its accomplices.
The contingent of the trade union organizations of the five continents who are members of the World Federation of Trade Unions, pay homage to the heroic people of Cuba, and to the Cuban revolution, which this month has completed 45 years of unflinching struggle, under the leadership of the glorious Communist Party of Cuba, led by Commander Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader whom we workers of the world consider as a symbol of invincible struggle for social justice and against imperialism.

Long live the III Hemispheric Meeting of Struggle against FTAA!
long Live the Heroic People
of Cuba

Secretariat of the WFTU
Prague, 26.1.2004

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The Israeli-Palestinian Dialogues Committee
Nablus and Alnar Jabal will not kneel down
the occupied force

The barbaric invasion against the people of Nablus has been starting since the last three weeks, have led to the death of 20 citizens and tens of wounded people. Besides, the great destruction happened to the infrastructure especially, the old historic city. This proves again the unchangeable terrorist policy used by Sharon against the Palestinians which emerges by the committed, massacres continuity of arresting , exceeding the numbers of settlements and continuity of establishing racist separated wall. In addition to the suppressed daily practices against the residents of the West Bank along hundred of outraged occupied barriers, which blow up Sharon's liars statements on "Providing assistances to the Palestinians".
We condemns these practices and call for stopping this bloody escalation against residents of Nablus and Alnar Jabal who will not kneel down the offensive occupied army.

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From

AAPSO Publication

* Whither the South?
(In Arabic & English)
* Non Alined Movement
(In Arabic & English)
* Human Rights
(In Arabic & English)
* The Arab World and Changes
on the International Scene
(In Arabic)
* Arab or Middle Eastern
Gathering
(In Arabic
* GATT & Developing
Countries
(In Arabic & English)
* In Defence
of Jerusalem Arabism
(In Arabic)
* Global Conglomeration
(In English)
* Clash of Civilization
or
Dialogue of Culture
(In Arabic & Engllish)
* The aftermath of September 11th
and
its Impact on the world today
(In Arabic & English)