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* 20/8/1998
The Israeli Government being the authority ruling the Occupied Arab
Golan Territories has blatantly violated all International Customs
and Agreements, particularly the UN Charter, the 4th Geneva
Convention, the Hague Agreements of 1899 and 1907, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, the Hague Agreement on the Protection of
Cultural Property, all UN and Security Council Resolutions. Israel
flagrantly breaks all these charters, laws and resolutions and
persists on annexing and expanding settlement in the Occupied Arab
Syrian Golan.
AAPSO denounces settlement in Golan and deems its null and void,
illegal and a crime against the peace process. We strongly condemn
all human rights abuses in Arab Golan and demand Israel to
immediately desist from settlement and violation of the Syrian
inhabitants' rights.
These measures will only destabilize the region and expose peace to
great danger.
AAPSO resolutely stands by the Syrian Government and Leadership
against this crime and requests all peace loving peoples and
governments to exert their efforts to stop these Israeli racist
practices and curtail the Israeli Government from undermining peace.
* 7/10/1998
Turkish Escalation Against Syria
AAPSO is astonished by the strong threats and escalation directed by
the government of Ankara against Syria lately without any reason for
such an attitude.
In fact, Turkey has historical, cultural and religious relations
with the Arab nation as well as trade interests and shares water and
long borders. All this requires good neighbourliness and cooperation
particularly with Syria.
AAPSO denounces the massing of military forces on the borders and
threats of using force. This will exacerbate the situation and draw
the region to long and futile wars.
Therefore, AAPSO calls for reason and wisdom in terms of resorting
to diplomatic and peaceful solution, to listen and cooperate with
goodwill mediators, particularly H.E. President Mohammed Hosni
Mubarak.
In this respect, it is incumbent upon us to emphasize that the
tension between Syria and Turkey has mounted after Israel’s active
role in complicating and sabotaging Syrian-Turkish relations.
AAPSO commends the Syrian position that calls for addressing the
situation peacefully and with constructive dialogue far from
threats. Hence AAPSO declares its total solidarity and support with
Syria and urges the Turkish government to comply with the appeals
for accelerating the deteriorating relations, resorting to peaceful
solution and just arbitration of the problems between both
neighbouring countries.
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