Arab IPU pledges concerted action for Palestinian cause

 

The conferees condemned foreign interference in the affairs of Arab countries, stressing the need to unite ranks and strengthen joint Arab action. Also, the session reviewed the reports of the previous sessions of the Executive Committee that were approved. It studied the report of the Union president on the activity of the Executive Committee and the report of the Secretary-General on the Union's conditions and activities. It reviewed and approved the reports of the Union committees.The conference issued a final statement in which the conferees expressed their firm and deep belief in the importance of Arab solidarity as the only way to ward off the dangers facing the Arab nation, renewing their firm position of solidarity with the Palestinian people and their permanent and continuous support for the Palestinian cause as the central and pivotal issue of the Arabs so that the Palestinian people can establish their independent state on the June 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with international resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.The conferees affirmed the historical right of the Hashemite guardianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, calling for an increase in the volume of communication and pressure on international institutions to expose the true intentions of the Israeli occupation and raise the Arab voice rejecting the occupationtarget="_blank"'>