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Draft Resolution No.. 9/P (IS)
on the
Cause of Palestine and the Arab Israeli Conflict
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 18. Shaban 1421H (12-14 November 2000),
Having examined report of the Secretary.General on the cause of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict (Document no ....);
Proceeding from the principles and objectives enshrined in the Chatter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC);
Based on the Islamic resolutions and decisions on t11e 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 (l980); 476 (1980); 478 (1973); 1322 (2000) and General Assembly resolution no. . . . . . . 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 sanctuaries and 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 A1-Quds), which constituted the start of the bloody massacres conducted against Muslim worshippers inside the Holy Mosque of AI-Aqsa and Palestinian citizens in all parts of the Palestinian territories;
Condemning the continuous Israeli aggressions against the :Palestinian territories and their civilian population;
Affirming the Islamic states' commitment to achieving just and comprehensive peace in the area and holding on to peace as a strategic option;
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 impasse 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 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;
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:
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 the one no. 194 adopted by the same body on the refugee issue, considered as the main guarantee for peace to take hold in the region;
Backs the stance of the State of Palestine based on holding fast to the sovereignty of Al-Quds A1-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;
Presents its condolences to the Palestinian people and their Leadership for its great martyrs, apart from the damage done to their institutions, and wishes the heroes a speedy recovery . It pays a glowing tribute to the heroic Intifada of the Palestinian people blessed Intifada of Al-Aqsa" in defense of the Holy City of Al-Quds - the Muslims' first "qibla" and third holiest shrine- 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 enhancing and 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 their achieve their national goals in full;
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 as 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;
Exhorts the Security Council to set up an international fact-finding committee on the massacres which, perpetrated by Israel, led to the fall of over one hundred and fifty (150) martyrs and the injury of thousands [of other Palestinians] in the field of honor. 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 intentional 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 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;
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 would-be just and overall settlement;
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 establis1unent of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people and the complete pullout from the occupied Syrian Golan to the 4th of July, 1967, line and from the occupied Lebanese territories to the internationally recognized boundaries, and the call for the genuine and minute implementation of all the international agreements signed in this framework between the parties concerned;
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, may going back on them, have led to a serious stalemate of the peace process. The Conference blames the Israeli Government and holds it fully responsible for such deadlock;
Calls for a more active and effective participation on the part of the United Nations in trying to ensure the success of the Middle East peace process, while affirming the continuous nature of the United Nations stable responsibility towards the Palestinian issue until a just and global settlement has been enable the Palestinian people exercise the 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;
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;
Calls for action for 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;
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 set up their independent state with A1-Quds A1-Sharif as capital;
Affirms the necessity to intensify me 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;
Urges me international community and all the states that extend economic and financial assistance to Israel, especially the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) countries, 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;
Invites those Member States who have set up relations with Israel and those who envisaged or set out taking steps towards establishing such relations, in the framework of the peace process, to sever such ties including the closure of the missions and offices and to cut off,as well, economic relations and halt all types on normalization with it, until it carries out the United Nations resolutions pertaining to the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds and the Arab- Israeli conflict in a minute and genuine manner;
Calls for abidance by the application of the provisions of the Islamic boycott of Israeli, for considering the legislation's, 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 legislation in force, and for the creation of the necessary offices and mechanisms for so doing;
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 suppot1s Lebanon in its efforts to liberate its entire territories to the internationally recognized boundaries. It URGES the United Nations to force Israel to pay damage for all the harms 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 territories;
Strongly condemns Israel's policy of refusing to comply with Secwity 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, particular!y the 4tn Geneva Convention of 1949. It URGES Israel to completely evacuate the entire occupied Syrian Golan and pull back to 'the June 4 , 19671ines:
Urges the international community and the Security council to compel Israel to comply with U.N. decisions. especia11y 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 am1ament 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, foremost among which are nuclear weapons - which is essential to the establishment of comprehensive and just peace in the area;
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;
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.
Draft Resolution
on the
City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, held in Doha, Stare of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban 1421H (12.14 November 2000),
After considering the report of the Secretary-General on the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Document no. ......);
Proceeding from the principles and objectives of the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC);
Based on the Israeli 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 AI-Quds Al-Sharif;
Re-endorsing resolutions 2/10 of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) dated Apri124, ]997 and 3/10..... dated July 15, 1997 on the illegal actions carried out by Israeli in the occupied Eastern part of Al-Quds AI-Sharif (East Jerusalem) and the rest of the Palestinian territories under its occupation;
Condemning in the strongest terms the escalation of 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 AI~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 AI-Quds Al-Sharif;
Strongly denouncing the provocative visit to the Haram A1-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 a hundred (100) "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 the judajzation 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 AJ-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 Hassan n and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz;
Reaffirms its endorsement of all the relevant resolutions and decisions adopted by the Islamic Conference, including those of the latest session of Al-Quds Committee;
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 AI-Sharif in implementation of Security Council resolution 242 (1967);
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 A1-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;
Reaffirms the necessity to halt and consider 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 '1ntemational 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 practical resolution 446;
Urges all countries of the world to abide 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 rejection of the recommendation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives 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 before the proclamation of the Palestinian State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital and the achievement of just and overall pence in the area;
Calls for legal proceedings to challenge the soundness of the law passed by the American House of Representatives on recognizing AI-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 communities. 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];
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 pan in any meeting or activity made to serve Israel's designs to consecrate its occupation of and annexing the Holy City;
Exhorts the international community, especially the two states co-sponsors of the peace conference. to bring pressure to bear on Israel not to effect any geographic or demographic alteration in the Holy City of Al-Quds, to refrain from any action or measure of a nature as to affect the outcome of the negotiations on the definitive status of the City, to honor the relevant international resolutions and decisions, to lift the siege of the City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, to ensure the liberty of worship therein along with the religious shrines of all monotheistic 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 City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif from its Arab nationals. The summit also appeals to the international community and the Security Council to carry out the Council's decisions on the protection of the status of Al-Quds, including the implementation mechanisms of its resolutions 1073 (1996) and 1322 (2000)7 by, inter alia, taking appropriate decisions and measures in this respect, in accordance with the U.N. Charter, given the fact that what Israel did in Al-Quds is considered a violation of international covenants, a threat to international peace and and security and an act of aggression;
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 provocation 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 their 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;
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 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 foW1dntions on which the peace process was built in Madrid;
Pays a glowing tribute to the laudable efforts exerted by the late King Al-Hassan 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 in1mediately on its activities under the best possible circumstances;
Thanks the Member States of Al-Quds Committee 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 A1-Sharif;
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 shedding light and acquainting people with the issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and expounding the dangers lying in wait for it;
l4- Invites the Vatican, the Eastern Churches and other churches and Christian religious orders to take action for resisting the judajzation 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 A-Quds, along with the rest of the Security Council resolutions, especially
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 cultura1 character:
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 children and calling for support as well to be extended to Bait Maal Al-Quds Al-Sharif and Al-Quds Fund;
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.
Draft Resolution No. .. /9-P (IS)
on
The Occupied Syrian Golan
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban 1421H (12-14 November 2000)
Having considered the item titled "The Occupied Syrian Golan" and Israel's decision of 14 December 1.981 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. 38/54 adopted by the Fifty-fourth Session dated 1/12/1999;
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 4.97 (1.981 ); which considered null and void and with no legal basis 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 intentional community;
Affirming that the Geneva Convention On the Protection of Civilians in time 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 of the Madrid Conference and an obstacle to the Peace process;
Affirming the fundaznental principle of the inadmissibility of acquisition 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 Jaw
. 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, 338 and 425, as well as peace-for-land formula and over the risk resulting from Israel's renunciation of the commitments and obligations reached.
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.
Strongly condemns Israel for its non-compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 497 (1981) and reaffirms that Israel's decision to impose its law, 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 are Charter and relevant resolutions, the UN Charter and relevant resolutions, the Geneva convention on the protection or civilians in time 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.
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, establishiment and expanding settlements and transferring settlers and immigrants thereto, exploiting its natural resources and establishing projects on it, and imposing an economic boycott of the agricultural products of the local population and prohibiting their exportation.
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 rimes of War of 1949 and the relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and other international bodies.
Condemns repeated Israeli threats against Syria aiming at increasina tension in the region and wrecking the peace process.
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.
Reaffirms also the right of the Syrian Arab Republic to recover its full sovereignty over the Occupied Golan.
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.
Demands Israel to fully comply with the fundamental principles of the peace - process as initiated in Madrid consistent with Security Council resolutions Nos. 242, 338 and 425 and the principle of "land for peace" and to abide by all the commitments, and pledges reached so far.
Demands anew all states to Stop providing Israel with any military, economic, financial. technical or human assistance that may extend Israeli occupation of Arab territories and encourage Israel to pursue its expansionist settlement policy.
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 and the other occupied Arab territories 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.
Declares its support for the fimt position of Syria in its commitment to a just and Comprehensive peace in the rcgion.
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.
Draft Resolution No.. /9-P (IS)
on
Israel's Occupation of parts of Lebanon and its
Continued Defention of Lebanese Citizens in its Jails
and Detention Camps
(Submitted by Lebanon)
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Sununit Conference. held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban 1421H (12-14 November 2000)
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 Beqa;
Recalling as well the resolutions of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva on the suffering of Lebanese citizens in Israeli jails;
Noting Israel's continued occupation of parts of Lebanese territories. including the Shabaa farms, and the incomplete Israeli Withdrawal from all Lebanese territories back to the internationally recognized borders in accordance with Security Council Resolution No.425 (1978);
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 with deep consternation Israel's repeated aggressions against Lebanon and Lebanese civilians and infrastructure and the ensuing damages and heavy loss of life and property;
Reaffirming Lebanon's right to compensation for the losses it has suffered as a result of Israel.repeated aggressions;
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.
- Reaffirms Lebanon's right to recover every inch of its occupied territory and the right of the people of Lebanon to resist Israeli occupation by air available means until the total liberation of all Lebanese territories including the Sbabaa farms.
Calls on the international community to take all necessary measures to compel Israel to release all Lebanese prisons end abducts detained as hostages in Israeli prisons in violation of the provision of international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the fourth Geneva Convention of 19491 and the Hague Convention of l907, 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.
Condemns Israel's aggressions. particularly the latest ones. against civilians. infrastructure, schools and economic facilities in Lebanon, including electric power stations, and me subsequent heavy losses in life and property. which constitute a flagrant violation of the April 1996 understanding, the United Nations Charter, the Resolutions of International legality. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the most basic ethnical principles.
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.
Reaffirms its commitment to Lebanon's independence. sovereignty and territorial integrity:y within its internationally recognized borders and supports the position of the Lebanese government which insists on the necessity of ensuring the complete withdrawal of the Israeli forces from all Lebanese territories, including the Shabaa farms and of bringing them under Lebanese sovereignty .
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 playa more effective role in ensuring the success of the settlement issue in accordance with the Madrid Terms of Reference and die decisions of international legality. particularly Resolution 425. 242 and 338. It considers also that having forced Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territories and the determination to force it to withdraw from all Lebanese territories is a victory for Lebanon that service the Arab and Islamic interests which will only be complete when the prompt and complete withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan back to the 4rh 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.
Appreciates the efforts made by the Secretary General of the United Nations to implement Resolution 425 and calls upon him to continue efforts in this regard and work to implement all international resolutions on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Requests the OIC Secretary Gencral to follow up thc implementation of this resolution and to submit a report thereon to the Tenth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.
Draft Resolution No.. /9-P (IS)
on
The Current Situation of the Peace Process
in the Middle East
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference. held in Doha. State of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban 1421H (12-14 November 2000),
Referring to the declaration on the current situation of the peace process in the Middle East issued by the Twenty-Fourth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Jakarta, Indonesia. from 28 Rajab to 2 Sha'aban 1417H (9-12 December 1996). as well as to the declaration on the question of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the Arab-Israeli conflict issued by the Extraordinary Meeting of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Islamabad, Pakistan. on 13 Dhul Qaada 1417H (23/3/1997}, and to resolution 6/8-P (IS), issued by the Eighth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference m Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, between 9-11 Sha'aban 1418H (9.11 December. 1997), to resolution 6/25.p of the Twenty.fifth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Doha, State of Qatar. from 17-19 Zu1 Qadah 1418H (15-17 March 1998) and to the Final Declaration adopted by the 17th Session of Al-Quds Committee, held in Casablanca. Kingdom of Morocco on 4-5 Rabiul Thani. 1419H (29-30 July 1998) and resolution 6/26-P of the twenty.sixth Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso, from 28 June to 1st July 1999;
Having examined the serious and urgent situation entailed by the continued intransigent Policies of the incumbent Israeli government which are hostile to peace,.
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.
Reaffirms its full support to the peace process in the Middle East and its commitment to the foundations and principles of the peace process, and demands that Israel respect and implement the commitments, obligations and agreements reached within the bmework of the process in accordance with the principles adopted at the Madrid Conference and consistent with the United Nations Resolutions. in particular Security Council Resolutions No.242, 338 and 425. and the "land-for-peace" formula which guarantees Israeli withdrawal from an Palestinian territories, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the Golan Heights of Syria, to the line of 4 June 1967, and to inunediately begin to demarcate this line. and from occupied Southern Lebanon and the Western Bikaa to the internationally recognized borders.
Calls on the co-sponsors of the peace process and the international community to be wary of the grave dangers resulting from Israel's pursuance of positions and policies impeding the peace process.
Strongly denounces the Israeli government's policy and practices which impede the peace process and the 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.
Expresses its strong condemnation and anger regarding the increasing threats voiced by Israeli officials for the purpose of reinstating the atmosphere of war in the region and imposing the fait accompli on Arabs and Muslims.
Urges the member States which have started to take steps towards establishing relations with Israel within the framework of the Peace Process to reconsider their relations with Israel, including the closing of missions and offices until Israel complies with the relevant UN resolutions. in particular, the full Israeli Withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories. safeguards thc national legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. and impediments the agreements and commitments reached by the parties to the Peace Process.
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.
Draft Resolution No.. /9-P (IS)
on
Al-Quds Fund and its Waqf
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference. held in Doha. State of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban142LH (12-14 Novembcr 2000),
Proceeding from the pril1ciples and objectives of the Charter of the Or8anisation of the Islamic Conference;
Refening to all the Islamic Resolutions adopted on AI-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 which falls within the framework of their consistent solicitude towards the foremost cause of the Islamic Ummah, namely the c.use of AI-Quds Al-Sharif and Palestine.
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 campajgn for this' purpose.
Calls upon Member States to coontinue their support to the Palestine Liberation Organisation,especialli 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
Commends the positive role played by Al-Quds Fund in supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and boosting their struggle
Requests the Secretary General to follow up the implementation of this resolution and to submit a report theteon to the Tenth Session of the lslamic Summit Conference.
The Ninth Session of the Islamic Summit Conference. held in Doha, State of Qatar, from 16 to 18 Shaban 1421H (12-14 November 2000).
Proceeding from the principles and objectives cnshrincd 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 Swnmit Conference, held in Tehran (1997);
Bearing in mind the resolutions of the lSth. 16th and 17~ sessions of Al-Quds Committee. especially those pertaining to the founding and regulating of Baitumal Al. Quds A1-Sharif Agency;
Mindful of the resolutions of the Twenty-third (23rd) Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICF:rv1) (Conakry, 1995) and the 26da ICFM (Ougadougou. ] 998). which welcomed the establishment of Baitumal Al.Quds At. Sharif Agency and calling upon all member states to support the said agency so that it may perform its noble mission in the city of A!-Quds A!-Sharif;
Reealling as well the resolutions and recommendations of the fifth (SUI) session of the Islamic Conference of Information MinistetS (ICIM) (Tehran, 1999) and the twenty-third (23r~ 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;
Detennined to intensir" efforts in defending the Muslims' first "qibla" and third holiest mosque, safeguarding its Arab identity and Islamic character and protecting it against Zionist infrlniement and judaization desisns:
1 - Pays tribute to the outstanding efforts exerted by the late King Hassan n. 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 1ts 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 in 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 lather with the same faith and upholding, with me utmost care and generosity, the agency's activities; 3 - Notes with satisfaction the donations made by some Islamic states in favor of Baitumal A-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 busninessmen and other indivduals to perform their sacred duty of fostering Baitumal Al-Quds Al-Shairf Agency and privade all the necessery assistance, to achive its ambitious and pressing objectives in the areas of housing, education, health and others, and for the preservations of the Arab character of the City and its Muslims holy shrines.
6- Exborts firms, contractors and investors from Islamic states to invest in Al-Quds, as a show of cooperation with the inhabitants of Baitual 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 wife ranging campaigns and embark upon intensive contacts with all the competent authorities, on both the governmental and private enterprise levels, in the fields of authorities. on both the governmental and private sector levels as well as the popular one, to meet the huge needs of the Holy City's Streadfastness 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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