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Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions

Extraordinary Arab Summit

Resolutions

(Excerpts)

Amman, 8-11 November 1987

Their majesties, excellencies, and highnesses the kings, presidents, and amirs of the Arab states, meeting within the framework of the extraordinary Arab summit conference in Amman, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 8-11 November 1987,

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Considering that the Palestinian question is the Arabs' cause and the crux of the Arab- Israeli conflict and that struggle for the sake of regaining usurped Arab rights in Palestinian territory and other occupied Arab territories is a Pan-Arab responsibility;

Since the Zionist danger is not only targeted against the confrontation states but threatens the destiny and existence of the whole Arab nation;

In view of Israel’s continued perpetration of repressive practices in the occupied Arab and Palestinian territories; and in light of its persistent pursuit of its hostile and expansionist policy,

Decide:

1. To pool the Arab states’ capabilities and resources for the sake of reinforcing the capabilities and energies of the states and forces that are confronting Israel on all levels to help end its continued aggression against the Arab nation and regain usurped Arab rights in Palestine and occupied Arab territories.

2. To achieve strategic parity with Israel within the framework of an effective Arab solidarity to confront the Zionist danger, which threatens the Arab nation’s destiny and existence, and to force Israel to accept the UN resolutions seeking to establish a just and comprehensive peace in the region.

3. To provide material and moral support to the persistent heroic struggle being waged by the Palestinian people in occupied Palestine, the Golan Heights, and southern Lebanon in their confrontation of Israeli occupation.

4. To urge all Arab parties to abide by Arab summit resolutions stipulating the inadmissibility of any Arab side’s unilaterally concluding any solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, rejecting any peaceful set­tlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict that does not guarantee full and unconditional Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian and Arab territories and that does not call for enabling the Palestinian Arab people to exercise their inalienable national rights in accordance with Arab summit resolutions, especially those adopted at the Fez summit in 1982.

5. To condemn the U.S. government's decision to close the Palestine Information Office in Washington.

The International Conference

Out of commitment to the objectives and bases defined by the resolutions of Arab summit conferences concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict;

In view of Israel's continued rejection of peace efforts as well as Israel's failure to accept UN resolutions to establish a just and comprehensive peace in the region;

Proceeding from the Arab nation's determination to pool its resources and capabilities to confront the Zionist challenge to its fate and existence;

And out of commitment to the Arab nation's approach to peace defined in the Arab peace plan approved at the 1982 Fez summit with the aim of achieving a just and comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict guaranteeing the return of the occupied Arab and Palestinian territories as well as resolving the Palestine question in all its aspects on the basis of international legitimacy,

Decide:

The convening of an international conference for peace in the Middle East under UN auspices, called for by the UN secretary general and attended by the five permanent Security Council member states along with all parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including the PLO, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, on an equal footing, is the appropriate way to settle the conflict in a comprehensive, just, and peaceful manner. This settlement will guarantee the return of occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, the resolution of the Palestine question in all its aspects, and the attainment of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian Arab people.

 

Relations with Egypt

Discussed the third point on their agenda, concerning relations with Egypt.

Following a detailed and fraternal discussion, they decided that the diplomatic relationship between any Arab League member state and Egypt is an act of sovereignty decided by every state in accordance with its constitution and laws and is not the jurisdiction of the Arab League.

 

 Source: Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. xvii, no 3, Spring 1988.