Resolutions of the First Session of Al-Quds Committee, Fez, Morocco, 2-3 July 1979

RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST SESSION OF AL-QUDS COMMITTEE, FEZ, MOROCCO, 2-3 JULY 1979

[Guiding principles of the Jerusalem committee to improve the situation of the city and of its inhabitants]

FIRST - THE POLITICAL FIELD:

1. Appeal to all Kings and Heads of Muslim States to contact the countries members of the Security Council to inform them of the gravity of the situation in Holy Jerusalem and other Palestinian and Arab occupied territories and the effect of the continuation of the Zionist practice on peace in the region and the world.

2. Call on the Security Council to enforce practical measures that would ensure the realization of the national inalienable rights of the People of Palestine and stop the continued aggression on Holy Jerusalem and the Palestinian and Arab occupied territories.

3. To send a high-level delegation to visit the Vatican and other International Christian authorities to explain to them the problem of Holy Jerusalem and the grave situation in occupied Palestinian and Arab territories with a view to gain the support of those authorities to these problems.

4. Call on the Muslim States to make high level contacts with the countries of the European Economic Community and a visit, by a delegation from the Jerusalem Committee, including the PLO, to the Capitals of these countries in order to orient their position in favor of the problem of Holy Jerusalem, Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.

5. On the occasion of the forthcoming OAU meeting, the African member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, shall request the sister African countries to support the Palestinian and Arab right and the solidarity with the Arab and Muslim worlds, with a view to make them consider the Camp David and Washington agreements as a violation of the UN Charter and Resolutions and the provisions of International Law; foremost among them, the right of the people of self-determination and the illegality of acquiring other territory by force and to adopt a firm stance towards the problem of Holy Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian and Arab Territories; and the reaffirmation of the resolution of the OAU which consider the Palestine Problem an African Problem.

6. Appeal to the kings and Heads of Muslim States to contact the countries of Latin America and other Non-Aligned countries with a view to secure the widest support to the Problem of Jerusalem and the Palestinian and Arab right and to expose the dangers emanating from the Camp David and Washington Agreements and their serious effect on the future of international relations.

7. Adoption by the Muslim States of a common policy in their relations with other countries in all fields; on the basis of the position of these countries towards the Palestine and the occupied Arab territories.

8. Appeal to the Kings and Heads of Muslim States to take firm measures, including severing diplomatic and economic relations, with the countries which decide to transfer their Embassies to Jerusalem.

9. Hold periodical meetings for the groups of Ambassadors of Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference accredited to world capitals and to form a Council for them, which shall seek to acquaint with the problem of Jerusalem and Palestine and follow-up the political and information action approved by the Jerusalem Committee and the Islamic Conference.

10. The Jerusalem Committee recalls the resolutions adopted in the General Conferences and the Executive Bureau of the UNESCO and requests for the cease of all archaeological excavations and all measures to change the features of Jerusalem which aim at its Judaization and the alteration of its Arab and Islamic characters and calls for the application of the sanctions for in the UNESCO Charter.

11. Call on the Muslim countries to provide support and assistance to the PLO, Syria and Jordan so as to attain strategic balance with the Zionist enemy.

12. Call on all Muslim countries to support the northern and eastern fronts in the face of aggression and to support coordination among the two fronts in order to secure the Arab power capable of restoring the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic right.

13. Call on all Muslim countries to provide assistance to the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples to face the war of extermination launched against them by the authorities of the Zionist enemy, especially in southern Lebanon.

SECONDLY: THE INFORMATION SPHERE

The chairmanship of the Jerusalem Committee shall, in cooperation with the General Secretariat and the means proposed by the latter and approved by the chairmanship:

1. Draw a plan of Information for the implementation of the Islamic resolutions on Jerusalem and Palestine, including:

a) Preparation of a scientific basic document that would prove and testify the Arab character of Jerusalem and project the significance of Jerusalem to all Muslims from the religious, political and civilizational points of view;

b) prepare audio-visual information material to acquaint International Public opinion with the problem of Jerusalem and Palestine;

c) organize international seminars on the problem of Palestine, Jerusalem, Zionism, and racial discrimination, in which notable political personalities, thinkers and ‘ulama from all parts of the world shall participate;

d) to direct and unite informatory programs relative to Islamic Occasions: such as the day of Islamic Solidarity with the People of Palestine (12/8- Every year AD) and the Year of Jerusalem (1400 AH- 1980 AD).

2. To seek, in implementing this plan, the assistance of the specialized agencies of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and especially INNA, the ISB and some specialized agencies in the world.

3. Urge Muslim countries to appreciate the need to issue the Palestine stamp on permanent basis as long as the problem of Palestine remains unsolved, and in the manner embodied in the resolutions of the Islamic Conference and that is due to the usefulness, of this continued issuance in the political, informational and human fields of the struggle of the Palestinian struggle and the projection of this problem.

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THIRD: THE FINANCIAL SPHERE

1. Urge the Muslim States to effectively contribute to the Jerusalem Fund so that it can perform its duty in the preservation of the Arab Charter of Jerusalem and the Palestinian and Arab occupied territories.

2. Call on the Islamic Development Bank credit facilities and financial loans to the Palestinian institutions with a guarantee of the PLO, to support the development projects of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem and Occupied Palestine, especially in the fields of housing, industry, agriculture, services and education.

3. Emphasize upon Muslim countries the necessity to abide by the boycott against the Zionist entity and which was decided by the Islamic Conferences.

The Jerusalem Committee decided to renew the term of office of the members of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Fund which is composed as follows:

1. Palestine permanent member,

2. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

3. Islamic Republic of Pakistan,

4. People’s Revolutionary Republic of Guinea,

5. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,

6. Kingdom of Morocco.

In the conclusion of the works of the Jerusalem Committee, the Heads of the Delegations expressed to H.M. King Hassan II their sincere gratitude and appreciation for His Majesty’s kind chairmanship and wise directives which had an effective role in arriving at the positive resolutions and the specific program of action for the coordination of sincere efforts to work for implementing the Arab and Islamic right in Holy Jerusalem and the land of Palestine.

The Heads of Delegations also expressed their gratitude and thanks to H.M. the King, Government and people of Morocco for their generous hospitality and excellent organization which caused the success of this historical session of the Jerusalem Committee.