Saturday, March 11, 2006

Another call to hand back the Spanish-occupied territories.

In a move that will add further weight to the decades long campaign, Arab political parties gave backing to Morocco for the return of its Spain-occupied territories

The Arab political parties 4th Congress in Damascus voiced solidarity with Morocco for the retrieval of its towns of Sebta and Melillia, north-east of the north African country, and the Chaffarines Islands in the Mediterranean, still under Spanish occupation.

The final communiqué of the Congress, wrapped up on Tuesday in the Syrian capital, recommended the adoption of the UN resolution banning and condemning "colonialism which is a crime against humanity."

The Congress asked the UN and the Security Council to adopt a resolution that bans and condemns acts harming religions, prophets and God messengers, in general.

The gathering also called for the respect of the Palestinian people democratic choice and national unity and asked the coming Arab summit to support the Palestinian people, and warned Arab States on the danger of disarming the Syrian and Lebanese resistance. The Congress voiced support for the retrieval by Syria of its occupied territories and called for attachment to Lebanon Arabity.

As to the Iraq issue, the meeting reaffirmed the need to preserve Iraq unity, to request the immediate departure of occupation forces and to back the national resistance.

The Congress denounced the colonialist plans threatening Sudan, and rejected the deployment of international forces in this Arab African country.

It called on Arab countries to initiate constitutional, legal, political and economic reforms, stressing the initiative has to come from within free from any foreign pressure.

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