The Arab Parliamentary Union participates in the multilateral parliamentary activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and maintains contact with parliaments and parliamentary organizations of various countries. According to the plan, the Union and the European Parliamentary Union hold a dialogue in the capital of an Arab country or a Western European country in turn every year, mainly to discuss strengthening the cooperation between Arab countries and Western European countries in politics, economy and culture, and the resolutions or suggestions adopted at the meeting are submitted to the relevant governments for consideration. 1984 in March, parliamentary representatives from 27 Arab countries and African countries held the first Africa-Arab parliamentary dialogue meeting in Tunisia, and decided to hold the dialogue meeting every two years. As of June 5438+ 10, 2003, the Africa-Arab Parliamentary Dialogue Conference was held 10 times.
1In March 1998, the League of Arab States 3 1 Council was held in Sana 'a, the capital of Yemen. The slogan of the conference is "Revitalizing Arab Unity and Rejecting Judaization of Jerusalem": calling on Arab countries to make efforts to achieve Arab unity and make resolutions on sensitive issues in the Arab world. The meeting expounded and reiterated the position and attitude of the Arab League on 13 disputes, conflicts and disputes. Emphasize the Arab nature and religious status of Jerusalem and condemn Israel for undermining the Middle East peace process; Solidarity with Syria's demand to recover the occupied Golan Heights; Welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice to try the Lockerbie incident and calls for the lifting of sanctions against Libya; The meeting also adopted relevant resolutions on the Iraq crisis, the situation in Algeria, the dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, and the fight against terrorism.
1In June 1998, the 8th General Assembly and the 32nd Council of the League of Arab States were held in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauta. 19 representatives of Albanian parliaments and organizations attended the meeting. The meeting discussed regional peace, regional situation, coordination of Arab legislation, prevention of cultural invasion, strengthening Arab solidarity and other issues, and issued a final communique, looking forward to the future development prospects of the Arab nation, and decided to hold the next meeting in Beirut, Lebanon from 65438 to 0999.
1998 12. The 33rd special session of the Arab League was held in Amman, Jordan, focusing on the military actions launched by the United States and Britain against Iraq and the Arab League. The main contents of the position: strongly condemn the aggression of the United States and Britain against Iraq and demand that similar incidents not happen again in the Security Council; To call on Arab governments to make joint efforts to lift the sanctions against Iraq, to request the parliaments of member States to adopt resolutions in this regard, and to urge their governments to lift the sanctions against Iraq; Demands that the "no-fly zones" illegally established in southern and northern Iraq be lifted; Call for an emergency Arab summit on Iraq and other issues.
65438+1On June 27-29, 1999, the 34th meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States was held in Damascus, the capital of Syria. 17 representatives of the parliaments of Arab countries and Secretary-General of the Arab League Abdul-Meguid attended the meeting, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia attended as observers. The meeting decided to set up three Arab parliamentary committees to promote Arab unity and action, investigate Israeli crimes against civilians in Arab countries, and formulate plans for the Arab market; The meeting agreed to nominate Syria as the Secretary General of the Islamic Parliamentary Union; Promoting the establishment of a unified Arab parliament; To approve the construction of permanent headquarters of the Arab League in Damascus. The meeting mainly issued a communique on the hot issues currently facing Arab countries.
On February 22, 2000, 19-22, the 9th General Assembly of the Arab League and the 35th meeting of the Council of the League were held in Algiers, Algeria. Egyptian President surour, Secretary General Nuridin Boshkoji and 280 parliamentarians from 2/kloc-0 countries (except Somalia) including Algeria attended the meeting, including 17 speakers or their senior representatives. The scale of the conference is the highest in history. Albanian President Bouteflika attended the opening ceremony of the meeting and delivered a speech. The meeting finally adopted the Algiers Declaration and decided to set up a "Committee of Women Parliamentarians" within the Union. Unanimously elected Speaker of Algerian National Assembly Ben Salah to replace surour as the new president of the League for a term of two years; Oman was accepted as the17th full member of the alliance. The meeting called on Arab countries to strengthen unity, convene an Arab summit as soon as possible and make it a regular consultation mechanism so that Arab countries can coordinate their positions in time according to the development of the situation; Accelerate the construction of the Arab common market, formulate plans to establish a free trade zone, and meet the challenges of globalization; Countries should strengthen legislative coordination and effectively implement signed agreements; Condemns Israel's recent aggression against southern Lebanon and believes that only by returning all occupied Arab territories and recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital can a comprehensive, just and lasting peace be achieved in the Middle East. Participants also called on Arab countries with diplomatic relations to stop cooperation with Israel and force them to effectively implement the resolutions made by international institutions. The international community should also take necessary measures to urge them to implement the agreements reached with Arab countries under the auspices of the United Nations.
On February 25-26, 2000/KLOC-0, the 38th ordinary session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of Arab States was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Twenty parliamentary delegations from Arab League member countries, representatives from Arab League, Arab League Consultative Council, Council of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Gulf Cooperation Council, Arab Economic Community Commission, African Parliamentary Union and United Nations Development Programme attended the meeting. Shaki, member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and chief of Fujairah, opened the meeting on behalf of President Zayed, and read out the keynote written speech made by President Zayed on the Arab situation, the lifting of sanctions against Iraq and Libya, the Palestinian "people's uprising" and the role of parliament in resolving disputes and strengthening Arab relations. President IPU and the Speaker of Algeria delivered speeches at the opening ceremony. The meeting issued the final communiqué and Abu Dhabi Declaration on the economic integration of Arab countries and the establishment of a common market.
2001July1-12, the 39th emergency session of the Council of the Arab Parliamentary Union was held in Sana 'a, attended by parliaments or representatives of 22 Arab countries. The theme of the meeting was to discuss the issue of supporting the uprising of the Palestinian people. The meeting adopted the Sana 'a Declaration, the main contents of which are: (1) Emphasizing the just struggle of supporting the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights and establish an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital; Reaffirms that Jerusalem is an inalienable part of Albanian territory and opposes Israel's annexation of it; Support Syria and Lebanon to recover Golan Heights and Shab 'a Farms. (2) Condemn the indiscriminate use of deadly weapons to suppress the Palestinian people, call on the UN Security Council to send international troops and observers to Pakistan as soon as possible to protect the Palestinian people, and demand that Israeli war criminals such as Sharon be tried for "war crimes". (3) Call on the Security Council, the United States and Russia to shoulder the heavy responsibility of maintaining international peace and security and take effective measures to stop Israel from building Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory. (4) Demanding that the United States abandon the double standard of "favoring Israel to suppress Afghanistan" on the Arab-Israeli conflict and adopt a more objective and fair stance, and at the same time calling on the European Parliament to intensify its efforts to promote peace and put pressure on Israel to lift the economic blockade of Palestine as soon as possible. (5) Asking Albania to stop and freeze all political and economic exchanges with Israel in order to normalize relations.
From 9 February to 65 February 2002, the 65th General Assembly of the Arab Parliamentary Union was held in Khartoum. After the meeting, a "joint statement" was issued, calling for comprehensive reconciliation within the Arab countries; Emphasizing that the establishment of the Greater Arab Common Market and Free Trade Area is the lowest goal to realize Arab economic integration; Support the uprising of the Palestinian people; Support Sudan's reunification; Resolutely oppose interference in Iraq's internal affairs. The meeting elected Sultan Speaker Tahar as the new chairman of the Arab League for a term of two years.
On 7 and 8 February 2002, the 40th meeting of the Council of the Arab Parliamentary Union was held in Khartoum. The Chairman and Secretary-General of the Arab League and spokespersons and representatives from 265,438+0 Arab countries attended the meeting to prepare for the subsequent 65,438+00th General Assembly of the Arab League.
On April 6, 2002, the 4th1meeting of the Council of the Arab Parliamentary Union was held in Cairo, Egypt. Mainly discussed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict situation. The meeting adopted a resolution, which highly praised the heroic actions of the Palestinian people and expressed solidarity with the besieged President Arafat. Condemn Israel's violence against the Palestinian people, demand that Israel unconditionally withdraw its troops from the occupied Palestinian territory, allow Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in accordance with relevant UN resolutions, and accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the occupied Palestinian territory with Jerusalem as its capital; Calls on the United Nations, the United States, Russia and the European Union to send observers to protect the Palestinian people as soon as possible; Calling on Arab countries to stop all contacts with Israel; And decided to send a parliamentary delegation to introduce the real situation in the Middle East to all countries in the world. On 3 and 4 September 2002, the 42nd emergency meeting of the Council of the Arab Parliamentary Union was held in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. The meeting mainly discussed the Iraq issue and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Emphasize the need to strengthen unity among Arab countries and oppose any interference in regional affairs; Oppose the use of force against Iraq, emphasize that any action endangering Iraq's security is regarded as a threat to the security of all Arab countries, and demand that all Arab countries should not provide help and convenience for American aggression; Calling on the United Nations Security Council to lift the sanctions against Iraq, and demanding that Iraq fully cooperate with the United Nations; Emphasize support for the just struggle of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights; Condemns the abuse of military power to oppress the Palestinian people and calls on the United Nations to take necessary measures to stop Israeli atrocities; Condemn the US policy of "favoring Israel over Afghanistan" on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Relations with China
From 65438 to 0985, China People's Congress established contact with the League. In June+10 of the same year, the League sent a delegation headed by Secretary-General Boubawi to visit China for the first time, and Vice President Geng Biao met with him. 1In February 1992, the League delegation visited China and exchanged views with China on Libya's alleged involvement in the bombing. Vice Chairman Peng Chong met with him, and the Standing Committee of Fu Hao held talks with him.
In April of the same year, Kaddoura, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union who attended the 87th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, met with the visiting delegation of China and invited the delegation of China to visit the headquarters of the organization in Damascus. In May, Kaddoura, chairman of the organization, sent a letter to President Wan Li, inviting the delegation of the China People's Congress to visit its headquarters again, hoping to exchange views on issues of common concern.