AGENDA OF THE 5th STANDING SPECIALIZED COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

ABU DHABI -UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
16-17 JANUARY, 2011
SUNDAY 16 January, 2011
FROM 16.00 TO 20.00 hrs.

MONDAY17   January, 2011,
FROM 09.00 TO 12.00 hrs.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

1.    Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the other occupied Territories in Syria and Lebanon:-

1.1.    Protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque against all threats and the Judaization of Al-Quds.

1.2.    Adoption of a unified position by PUIC Member Parliaments in support of Palestine against the Israeli aggression and the war crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

1.3    Committing Israel to apply the Fourth Geneva Convention on the occupied territories and treat the Palestinian political captives and detainees in its prisons in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law.

1.4    Intensifying and following up regional and international efforts in order to lift the unjust blockade on Gaza strip and condemning the Israeli attacks on the humanitarian aid ship Movi Marmara.

1.5    Supporting the position of Syria and Lebanon on their occupied lands in the Golan, Shaba Farms and Kafr Shouba.

2.    Stressing the necessity of the inalienable equal and balanced rights of all peoples to have free access and free use of modern technology for peaceful purposes and making the whole Middle East region a zone free of all weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons with no exception.
3.    Supporting the efforts of the people and government of Iraq to ensure Iraqi’s unity and reconstruction.

4.    Standing by the Sudan in the face of external threats as well as supporting it in defending its sovereignty, security, stability and unity as well as against the allegations made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against its leaders.
5.    Combating terrorism under the umbrella of the UN and reconfirming the legitimate right to resist occupation and foreign aggression by all individual and collective means according to Article 51 of the UN Charter and further documents and measures of liquidation of colonialism and racism.
6.    Promoting solidarity and unity among Muslim States to confront increasing challenges and conspiracies which target the capabilities of the Islamic Ummah.
7.    Forming a Standing Parliamentary Committee on Al-Quds Affairs.
8.        Problem of internal security in Somalia and foreign intervention.
9.      Recent developments of the situation of Muslims in Cyprus, in Jammu and Kashmir and consideration of Armenia’s occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
10.    Rejection of all economic sanctions – whether unilateral or multi-lateral – imposed on any Muslim country particularly PUIC States.  
11.    Examination of the Memoranda of Understanding between PUIC and the following organizations:
            
           11.1 OIC Youth Forum for Islamic Dialogue and Cooperation
.        11.2 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA)
           11.3 Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

12.    Warning against the danger of the international financial crisis and its impact of globalization upon the economies of developing countries and in particularly on Islamic Countries and constituting a Committee to Study Economic problems in Member States.
13.    Allocation of voluntary financial contributions in favor of the PUIC from Member Parliaments to provide urgent assistance to the people in Gaza Strip  as well as to finance activities of interdependence (Takaful) and solidarity among Islamic States during the times of all types of disasters.
14.    Importance of international parliamentary cooperation in the face of natural disasters, especially in the framework of extending relief to the victims of floods in Pakistan.
15.    Encouraging and enhancing bilateral and multilateral trade among Islamic States.
 

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