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General documents

Arab League documents - special page

Human rights documents - special page

Sana'a Declaration - on emerging democracies, July 1999

Anglo-French Joint Statement on Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia - 8 Nov 1918

The Sykes-Picot Agreement - 1916

Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Ali ibn Hussain - 1915


Algeria

Text of constitution 
As amended in 1996 (in English)

Text of constitution 
1996 version (in French and English)

Constitutional amendment  
2002 (in French). The amendment recognises Tamazight (Berber) as "equally a national language".

Text of constitution 
1989 (in French)

Constitutional amendment 
1988 (in French)

Text of constitution
1976 (in French)

Text of constitution  
1963 (in French)

Declaration of Tripoli Congress 
June 1962 (in French)

Charter of Algiers 
April 1964 (in French)

Speech by Charles de Gaulle  
Constantine, Algeria, 3 Oct 1958

Declaration of the Soummam Congress 
1956 (in French)

Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN)  
1 Nov 1954 (Historical Text Archive). 

US policy towards Algeria
Statement by Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, 1996.


Bahrain

Text of constitution (2002)

Previous constitution (1973)


Comoros

(no documents available)


Djibouti

Constitution (in French)


Egypt

Text of constitution

Camp David documents (1978)

Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel  
26 March, 1979

Accompanying Letters to the Treaty of Peace Between Egypt and Israel  
26 March, 1979

Speech by Anwar Sadat to the Israeli Knesset  
20 November, 1977

Speech by President Nasser to the National Assembly 
29 May 1967 (mideastweb.org)

Agreement between Sudan and Egypt on the Full Utilization of the Waters of the Nile  
Cairo,  8 November 1959

Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement  
Rhodes, Greece, 24 February, 1949

Constantinople Convention of the Suez Canal (1888)


Iraq

See special page


Jordan

Text of constitution

Speech by King Abdullah
At the opening of Parliament, 1 November, 1999

Letter to Prince Hassan
The letter in which King Hussein transferred the succession from his brother to his son. 25 January 1999.

Peace treaty
Full text of the treaty between Jordan and Israel signed on 26 October 1994

Washington Declaration
Between Israel and Jordan. 25 July, 1994

Israel-Jordan Common Agenda  
14 September, 1993


Kuwait

Text of constitution

UN Security Council Resolution 1284

UN Security Council Resolution 986  
("oil for food" resolution)


Lebanon

See special page


Libya

See special page


Mauritania

Text of constitution (1991)


Morocco (and Western Sahara)

Constitution, 1996  
(English translation); alternative source

Constitution, 1996  
(official French version)

Previous constitution  
(1992 consolidated version, in English)

King Mohammed VI: first speech from the throne
BBC, 30 July, 1999

UN Security Council Resolution 1215
on Western Sahara


Oman

Text of constitution (1996)


Palestine/Israel

See special page


Qatar

Text of constitution 
Draft approved by referendum on 29 April 2003.

Speech by the Emir 
Regarding the constitutional referendum, delivered on 28 April 2003.


Saudi Arabia

Text of constitution ("Basic Law", 1993)

Charter to Reform the Arab Stand 
An initiative by Crown Prince Abdullah, published on 13 January 2003, for presentation to the next Arab summit.

National Reform Document 
A document seeking reform which was mailed to Crown Prince Abdullah in January 2003. The prince later met signatories at his palace.

Speech by Crown Prince Abdullah 
Arab summit, Beirut, 27-28 March, 2002

Speech by Crown Prince Abdullah  
Arab emergency summit, Cairo, 21-22 October, 2000


Somalia

Transitional National Charter 
Full text, 6 June 2000

Puntland: political declaration 
"The positions of the people of Sool, southern and eastern Sanaag regions and Buhoodle district of Somalia" - undated.

Puntland: message from the president  
4 June, 1999


Sudan

Text of constitution (1998)


Syria

Inaugural address
Speech by Bashar al-Assad on his inauguration as President of Syria

Interview with President Bashar
The president outlines his views on a wide range of issues. [Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, 8 February, 2001]

Security Council Resolution 242  
22 Nov 1967

Security Council Resolution 338  
22 Oct 1973


Syria and Lebanon:

Security Council resolution 1636 
31 October 2005. Adopted unanimously, the resolution demanded full Syrian cooperation with investigations into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Larsen report 
Progress report by the special UN envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, on implementation of Security Council resolution 1559. Published 25 October, 2005.

Draft Security Council resolution 
Draft resolution circulation following publication of the Mehlis report, intended to apply further pressure on Syria. Later amended and approved as resolution 1636.

Assassination of Rafik Hariri 
Full text of the Mehlis report, October 2005  

Assassination of Rafik Hariri  
Full text of the UN fact-finding mission's report, March 2005

Security Council Resolution 1595
7 April 2005

Security Council Resolution 1559 
2 September 2004

Damascus Agreement, 1985
Signed by Elie Hobeika, Walid Joumblatt and Nabih Berry in Damascus.


Tunisia

Text of constitution 

The November 7 Declaration
Ben Ali's speech to parliament in 1987 after President Bouguiba was declared unfit to govern

Manifesto of the Rassemblement Constitutionel Democratique
27 October, 1999 (in French)

Victory speech
by President Ben Ali, on 26 October, 1999, after winning 99.44% of the vote (in French)


United Arab Emirates

Text of constitution (Arabic only)


Yemen

Constitution of the Yemen Arab Republic, 1970

Constitution of the Republic of Yemen, 1990

Constitution of the Republic of Yemen, as amended in 1994

Proposed amendments to constitution, August 2000

Law No 66 (1991) Concerning Parties and Political Organisations

Law No 25 (1990) Concerning the Press and Publications

Law No 41 (1992) Concerning General Elections

Law No 27 (1996) Concerning General Elections

     

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