In appreciation of the grave
circumstances facing the Arab nation, and the regional and
international challenges confronting it, and due to its concern to
solve all the pending problems, particularly the situation between
Iraq and Kuwait, and in order to avoid their repetition and to
re-establish Arab solidarity, the Arab leaders have decided the
following:
1) - Reaffirmation of the need to
respect the Charter of the Arab League and its objectives and to
preserve national Arab security, on the basis of the integrity and
sovereignty of each country over its territory, its natural
resources and its rights, non-interference and the non-use of
force or threats and a commitment to solve disputes through
peaceful means and negotiations.
2)
a) - Reaffirmation of the
independence and sovereignty of the State of Kuwait, the
preservation of its security and territorial unity, within its
internationally-recognised borders, non-interference in its
internal affairs, the need for Iraq to respect these principles
and to adopt policies capable of respecting them.
b) - Reaffirmation of the respect
of the independence and sovereignty of Iraq. Calling to a halt all
measures that undermine its sovereignty and threatens its
security, particularly those taken outside UN Security Council
Resolutions, namely military strikes.
c) - Calling on Iraq to implement
all the commitments contained in the UN Security Council
Resolutions to resolve the problem of the Kuwaiti prisoners and to
restore Kuwaiti property.
d) - Putting an end to all the
pending issues related to weapons of mass destruction and their
control through negotiations between Iraq and the UN Security
Council in order to complete a resolution on this issue in an
equitable and rapid way, in order to set up a zone free of weapons
of mass destruction in the Middle East.
3)
a) - A call for the lifting of
sanctions imposed on Iraq
b) - The taking of necessary steps
to resume commercial flights with Iraq
c) - A call for cooperation to
resolve the question of Iraqi missing persons with the assistance
of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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