30 November 1989 Both sides in the two parts of the homeland:
BELIEVING in Yemeni unity and the goals of the immortal
revolutions of 26 September and 14 October;
IN FULFILMENT of the struggle of the Yemeni people and the
sacrifices of its martyrs in building a united, independent Yemen;
DESIRING to progress the unionist activity between the two
parts of the single homeland to an advanced stage which brings closer the day of unity,
since unity is not only achievable but the destiny of our people in both parts;
ARISING from the aspirations of our people to achieve
unity for the land and people of Yemen;
COMBINING to complete the achievement of stability,
security, development and growth of the Yemeni homeland, especially since our unionist
struggles contributed to a unionist climate with many instances of national and fraternal
separation, which isolated it from unionist practices in the domain of people, government,
institutions and public organisations, and which makes the Yemeni citizen more watchful as
his national cause moves towards putting the final touches to the proclamation for the
establishment of the single state;
FURTHER to the agreements and declarations expected by the
leaderships and officials of the two parts;
CONTINUING to prepare the peaceful and democratic climate
that is necessary to accomplish the unionist steps that lead to a single state;
AFFIRMING the commitment to the policy of discussion and
mutual understanding between the two parts, and to preserving security and stability and
channels of communication and unionist meetings between the two parts;
During the visit by the brother General Ali Abdullah
Salih, President of the Republic, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress, at the head of a large official and
popular delegation to participate in the Yemeni people's celebrations of the 22nd
anniversary of the independence of the south of the Yemeni homeland in the period 29-30
[November] 1989, the draft permanent constitution of the single state, which was completed
by the joint committee on December 30, 1981 (equivalent to 4 Rabi'a al-Awwal, 1402), was
approved and confirmed by the leaders of the two parts represented by brother General Ali
Abdullah Salih, President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress, and Ali Salim al-Baid,
Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Yemen Socialist Party, in implementation
of the contents of the second part of the Kuwait Agreement, to complete the agreed
measures in the previous agreements, in particular articles 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the
Cairo Agreement, including taking the following steps:
Signed in Aden on November 30, 1989 (equivalent to
Jumadi al-Awwal, 1410).
Ali Salim al-Baid, Secretary-General of the Yemen
Socialist Party.
(General) Ali Abdullah Salih, President of the Republic,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Secretary-General of the General People's
Congress.
[Translated from: al-Ashmawy, Ibrahim: al-Wahida
al-Yamaniyya bil 'Ayuun al-'Arabiyya. al-Thawabit, Sana'a, 1991.] |