General documents
Donald Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia
21 May 2017
Barack Obama at the UN General Assembly
25 September 2012
Barack Obama on the Middle East and North Africa
19 May 2011
Barack Obama on a new beginning
Speech by President Obama at Cairo University, 4 June 2009
Greater Middle East Partnership
Text of a "working paper" circulated by the United States in preparation for the G-8 summit scheduled for June 2004. The document is in three parts, discussing promoting of democracy and good governance, building a knowledge society and expanding economic opportunities.
Freedom in Iraq and the Middle East
Speech by President George W Bush, 6 November 2003.
'New World Order'
President George Bush's address to Congress,6 March 1991
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
Arab League documents
Alexandria Protocol7 October, 1944
Charter of the Arab League22 March, 1945
Cultural Treaty1946
Arab League Declaration on the Invasion of Palestine15 May, 1948
Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation Treaty1950-52
Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism22 April 1998
The Arab League Satellite Broadcasting Charter2008
Documents from Arab summits
Beirut, 27-28 March, 2002
The Arab Peace Initiative- full text
The Beirut Declaration- final communique from the summit (extracts).
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia- text of speech
Yasser Arafat- text of speech delivered by video link
Amman, 27-28 March, 2001
Final statement- full text
Iraq and Kuwait- draft resolution rejected by Iraq
Cairo 21-22 October, 2000
President Hosni Mubarak- speech to the inaugural session
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia- text of speech
