(AL QUDS AL SHARIF SESSION)

FINAL DECLARATION

The Third Extraordinary Session of The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers convened in Fez, Kingdom of Morocco, from 9-11 Zul Ke'da 1400 H. (18-20 September, 1980) at the recommendation of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee, which had met in Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco from 5-7 Shawal, 1400 H. (16-18 August, 1980) and at the request of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The Extraordinary Session was attended by The General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, State of Bahrain, People's Republic of Bangladesh, United Republic of Cameroun, Republic of Chad, Federal Islamic Republic of Comoro, Republic of Djibouti, Republic of Gabon, Republic of the Gambia, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Republic of Guinea Bissau, Republic of Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Iraq,Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, State of Kuwait, Republic of Lebanon, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Republic of Maldives, Republic of Mali, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Kingdom of Morocco, Republic of Niger, Sultanate of Oman, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Palestine (P.L.O), State of Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Senegal, Democratic Republic of Somalia, Democratic Republic of Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Tunisia, Republic of Turkey, Republic of Uganda, State of United Arab Emirates, Republic of Upper Volta, Yemen Arab Republic, Yemen People's Democratic Republic.

Leader of the Muslim Turkish Community in Kibris H.E. Raouf Denktash attended as Observer.

H.E. President Al Haj Ahmed Sekou Toure, in an important address, outlined the dangerous circumstances, in which the Extraordinary Session was convening, with regard to the question of Al Quds (Jerusalem) and Palestine. He declared that Israel’s decision to annex Al Quds (Jerusalem) was a challenge to the whole of mankind, and emphasized that the Holy City could never become the property of Israel.

President Sekou Toure then projected the power of Islam which depended, not on the force of arms, but on its inherent qualities as an ideology, intel¹ect, behaviour and morals. He called for upholding these divine principles which would ensure victory and the recovery of Al Quds Al Sharif.

He also delved in the Islamic principles that guarantee for every Muslim, wherever he may be, his personality and creative talents, making him an integral part of his community that cannot break away or be cast off.

The Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Mohamad Shamsul Haq then took the floor and read out the cable addressed by President Zia urRahman, President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, in his capacity as member of Al Quds Summit Committee that was formed by the Emergency Meeting of Al Quds Committee in Casablanca.

President Zia ur-Rahman, in the cabled message addressed to His Majesty King

Hassan II, expressed deep regret at being unable to join the Moroccan Monarch and President Al Haj Ahmed Sekou Toure in this Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers due to the devastating floods that had hit Bangladesh.

He stressed that he and the people of Bangladesh attached great importance to the work of the Extraordinary Session and expressed their unqualified solidarity with their Arab and Muslim brethren.

President Leopold Senghor, in his address, said his country had been quick to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organisation, following the resolution of the Arab Summit in Rabat considering the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

President Senghor denounced Israel's decision of annexing Al Quds Al Sharif, emphasising that Al Quds was a Holy City not only to Jews but to Muslims and Christians alike; and that two billion Muslims and Christians - i.e. half the population of the world - were today protesting against the challenge Israel had thrown at them.

He said it would be better for the Conference to depend on the legal and moral reasons that he mentioned to demand - in the United Nations - the restoration of Al Quds to its pre-1967 status.

His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco, in his address, said the significance of Jihad, in Islam, did not lie in religious wars or crusades. Rather, it was strategic political and military action, and psychological warfare, which, if employed by the Islamic Umma, would ensure victory over the enemy.

He said that Islam was subject only to God Almighty, and to reason, and that the recent Zionist decision had greatly affected the Islamic world; for Islam, and the noble ethics of the Prophet, had taught us to curb our wrath unless Allah's sanctities were desecrated, and was there a greater desecration than that against Al Quds Al Sharif the First Qibla and Third Haram.

His Majesty, in the name of the Islamic Group, emphasized to the Palestinian brethren that they alone were not the only ones to suffer the loss of Al Quds: the whole Islamic world has suffered the loss also, and will restore the Holy City with them; for Al Quds was not a trust to the Palestinians alone, but a trust to every single Muslim, man or woman.

His Majesty was convinced that the forthcoming Islamic Summit, to be held in Mecca Al Mokarramah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will, once and for all, unify Muslim ranks and will purge the Arab arena from all hatred. His Majesty called for further intensification of efforts, organisation of ranks, and exploitation of the enemy's errors. He emphasized that collective action was more useful than individual effort, and that sound careful planning, on the collective level, was the best method to bring the target nearer.

H.E. Habib Chatti, the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, in his address, dealt with the latest developments of the question of Al Quds since the Tenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, in Islamabad, and the action undertaken at the Arab, Islamic and international levels.

He said this Extra-ordinary Session must define the areas of mobilising all the potentials of the Islamic Umma so that Jihad would enter its practical phase in a manner much more effective than at present, and the will of the people will bear fruit, especially that we had won over to our side world public opinion through the serious positions we adopted and our determination to pursue our confrontation with Israel, the expansionist entity that has usurped the rights of the Islamic Umma.

In conclusion, the Secretary General pointed to efforts of His Majesty King Has-san II, in his capacity as Chairman of Al Quds Committee, and who, as we all know, is motivated by a strong Islamic spirit and zealously upholds the values and ideals of our Divine Religion.

Pakistan Foreign Minister, Mr. Agha Shahi, in his capacity as current Chairman of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers then addressed the meeting. He said that Al Quds Committee, in its last meeting in Casablanca, had approved a comprehensive plan to be implemented by the Islamic states on both the national and international levels, and in the United Nations, to prevent Israel from using force and suppression to complete the annexation of Al Quds and continue obliterating its Muslim and Christian features.

He affirmed that the Palestinian question had reached a very critical stage and was on the verge of an explosion, which necessitated the adoption of a responsible and positive action by the Islamic Conference. He said there was a change in favour of the Palestine issue: the abstention by the European countries from voting at the Special General Assembly Session on the resolution on Palestine; the resolution on Al Quds submitted by the European countries to the Security Council; the condemnation of Israel's policy prominent retigious bodies, such as the World Church Council, were indications pointing to an increasing recognition of our just position on the issue.

In conclusion, he lauded the role of King Hassan II, the first founder of the

Islamic Conference. He also lauded the presence of President Al Haj Ahmed Sekou

Toure and President Leopold Senghor and their commitment to the liberation of Al

Quds and to the struggle of the Palestinian people.

The Conference unanimously elected Moroccan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperatives, Mr. Mohamed Boucetta, as Chairman of the Extraordinary Session. Maldives Foreign Minister Fathallah Jamil Al Kabir and Niger Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdel Hamid Kebir, were elected First and Second Vice-Chairmen respectively. Pakistan Foreign Minister Agha Shahi was elected Rapporteur.

The Conference, in its plenary sessions, beard statements by a number of delegation heads, who expressed their countries' views on Al Quds Al Sharif and Palestine issues in general. There was a unanimous call that the Islamic Conference attains its objectives of liberating Al Quds Al Sharif from the clutches of vicious Zionism, and of achieving the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to repatriation, to self-determination without outside interference, and to establish their independent state on their national territory.

There was also unanimity on the necessity of going further than the adoption of resolutions denouncing Israel's subversive positions and actions to the adoption of resolutions defining bold, specific and practical steps to confront the Zionist enemy, and to ensure the intensified mobilisation of the potentials of Islamic states in this field.

The Conference charged the Chairman of the Extra-Ordinary Session to dispatch a cable to H.E. President Zia ur-Rahman of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh, expressing the condolences and solidarity of the Islamic Peoples' with Bangladesh that has suffered tremendously in lives and property as a result of the recent devastating floods.

The Chairman informed the Conference that it received a message from the Eritrean Liberation Front (Popular Liberation Forces) requesting the support of the Islamic Conference to their struggle for the liberation of the Eritrean people.

The following delegations submitted Working Papers to the Conference: Kingdom of Morocco - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - Palestine Liberation Organisation and Syrian Arab Republic - Republic of Iraq.

The Drafting was formed of the following delegations: Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Palestine Liberation Organisation - Syrian Arab Republic - Kingdom of Morocco - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Republic of Iraq - Republic of Senegal - Republic of Gabon - Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

During the debate, the examination of the Working Papers, and the review of the situation resulting from Israel's decision to annex Al Quds Al Sharif, the Conference expressed its extreme appreciation for the efforts exerted by King Hassan II, the Chairman of Al Quds Committee, for the liberation of the Holy City, and the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories. It also praised and supported the Saudi-Iraqi Declaration, at Al-Taif, and also all the efforts of the member states, especially the Syrian communiqué to the League of Arab States, and the Memorandum by the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The Conference expressed its support to Syria for her steadfast position in the face of the Camp David parties. It also denounced the Zionist campaign against the Islamic states, especially Iraq, for their programmes to utilise nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in order to develop their scientific and technological capacities. It affirmed that these threats had taken serious dimensions and escalated tension in the Middle East region. The Conference called upon international opinion to condemn such threats, and affirmed the right of the developing and Islamic States to acquire nuclear technology and use it for peaceful purposes. It also called for cooperation among Islamic states in the field of acquiring nuclear technology and utilising it for peaceful purposes.

The Conference, at the conclusion of its business, expressed its deepest thanks and appreciation to the King, government and people of Morocco for their warm hospitality and efforts to ensure the success of the Conference.

In expression of the determination of the Islamic states to confront the Israeli challenge and liberate Al Quds Al Sharif and recover the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, the Conference adopted a resolution, the most important items of which are:

The Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, meeting in Extraordinary Session, at the recommendation of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee, in Fez, 9-11 Zul Ke’da 1400H, 18-20 September, 1980, examined the grave development in the cause of Al Quds (Jerusalem) and the Palestine Question, following the Israeli Knesset's decision to annex Al Quds Al Sharif and consider it as the "unified eternal capital" of the Zionist entity. The Conference considered this action a blatant challenge to the sentiments of Muslims, and a hostile act against the Islamic countries, as well as a confirmation of Israel's refusal to abide by the recent Security Council Resolution 478, stipulating that all Israel's legislative and administrative measures, as well as all other action, to alter the identity and status of Al Quds (Jerusalem), are null and void, and must be rescinded immediately.

The Islamic states committed:

- to meet this challenge and liberate Al Quds Al Sharif (Jerusalem);

- to uphold Arab-Islamic sovereignty over the Holy City;

- to confirm their support to the Palestinian people;

- to counter the Israeli aggression with their power and potential;

- to sustain support for the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people until the liberation of Al Quds (Jerusalem) and the restoration, by the Palestinian people, of their inalienable rights, including their right to repatriation, self-determination and the establishment of their own independent state on their territory:

Proceeding from the spirit of Islamic solidarity;

The Conference decides:

1. TO ADOPT the recommendations and resolutions of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee in its Extraordinary Meeting, held from 16-18 August, 1980, in Casablanca, and to declare that all Islamic countries are committed to their implementation;

2. TO REAFFIRM the commitment of Islamic countries to mobilize all their political, financial, petroleum and military potentials to counter the Israeli decision of annexing Al Quds (Jerusalem), and to approve the application of political and economic boycott against any country that recognizes Israel's decision, or contributes to its enforcement, or establishes an embassy in Al Quds Al Sharif (Jerusalem);

3. TQ REQUEST all the countries of the world to refrain from dealing with Israeli authorities in any way that could be exploited by these authorities as an acceptance of the fait accompli in Al Quds (Jerusalem) and in all other occupied Palestinian and Arab territories; else they would be liable to boycott measures;

4. TO WELCOME Security Council Resolution 478, on August 20, 1980, and calls upon the Council to adopt military and economic sanctions against Israel as provided by the UN Charter;

5. TO EXPRESS FULL SATISFACTION at the response of the countries that have transferred their embassies from Al Quds Al Sharif (Jerusalem) in recognition that Israel's decision is illegitimate, null and void; and notes that the response of these countries to the appeal of the Islamic states by transferring their embassies from Al Quds (Jerusalem) underlines the unanimous opposition of the international community to the Israeli measure of annexing Al Quds (Jerusalem) and declaring it the capital of the Zionist entity;

6. TO NOTE WITH SATISFACTION the position of the Federal Government of Switzerland reflected by refraining from concluding agreement with Israel in Al Quds (Jerusalem) and hopes that all countries would follow suit;

7. TO RECONFIRM all forms of support extended by Islamic countries to the PLO to counter the war of aggression launched by Israel to annihilate the Palestinian people in occupied Palestine and Southern Lebanon, and calls upon the Member States to enable the Lebanese Government to put an end to these aggressions;

8. TO EXTEND material and political support to the Arab Palestinian people, inside and outside their occupied homeland, and to enhance their capability to combat the devious designs of the autonomy conspiracy, and the Israeli occupation and racist practices;

9. TO CALL UPON member states of the Islamic Conference which recognised Israel to withdraw such recognition and to sever all political and economic relations with it;

10. TO SUSTAIN its repudiation of the Camp David Accords, and the like, and secure the total defeat of such Accords and any consequences thereof;

11. TO RECONFIRM its condemnation of the United States' policy that supports the Israeli occupation authorities in their settlement practices, and repeated desecration of Islamic holy places in the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories; and also CONDEMNS the position adopted by the United States in international fora, in favour of Israel and against the Palestinian right, in a manner contradicting with the UN Charter, the General Assembly's resolutions and the provisions of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; and DECLARES that any support extended to the Zionist entity to sustain its illegitimate occupation and desecration of holy places, be it direct or indirect, overt or covert, constitutes a challenge to the Islamic world;

12. TO REJECT any political settlement of the Palestine Question, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, under the disruption of the balance of power caused by the conclusion of the Camp David Accords and Washington Treaty (Egyptian-Israeli Treaty), together with the Israeli practices, and TO DECLARE that Security Council Resolution 242 incompatible with Arab and Islamic rights, nor does it constitute a sound basis for resolving the Middle East crisis, especially the Palestine Question; and TO FIRMLY CALL FOR the implementation of UN resolutions, particularly General Assembly Resolution 1, adopted at its Extraordinary Emergency Session; and TO REJECT any initiative inconsistent with these resolutions;

13. TO INITIATE political action, at the UN, with the Big Powers, notably the European Community, with a view to enlisting further support to the Palestine Question and to tightening Israel's isolation;

14. TO WORK for the adoption, by the current session of UN General Assembly, of a resolution seeking the counsel of the International Court of Justice on Israeli practices and measures violating the national inalienable rights of the Palestinian People, as well as the acts of aggression perpetrated by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian people inside occupied Palestine and Arab territories, on condition that such a procedure would not prejudice the national inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, and that it be endorsed by the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people;

15. TO CALL UPON the UN General Assembly not to accept the credentials of the Israeli delegate to the UN since he represents a government that has violated international law and has declared Al Quds (Jerusalem) its capital;

16. TO REQUEST the Big Powers and international organisations to assume their responsibilities and counter the Israeli challenge by applying the sanctions provided in the UN Charter against Israel;

17. TO CALL UPON all the countries of the world to curb Jewish immigration to the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories, in view of the Zionist settlement policy in these territories, and Israel's persistent denial of the Palestinian people's right to repatriation, to the exercise of self-determination and sovereignty, and to the establishment of their own independent state on their national territory;

18. TO INTENSIFY contacts with the Holy See and Christian circles with a view to expounding the position of Islamic states towards the recent Israeli decision, and to requesting their support to the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, as well as extending recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization;

19. TO INITIATE a wide-scale information campaign denouncing the Israeli decision, and to seek the implementation of the information plan for countering the Israeli challenge;

20. TO REQUEST member states to withhold loans and contributions to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank should they fail to grant the Palestine Liberation Organization Observer-status;

21. TO ESTABLISH an Islamic Office for the boycott of Israel pursuant to the Islamic Conference resolutions in this respect, and provided that it coordinate action with the Head Office for the Boycott of Israel, affiliated to the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States;

22. TO COVER the capital of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Fund, and the Fund's Waqf;

23. TO DECLARE the commitment of the Islamic states to holy "Jihad", with its wide-ranging humanitarian dimensions, as it constitutes steadfastness in the face of the Zionist enemy on all military, political, economic, information and cultural fronts;

24. TO ENTRUST Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee with the task of formulating an over-all strategy to mobilize all the potential of Islamic countries to counter the Israeli aggressiveness, and to draw the attention of Al Quds (Jerusalem) Committee to the contents of the Palestinian-Syrian Working Paper on economic, military and political issues, and submitting this strategy to the forthcoming Islamic Summit Conference due to be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.