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Member States
THIRD
ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE
THE
MECCA DECLARATION
We
the Kings, Heads of State and Government of the Member States of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
Assembled at the Third Islamic Summit Conference (Palestine and Al
Quds Session) held in Mecca Al Mukarramah from 19 to 22 Rabi Al
Awal 1401 H, corresponding to 25-28 January 1981;
Bow in gratitude to Allah, the Almighty, who has, in His Infinite
Grace, enabled us to congregate in this Sacred City, in the
vicinity of the Holy Ka'bah, venue of Divine Revelation and the
Qibla of all Muslims, at the dawn of the new Hijra Century in an
assembly which we consider to be a momentous event in the history
of the Islamic Ummah and the beginning of an all-embracing Islamic
resurgence, demanding of all Muslims to pause and take stock of
their past, evaluate their present, and look forward with
confidence to a better future in a spirit of Islamic solidarity in
order to restore the unity of their ranks, work for their
prosperity and advancement, and achieve, once again, an exalted
position in the world community and human civilization.
Strict adherence to Islam and Islamic principles and values, as a
way of life, constitutes the highest protection for Muslims
against the dangers, which confront them. Islam is the only path,
which can lead them to strength, dignity and prosperity and a
better future. It is the pledge and guarantee of the authenticity
of the Ummah safeguarding from the tyrannical on rush of
materialism. It is the powerful stimulant for both leaders and
peoples in their struggle to liberate their holy places and to
regain their rightful place in this world so that they may, in
conceit with other nations, strive for the establishment of
equality, peace and prosperity for the whole of mankind.
The belief of all Muslims in the eternal principles of liberty,
justice, human dignity, fraternity, tolerance and compassion and
their constant struggle against injustice and aggression
reinforces their determination to establish just peace, and
harmony among peoples, to ensure respect for human rights, and to
work for the strengthening of international organizations based on
humanitarian principles and peaceful co-existence among nations.
Thus a new age would dawn wherein relations between nations would
be governed by principles and not by force, and wherein all forms
of oppression, exploitation, domination, injustice, colonialism
and neo-colonialism, as well as all kinds of discrimination on
grounds of race, colour, creed or sex would be banished forever
from this earth.
We declare that only firm adherence to our faith will enable us to
retain the strength of our social structures and help our
communities to avoid succumbing to the disunity and degradation of
the past when many Muslim homelands, particularly Al Quds Al
Sharif - the first Qibla and the third holiest shrine of the world
of Islam fell prey to foreign domination. History is replete with
instances where Muslim communities have fallen victim to injustice
and aggression; their intellectual achievements eroded; their
share of their own material resources diminished. Indeed the dawn
of the century saw the Muslim world confronting dangers and
challenges to its independence, security, honour and dignity.
We are saddened to note that despite alt its material scientific
and technological achievements, mankind today suffers from poverty
of the spirit, from moral and ethical decay, and societies are
marred by inequities, economies are crippled by severe crises, and
international political order is in constant danger of
destabilization.
The forces of evils are now on the march, multiplying the hotbeds
of war, sowing the seeds of dissentions, threatening the security
of the world, man's peace of mind, and jeopardizing human
civilization,
We consider that the innate qualities of the Muslim Ummah point
the way to unity and solidarity, to progress and advancement, to
prosperity and power. It possesses the Book of God and the Sunnah
of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon Him), in them can be found a
complete way of life leading us, guiding us along the path of
goodness, righteousness, and salvation. This is our cultural
heritage. It enables us to break the shackles of subservience and
mobilize in us the spiritual strength to utilize to the fullest
extent our inherent capabilities. It is our sheet anchor for a
righteous life.
It is our conviction that the Ummah of 1000 million people,
composed of various races, spread over vast areas of the globe and
possessing enormous resources, fortified by its spiritual power
and utilizing to the full its human and material potential, can
achieve an outstanding position in the world and ensure for itself
the means of prosperity in order to bring about a better
equilibrium for the benefit of all mankind.
We meet today in this August assembly and in this Serene City on
this momentous juncture in the annals of Islam, determined to
reinforce our solidarity and set in motion the process of our
renaissance. To this end, we make the following solemn
declaration:
1. All Muslims, differing though they may be, in their language,
color, domicile or other conditions, form but one nation, bound
together by their common faith, moving in a single direction,
drawing on one common faith, cultural heritage, assuming one
mission throughout the world. Thus, they stand as a nation of
moderation, rejecting alignment to any and all blocs and
ideologies, steadfastly refusing to surrender to divisive
influences or to conflicts of interests.
We are, therefore, determined to move forward to reinforce our
solidarity, to overcome rifts and divisions and to settle in a
peaceful manner all disputes that may arise amongst us on the
basis of covenants and the principles of brotherhood, unity and
inter-dependence and on our belief in the justice and compassion
derived from the Holy Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet,
which constitute for us the eternal source of justice.
In fulfillment of the aspirations of our peoples, we shall
intensify consultations, amongst ourselves and complement and
coordinate our endeavors in the international field in order to
better defend our common causes and thus to enhance our prestige
and position in the world.
We are equally determined to engage in Jihad with all the means at
our disposal to liberate our occupied territories, to support one
another in defending our independence and territorial integrity,
in vindicating our rights and in eliminating the injustice wreaked
on our nation, depending on our own strength and firm solidarity.
2. Conscious that Muslims today are victims of innumerable
injustices and are faced with multiple dangers due to the reign of
force and aggression and the politics of violence in international
behavior;
Conscious also of the fact that Islam enjoins justice and equity
both for its followers and others and it also enjoins tolerance
and magnanimity towards those who do not combat us, do not force
us to leave our homes, do not violate our sacred values and who
never take the side of wrong doing, injustice or oppression;
We reaffirm our unflinching resolve to combat the Zionist
usurpation by force of arms of Palestinian lands and other Arab
territories and to frustrate all Zionist designs and actions in
this regard. We condemn and reject the policies of those who
assist this aggression by giving the Zionist entity political,
economic, demographic and military support. We equally reject all
initiatives that are not consistent with the Palestinian choice
which calls for a just solution of the Palestinian question based
on the realization of the inalienable national rights of the
Palestinian people including their right to return to their
homeland, their right to self-determination including the right to
establish an independent Palestinian State in their homeland under
the leadership of Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and
legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. We also
reject all attempts to exert pressure on us or on other countries
of the world to accept a fait accompli and to surrender to unjust
solutions. We affirm our resolve to confront this aggression and
pressure with all the means at our disposal to prepare ourselves
for Jihad in order to liberate the occupied Palestinian and Arab
territories and the holy places and to recover the
incontrovertible rights of the Palestinian people as recognized by
International Law and the UN. Resolutions relating to the question
of Palestine.
The violations committed against the Haram of Al Quds Al Sharif,
the aggression perpetrated against the people of Palestine and
their established national and religious rights, and the
continuation of aggression through the annexation of Al Quds Al
Sharif leave us no choice but to firmly stand up to this
aggression and to denounce its supporter. We therefore pledge to
wage jihad with all the means at our disposal for the liberation
of Al Quds and the occupied territories. We shall make this
liberation struggle the prime Islamic cause of this generation
until God willing Al Quds Al Sharif and all the occupied
Palestinian and Arab territories are restored to their legitimate
owners.
Faced with the open invasion of the territory of Afghanistan, a
Sovereign Muslim State and the violation of the right of Afghan
people to freedom and self-determination and their right to
preserve their Islamic identity, we are determined to continue to
support the struggle of the people of Afghanistan and to feel
deeply concerned over the situation created by the foreign
military intervention in Afghanistan.
We reaffirm our determination to seek a political solution of this
crisis, on the basis of an immediate and complete withdrawal of
foreign forces from Afghanistan, respect for political
independence and territorial integrity, as well as the non-aligned
nature of Afghanistan. and respect for the inalienable rights of
the heroic Afghan people to self determination without any foreign
intervention or pressure.
We declare our full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, who
are engaged in a Jihad to attain their freedom and independence.
3. Taking note of the present state of international relations,
which are characterized by the evils of bigotry and racism,
dominated by the rule of force and the arms race, by greed and
injustice, colonialism and exploitation of weak nations, factors
which threaten our civilization and disturb social and material
equilibrium of the world; desirous of seeing that the forces of
good throughout the world establish the human values of
fraternity, humility and justice; we call upon alt states and
peoples of the world to re-build it anew, through sincere and
concerted efforts, so that peace may prevail and conflicts and
wars may be avoided. We call for the disputes to be settled
peacefully, and for relations to be conducted constructively, for
man's capacities to be harnessed in the service of humanity,
instead of being wasted in a race for the acquisition of armaments
and of weapons of death and destruction. Should this come to pass,
justice would prevail and human relations would be established on
the basis of equality and fraternity, benevolence and compassion,
and not on the basis of discrimination and injustice, Thus, would
the oppressed peoples of the earth be liberated; thus would they
avoid the mischief of war-mongers; thus would mankind be blessed
with peace, and basic human rights be once again triumphant.
We express our deep concern over the increasing rivalry between
the Superpowers, their competition for spheres of influence and
their increasing endeavors to intensify their military presence in
the areas near and adjacent to the states of the Islamic world,
such as the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea and the
Gulf.
We affirm our common conviction that the peace and stability of
the Gulf and the Security of its Sea-lanes, is the exclusive
responsibility of the Gulf States without any foreign
interference.
The persecution of Muslim minorities and communities in many parts
of the world constitutes a violation of human rights and is
contrary to the dignity of man. We call upon all countries which
have Muslim minorities to enable them to perform their religious
rites in full freedom and to extend to them equal rights as
citizens protected by the State in accordance with the sanctity of
law,
We resolutely support and call others to support, the United
Nations' Organization and all other inter-Governmental
institutions, which provide a suitable framework for cooperation,
an important platform for dialogue and understanding, and an
instrument for settling disputes and resolving crises. We strongly
denounce any tendency to impose tutelage on and obstruct the
activity of the UN. We condemn Israel and the States, which
systematically violate the principles of the UN. Charter. We
confirm our loyalty to the principles and aims of non-alignment
and support the League of Arab States and the Organization of
African Unity, and our full solidarity with the countries of the
Third World.
4. Convinced of the need of our people to adhere strictly to their
faith and to rely on their heritage in the building up of a
society committed to faith, justice and morality, we confirm our
determination to be guided by the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of
the Holy Prophet in shaping our lives and our societies and in
strengthening our relations with peoples and countries of the
world. In this, we proceed from the belief that this is the best
guarantee for the triumph of truth and virtue and for the
establishment of justice and peace it is also the surest path to
dignity, prosperity and security for the Islamic Ummah.
We reiterate our desire to establish the practice of "Shura"
(consultation) among all Muslims, to normalize this principle in
all walks of life, in order that the doing of good deeds may be
promoted and wrongdoing eliminated. Thus would solidarity be
implanted in the collective conscience and people would
participate in the running of their affairs putting an end to
dissension and discord. We shall make every effort to facilitate
contacts between individual Muslims and between specialized
institutions in order to provide opportunities for continuous
consultation. Inspired by the Book of God and the Sunnah of the
Holy Prophet, which are a basic source of guidance, in this regard
we affirm our determination to protect human rights and dignity.
We like-wise affirm our determination to ensure the rights,
freedoms and basic needs of mankind.
We shall endeavor, to this end, to establish the basis and the
means for the protection of rights and sacred values, for the
removal of injustices for the triumph of all people struggling to
achieve independence, freedom and justice and for the upholding of
the principles of justice and dignity whenever they are violated,
including Palestine and South Africa.
5. Aware of our common interests, we declare our determination to
eliminate poverty from which some of our peoples continue to
suffer, by consolidating our economic cooperation on the basis of
complimentarity and pooling of our resources to achieve
coordinated development of our countries, we also declare our
resolve in a spirit of Islamic solidarity, to promote economic
development of the countries which are least developed amongst us.
We further pronounce our resolve to rationalize our development
policies in order to ensure balanced progress in both the material
and spiritual domains.
We call for efforts to be made to establish economic relations in
the world on bases of justice, interdependence and mutual
interest, to ensure the disappearance of the wide gap separating
the industrialized countries and the developing and poor
countries, and the institution of a new economic order based on
equity and solidarity, under which development policies are
rationalized and integrated to eliminate, once and for all, famine
and its dangers, as well as all kinds of deprivation and all forms
of exploitation of peoples suffering under the effects of
colonialism and backwardness and to ensure the development of
these countries and the proper utilization of their resources. We
reaffirm the right of States to have sovereignty over their
natural resources and to control their exploitation.
6. Believing the tenets of Islam which preach that the quest of
knowledge is an obligation on all Muslims we declare ourselves
determined to cooperate in spreading education more widely and
strengthening educational institutions until ignorance and
illiteracy have been eradicated and to take measures aimed towards
the strengthening of Islamic educational curricula and to
encourage research and Ijtihad among Muslim thinkers and Ulema
while expanding the studies of modern sciences and technologies.
We also pledge ourselves to coordinate our efforts in the field of
education and culture, so that we may draw on our religious and
traditional sources in order to unite the Ummah consolidate its
culture and strengthen its solidarity, cleanse our societies of
the manifestations of moral laxity and deviation by inculcating
moral virtues, protecting our youth from ignorance and from
exploitation of the material needs of some Muslims to alienate
them from their religion.
Believing in the need to propagate the principles of Islam and the
spread of its culture, glory throughout the Islamic societies and
in the world as a whole and to emphasize its rich heritage, its
spiritual strength, moral values and laws conducive to progress,
justice and prosperity, we are determined to cooperate to provide
the human and material means to achieve these objectives. We also
pledge to exert further efforts in various cultural fields to
achieve rapprochement in the thinking of Muslims and to purify
Islamic thought of all that may be alien or divisive.
We further pledge ourselves, within a framework of cooperation and
a joint program to develop our mass-media and information
institutions, guided in this effort by the precepts and teachings
of Islam, in order to ensure that these media and institutions
will have an effective role in reforming society, in a manner that
helps in the establishment of an international information order
characterized by justice, impartiality and morality, so that our
nation may be able to show to the world its true qualities, and
refute the systematic media campaigns aimed at isolating,
misleading, slandering and defaming our nation.
7. Recalling with satisfaction the establishment of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference, and noting with pleasure
the progressive development of this Organization, as well as its
growing status in international fora as symbol of the unity of
Muslims and a framework of understanding and rapprochement among
them, and noting also the establishment of other institutions
emanating from the Organization, and the continuation of joint
efforts in this direction, we commit ourselves to support and
develop our Organization, and to provide it with appropriate
skills and adequate resources, so that it may discharge the noble
tasks assigned to it, and further to support the Islamic
Solidarity Fund and Al Quds Fund as well as other organs and
projects of the Organization to ensure their success.
We jointly pledge to support all international and
inter-governmental Islamic bodies and institutions which conform
to the objectives of our Organization for the purpose of
strengthening the bonds of brotherhood between Muslims,
intensifying their cooperation in various fields and reinforcing
their international role. We also jointly pledge to support
non-official Islamic bodies and institutions, which serve the
purposes and principles of the Charter of our Organization in a
manner that is not contrary to the legislation of the Member
States.
We appeal to our peoples to hold fast to the teachings and
cultural values of our religion, to unify their forces so as to
face the challenges that confront them and to support one another
in improving their conditions and achieving strength, dignity and
prosperity.
We appeal to all other States and peoples to reciprocate the
sentiments of the States' Members of the OIC and their peoples in
a sincere spirit of human brotherhood. Let us banish all hatred,
injustice and oppression so that we may together build a world fit
for mankind and so that we may enhance the level of our spiritual
and material life
We pray to God to set us on the right path, to crown our efforts
with success, and to lead us to a righteous life.
"Allah hath promised such of you as believe and do good works
that He will surely make them to succeed (the present rulers) in
the earth even as He caused those who were before them to succeed
(others); and that He will surely establish for them their
religion which He hath approved for them, and will give them in
exchange safety after their fear. They serve me. They ascribe no
thing as partner unto me. Those who disbelieve henceforth, they
are the miscreants".
SURAH XXIV "LIGHT" Versus 55
FINAL DECLARATION
1. At the kind invitation of His Majesty King Khalid
Bin ABDUL AZIZ, Monarch of the Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA and
pursuant to the Resolution adopted by the Tenth Islamic Conference
held in Fez, Kingdom of MOROCCO, from 10-14 Jumada Al Thani 1399
H., corresponding to 8-12 May 1979 A.D.;
2. The Third Islamic Summit Conference was held in MECCA AL
MUKARRAMAH, Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA from 19-22 Rabi Al Awal 1401
H., corresponding to 25-28 January 1981, under the title of
"PALESTINE AND AL QUDS AL SHARIF SESSION"
3. The Conference was attended by the Kings, Heads of State and
Emirs of the following Islamic States: People's Democratic
Republic of ALGERIA, The State of BAHRAIN, People's Republic of
BANGLADESH United Republic of CAMEROON, Republic Of DJIBOUTI,
United Arab EMIRATES, Republic of GABON, Republic of the GAMBIA,
People's Revolutionary Republic of GUINEA, Republic of
GUINEA-BISSAU, Republic of UPPER VOLTA, Islamic Federal Republic
of COMORO, Republic of INDONESIA, Republic of IRAQ, Hashemite
Kingdom of JORDAN, The State of KUWAIT, Republic of LEBANON,
MALAYSIA, The MALDIVES, Republic of MALI, Islamic Republic of
MAURITANIA, Kingdom of MOROCCO, Republic of NIGER, The Sultanate
of OMAN, Republic of UGANDA, Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN, The
State of QATAR, Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA, PALESTINE, Republic of
SENEGAL, Democratic Republic of SUDAN, SYRIAN Arab Republic,
Republic of CHAD, Democratic Republic of SOMALIA, Republic of
TUNISIA, Republic of TURKEY, YEMEN Arab Republic, People's
Democratic Republic of YEMEN.
4. The following states were absent:
5. The Islamic Republic of IRAN and The Socialist People's LIBYAN
Arab Jamahiriya.
6. The following countries, institutions and organizations
attended as observers:
1. The Federal Republic of Nigeria
2. Turkish Federated State of Kibris
3. Moro National Liberation Front
4. United Nations Organization
5. League of Arab States
6. Organization of African Unity
7. UNESCO
8. The UN High Commission for Refugees
9. The Arab Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization
10. Rabita Al Alam Al Islami
11. International Association of Islamic Banks
12. World Assembly of Muslim Youth
13. World Federation of International Arab Islamic Schools
14. Islamic Development Rank
15. Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Islamic Solidarity
Fund
16. Islamic States Broadcasting Organization
17. Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Commodity Exchange
18. Organization of Islamic Capitals
19. The Dacca Center (Bangladesh)
20. The Ankara Center (Turkey)
21. The Istanbul Center (Turkey)
22. The Islamic Council of Europe
23. Islamic World Conference
24. International Islamic News Agency
The following were also invited:
1. Representatives of the Afghani Mujahideen
2. The Eastern Church Delegation
7. ALLAH has been most gracious to this Session, as it was held at
the Holy Mosque near the Holy QA'ABA. at the dawn of the Fifteenth
Century of the Hijra, and in the month that saw the birth of
Prophet MOHAMMAD, Allah's prayers and blessings be upon Him,
inspired by the sublimity of that holy place, and the grandeur of
that particular historic occasion, the Opening Session at the Holy
Mosque bespoke awe as the leaders of the Muslim nation stood in
trepidation at the holiest Shrine of ALLAH. As they stood together
for prayer they beseeched the Almighty to help them bear the heavy
responsibility they have assumed in a world beset by dangers and
challenges, and to guide them to the path leading to solidarity,
harmony and wisdom, They beseeched ALLAH to help them discard
differences and disunity, so that the Muslim nation may once again
become the Ummah defined by Allah in His Holy Book as the best
Ummah in the history of mankind: an Ummah wherein individuals
enjoin righteousness and order one another to refrain from
wrong-doing.
8. His Majesty King Khalid Bin ABDUL AZIZ gave prominence in his
two inaugural speeches to the blessed revival of the Islamic Ummah
at the dawn of this Century of the Hijra: it is an Ummah that has
banished enmity and prejudice an Ummah which sets the scene for a
new community in which each Muslim can hope to fulfill his
aspiration to dignity and strength and which can achieve for the
whole of man-kind the desired security, peace and progress.
9. The Conference has adopted these two speeches as part of its
documents.
10. The Conference moved to TAIF, where it was resumed at the
Conference Palace. It heard statements by Heads of Delegations and
representatives of international organizations. It also heard a
detailed statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
DR. WALDHEIM in which he touched on the various issues which
preoccupy the human community and the role of Islamic States in
dealing with these issues.
11. All delegations paid tribute to the generous hospitality and
excellent arrangements, which the Government of SAUDI ARABIA has
kindly made available to the Conference.
12. After Heads of Delegations and other guests delivered their
statements, the Conference held closed meetings on Tuesday and
Wednesday, 21 and 22 Rabi Al Awal 1401 H (27-28 January, 1981). In
the course of these meetings, the Conference approved the agenda,
as well as various documents submitted by the Preparatory
Conference of Foreign Ministers.
13. The Conference approved:
The Agenda.
The Report submitted by the preparatory Islamic conference of
Foreign Ministers; and
The MECCA Declaration.
14. The Conference has adopted a number of resolutions including:
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
A. AL QUDS AL SHARIF: BASIC PROGRAM OF ACTION TO CONFRONT THE
ZIONIST ENEMY.
1. The Conference confirmed its commitment to liberate Arab
JERUSALEM to make it the capital of PALESTINIAN STATE, and invited
all states to observe the United Nations' resolutions which ban
dealing with the Israeli occupation authorities in a manner that
might be invoked by these authorities as implicit recognition or
acceptance of the STATUS QUO imposed by them in declaring
JERUSALEM the united capital of the "Zionist entity".
2. The Conference also decided to utilize all economic capacities
and natural resources of Islamic States to undermine the Israeli
economy, to block the flow of financial, economic and political
support to Israel, to seek to change international political
positions in favor of the Palestinian people, and to support the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
B. THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
1. The Conference decides to consider the issue of Palestine as
the essence of the Middle East problem which is the first question
facing the Muslim nation. The Conference affirms the commitment to
the liberation of all occupied Palestinian and Arab territories,
the rejection of any situation that may prejudice Arab sovereignty
over AL QUDS AL SHARIF, the inadmissibility of reacting any
unilateral solution to the issue of PALESTINE or the issue of the
occupied Arab territories by any one party of the Arab and Islamic
parties.
2. The Conference stressed that just peace in the Middle East can
only be achieved on the basis of complete and unconditional
Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian and Arab
territories and on the recovery of the inalienable rights of the
Palestinian people including their right to self determination and
to the establishment of their independent State on the soil of
Palestine under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation
Organization.
3. The Conference decides to continue the resistance to the Camp
David Accord and to consider the Security Council resolution 242
as inconsistent with the Palestine.
4. The Conference decided to support the LEBANESE GOVERNMENT in
all international fields with a view to exerting the utmost
possible pressure on the Israeli enemy to induce it to cease its
attacks on South Lebanon and bring about Israeli withdrawal from
it. The Conference also appealed to Member States, particularly
those concerned to lay down a comprehensive integral strategy
defining a role for each State in its struggle against Israel and
which should be binding on each State, and Arab right and that it
does not constitute a sound basis for a solution to the Middle
East crisis and the issue of Palestine.
5. The Conference decides that Islamic States are committed to
utilize all their military political and economic capacities and
natural resources, including oil, as an effective instrument to
support the national inalienable rights of the Palestinian people
and the Arab nation, and to confront those States that provide the
Zionist entity with military economic and political support.
6. The Conference invited Member States of the European Economic
Community to honor their pledge not to extend the application of
their bilateral and multilateral economic agreements with Israel
to the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories.
C. LEBANON
1. The Conference supported the decision noted at the Tunis
Summit. by the Palestine Liberation Organization to abstain from
undertaking any military operations across the Lebanese borders
and refrain from announcing any actions undertaken by the
Palestinian resistance inside the occupied territories from
Lebanon. The Conference affirmed the need to implement the
resolutions adopted by both the RIYADH and CAIRO Summits.
D. SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN
1. The Conference expressed its deep concern over the continued
SOVIET armed intervention in AFGHANISTAN, and renewed its call for
the withdrawal of all foreign forces from AFGHANISTAN.
2. It also expressed its extreme concern over the conditions of
Afghan refugees, and urged the provision of assistance to them and
the creation of favorable conditions for their return to their
homes.
3. It called for the intensification of efforts to ensure that
Afghanistan continues to be an independent non-aligned State.
The Conference affirms the commitment of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference to continue its efforts to solve this issue. It
recommended the Ministerial Committee, which consists of the
Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
and the Foreign Ministers of GUINEA. IRAN. PAKISTAN and TUNISIA,
cooperate with the Secretary General of the United Nations and his
special representative in their endeavors to resolve the situation
in AFGHANISTAN.
4. It urged member states to increase their cooperation in the
economic, trade and technical spheres in the interests of Islamic
solidarity.
E.
ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY
1. The Conference stressed
the importance of coexistence among Muslim member states on the
basis of justice, equality, mutual respect and non-interference in
the internal affairs of other states.
2. It urged the coordination of efforts, and solidarity, to
achieve the independence of all nations and protect their full
sovereignty and their legitimate interests.
3. It urged member states to consolidate their Islamic Solidarity
in accordance with the teachings of Islam, which urges support for
the causes of freedom, equality, progress and peace.
4. It also urged the promotion of scientific research, studies and
seminars, and requested the Secretary General of the Organization
to extend assistance and all necessary facilities to member states
to help them achieve these ends through the Organization and its
subsidiary bodies.
5. It appealed to member states to refrain from joining the
military alliances set up within the framework of big-power
conflict, and to refuse to allow any foreign military bases to be
established in their territories.
6. The Conference decided to commit itself fully to the principle
of non-interference whether directly or indirectly in the internal
affairs of other states; to refrain from provoking sedition and
sowing the seeds of dissention, which are inconsistent with the
Islamic principles upon which the Organization of the Islamic
Conference is founded.
7. The Conference also decided to exert efforts to settle
ideological differences that might arise among member states, by
emphasizing the basic spiritual, ethical and social values, which
unite all Muslims, and by overcoming all dangers, which contradict
the true spirit of Islam.
F. HOLY JIHAD
1. The Kings, Emirs, and Heads of State of Islamic countries have
agreed to declare holy Jihad for salvaging AL QUDS AL SHARIF,
supporting the Palestinian people and bringing about Israeli
withdrawal from occupied Arab territories. In their resolve to
launch JIHAD, the Islamic states have made it clear that JIHAD has
its Islamic concept that permits no misinterpretations or
misunderstandings. They have also agreed that the practical
measures to put JIHAD into effect would be taken in accordance
with the Islamic concept of JIHAD and in continuous consultation
among themselves.
G. THE IRAN-IRAQ DISPUTE
1. The Conference expressed its deep concern at the continuation
of hostilities between the two Islamic countries, IRAN and IRAQ.
In pursuance of the Resolution adopted by the Foreign Ministers'
Extraordinary Session in NEW YORK, September 26,1980 on the
setting up of a goodwill Committee the Conference resolved to
appeal to both IRAN and IRAQ to accept Islamic mediation and
facilitate the mission of the goodwill Committee. The Conference
decided to expand membership of the Committee to include the
SECRETARY GENERAL, SENEGAL, the GAMBIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH,
TURKEY, GUINEA, and the PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.
2. The Conference called upon the two countries to effect an
immediate cease-tire between them, it also declared that member
states have agreed to set up an Islamic force, for the purpose of
bringing about a cease-fire if the need arises and at the
recommendation of the goodwill Committee.
H. THE PROBLEMS OF THE SAHEL
1. The Conference underlined its sympathy with the Sahel countries
affected by the drought in application of the concept of Islamic
solidarity. The Conference has also agreed on the program prepared
by the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control, which provides
for urgent relief to solve the problems of famine.
2. The Conference decided to set up a Ministerial-level Ad-Hoc
Committee to be known as "The Committee for Islamic
Solidarity with the Sahel Peoples", to be entrusted with
following up the implementation of the required measures, and
taking the necessary initiatives.
3. This Committee is to be chaired by a head of an Islamic State
or Government and will consist of the Secretary-General and the
Foreign Ministers of SAUDI ARABIA, IRAQ, MALAYSIA, PALESTINE,
United Arab EMIRATES, and KUWAIT in addition to a representative
from the inter-State Committee for Drought Control.
I. THE COMORO ISLAND OF MAYOTTE
1. The Conference reaffirmed its support for the COMORO Island's
government and people in their struggle to restore the island of
MAYOTTE to the national territory of the COMORO Islands, and to
call upon FRANCE to resume the work already started. as an
initiative for reaching a just solution compatible with the
resolutions adopted by the Organization of the Islamic Conference
with regard to the problem of the COMORO Island of MAYOTTE.
J. ERITREA
1. The Conference called for a just and peaceful solution to the
Eritrean problem. It called for supporting any efforts exerted for
the purpose of reaching such a solution.
2. It also called for a Committee to be appointed comprising the
SUDAN, SENEGAL. GUINEA and the GENERAL SECRETARIAT, to carry out
any contacts deemed necessary, and follow up peaceful efforts and
requests the Committee to submit the results of its work to the
forthcoming Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference.
K. THE ISLAMIC COURT OF JUSTICE
1. The Conference approved the establishment of an Islamic Court
of Justice and the convening of a Committee of Experts from the
member states to lay down the Statute of the Court, The Conference
instructed the Secretary-General of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference to undertake the necessary arrangements in
order to convene the meeting of experts and to submit its
conclusions to the next Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
L. THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
1. The Conference expresses its full support for the oppressed
Muslim population in the Horn of Africa.
2. It calls for joint efforts to be made by all parties to the
conflict to reach a just solution.
3. It calls for the complete and unconditional withdrawal of all
foreign forces from the Horn of Africa.
4. It appeals to all member states to extend, in a spirit of
Islamic solidarity both financial and material assistance to the
people concerned, particularly the refugees.
5. As for institutional matters, the Conference decided that
i) :the Islamic Summit Conference will be held periodically, once
every three years.
ii) the mandate of the Secretary General will be for a
non-renewable term of four years.
iii) the post of a fourth Assistant Secretary General for
Palestinian and Al Quds Al Sharif Affairs will be created , and
consideration of the amendment to the Charter and the term of
office for Assistant Secretaries General will be postponed to the
next Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
The Conference also approved the following recommendations:
I. to bring the Document on Human Rights in Islam before a
Committee comprising representatives from all member states. The
General Secretariat shall invite this Committee to convene in
order to study the said Document and to submit a report on its
conclusions to the next Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
II. to instruct the General Secretariat to continue to prepare, in
coordination with the AL QUDS Committee, the AL QUDS document by
the Committee of Experts. The General Secretariat has also been
instructed to compile the observations which the members of' AL
QUDS Committee communicate within a period of three months after
they receive the Document, and to publish and circulate the
Document in the three languages of the Conference so that it can
be read by various bodies of world public opinion,
III. to refer the Information Plan of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference to a committee of information specialists to be
chosen from alt member-states, staff members of the Islamic States
Broadcasting Organization and the Islamic International News
Agency While examining the plan, the Committee can benefit from
the conclusions of the Jakarta Conference on Islamic Information.
The Committee shall convene when invited by the Secretary General
and no quorum is required to make any meeting valid. The
conclusions of the committee's work shall, thereupon, be
communicated to the member-states for their comments. The General
Secretariat shall thereafter modify the plan in the Light of the
comments received. The outcome of this process shall then be
brought before the next Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
IV. to postpone the consideration of Eritrea's request for
admission with the status of an observer, to the next Islamic
Conference of Foreign Ministers, This request shall be considered
when the Conference reviews the conclusions of the ERITREA
Committee, established by the Resolution on ERITREA.
V. to reaffirm the Organization's previous resolution on the
problem of the Muslims in the Philippines adopted by the Eleventh
Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in ISLAMABAD, and to
entrust the four-member ministerial committee with the task of
drafting a resolution on this issue, to be brought before the next
Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers,
VI. to approve the proposal to change the design of the flag of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The General
Secretariat shall present to the next Islamic Conference of
Foreign Ministers the final layout of the flag and the colors
suggested to the Conference for approval.
IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD
A. PLAN OF ACTION TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC COOPERATION AMONG MEMBER
STATES:
1. The Conference noted with concern the worsening economic
problems of developing countries as a result of the current crises
in international economic relations, further widening the gap
between developing and advanced countries,
2. The Conference considers that economic cooperation among Member
States, in particular, constitutes an effective instrument for
promoting their unity in pursuit of the establishment of the new
international economic order.
3. The Conference endorsed the Plan of Action to strengthen
Economic Cooperation among Member States and requested the General
Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to
speedily take the appropriate steps for the implementation of this
plan.
B. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE
THE CONFERENCE DECIDED:
1. TO ESTABLISH a subsidiary organ of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference to be called the Islamic Center for Development
of Trade located in Tangiers, Kingdom of MOROCCO;
2. TO APPROVE its Statute (see annex) and Budget for the fiscal
year 1981-82;
3. TO INVITE the Government of Kingdom of MOROCCO to take all
necessary measures to make the Center operational;
4. TO CHANGE the Secretariat to extend all necessary assistance to
and to work in close cooperation with the Government of the
Kingdom of MOROCCO for the establishment of the Center;
5. TO INVITE Member States to render all necessary assistance to
enable the Center to realize its aims and objectives.
C. AGREEMENT ON PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND GUARANTEE OF INVESTMENT
IN MEMBER STATES.
1. Aware that the conclusion of such an Agreement between Member
States would make possible the optimal utilization of existing
economic potentialities in Member States, thus leading to their
development, facilitating transfer of funds between Member States,
enabling their peoples to achieve economic progress and
prosperity, and removing all obstructions to the transfer of funds
between the Member States. The Agreement would also allow the
expansion of various investment, sectors and opportunities.
DECIDES
1. To urge Member States to communicate their comments on the
draft agreement to the Secretariat of the Organization of the
Islamic. Conference,
2. To charge the Secretary General to convene a high level meeting
of representatives of Member States prior to the Twelfth Islamic
Conference of Foreign Ministers to finalize the draft Agreement to
be adopted by the Conference or by a meeting of competent
Ministers to be convened for this purpose.
2. The Conference considered the creation of an ISLAMIC SHIPOWNERS'
ASSOCIATION in JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA, and agreed in principle to
the creation of such an association, and to the Statute of the
Association. It requested the Secretary General to work in close
cooperation with the Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA in the implementation
of the Project. It further invited Member States to join the
Association and to extend their cooperation to enable it achieve
its objectives.
E. ASSISTANCE TO LEAST DEVELOPED ISLAMIC COUNTRIES;
1. The Conference decided to request the Islamic Development Bank
to grant urgent increasing aid to the least developed Member
States, including trade finance on more concessionary and flexible
terms.
2. It also urges Member States and Islamic Organizations concerned
with development to extend assistance in various fields to the
least developed Member States, particularly in cases of disasters
and emergencies.
3. It further urges Member States to endeavor to ensure the
success of the United Nations new Program of Action for the year
1980, in favor of the least developed countries.
4. The Conference calls upon the developed countries, the
developing countries and international institutions to work for
the application of the United Nations resolutions relating to
assistance to the least developed countries.
5. It further requests the Secretariat to follow up the
implementation of these resolutions to monitor the special
requirements of these countries and to assess the progress of
programs to benefit them.
F. CONSOLIDATION OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
1. The Conference decided that Member States of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference who can afford to do so contribute at
least three billion dollars for the Consolidation of the Islamic
World Development Program.
2. His Royal Highness Prince Fahd Bin ABDUL AZIZ, Crown Prince of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and First Deputy Premier, declared
that his country was granting one billion dollars for the
implementation of the program.
G. CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTION OF THE ISLAMIC BANK FOR DEVELOPMENT:
1. The Conference decided to subscribe a sum of (1210) million
Islamic Dinars to the capital of the Islamic Bank for Development.
This sum represents the unsubscriber share in the total permitted
capital of 2000 million Islamic Dinars.
H. THE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATION OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARIAT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE:
1. The Conference decided to request the Secretary General to
submit the studies conducted in this connection to the Standing
Committee on the Finance of the Organization so that the Committee
can examine the matter and submit its proposals to the Twelfth
Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers to adopt the relevant
resolutions.
I. COVERING THE CAPITAL OF BOTH AL QUDS AND THE ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY
FUNDS AND THEIR WAQF (ENDOWMENT):
1. The Conference decided to refer this matter to the meeting of
the Islamic Ministers of Finance. This meeting will inform the
General Secretariat of the voluntary donations of member-states.
IN THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FIELDS
A. CONSOLIDATING THE BUDGET OF THE ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY FUND AND ITS
WAQF (ENDOWMENT).
1. The Conference decided to request all member states:
- to consolidate the budget of this Fund with a sum of not less
than US$ 50 million,
- to contribute donations, increase and decrease them, and
- to assign and name additional resources such as postal stamps
and annual fund-raising campaigns in each member-state.
2. The Conference also decided to establish the Fund Waqf
(Endowment) with a capital of US$ 100 million and to call upon
member-states to cover this capital by voluntary contributions.
B. ESTABLISHING AN ISLAMIC RELIEF AGENCY:
1. The Conference decided that the project be studied further. It
decided that the Islamic Solidarity Fund shall continue to assume
any duties in this respect, checking any expenses against the
budget allocated for disasters.
C. MEMBER-STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY
OF AL-ASNAM IN ALGERIA:
1. The Conference expressed its condolences to the ALGERIAN
Government and people. It called on member states to contribute in
the reconstruction of the AL ASNAM region. It also requested the
General Secretariat to circulate the reconstruction, plan among
member states and the Secretary-General to report on the subject
to the Twelfth Foreign Ministers' Conference.
D. GUINEA BISSAU ISLAMIC CENTER, THE AHMED BABA CENTER IN TIMBUKTU
AND THE TWO ISLAMIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGER AND UGANDA.
1. The Conference has decided that the Organization of the Islamic
Conference be committed to implementing these projects and that
the Islamic Solidarity Fund should continue its efforts for the
same purpose. It called on member states to make direct
contributions to help implement these projects. The Conference has
also reaffirmed that the Organization of the Islamic Conference
should be committed to establishing the Islamic University in
Uganda. It requested the Islamic Solidarity Fund to follow up
implementation. It also called upon the Niger Government to begin
work on the Islamic University there.
E. SUPPORTING THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND
DEVELOPMENT.
1. The Conference decided to call upon member states to subscribe
to the capital needed estimated at fifty million dollars, for the
first phase of the Foundation. It instructed the General
Secretariat to take the executive measures to establish the
foundation, publicize its objectives among the member states and
urge them to provide it with material and moral support.
F. THE ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION:
1. The Conference decided to urge member states to establish,
support and provide for the operation or this organization.
2. The Conference urged member states to announce their accession
to the Organization so that the constituent conference could be
held in the Headquarters' country.
G. ORGANIZATION OF AN ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY SPORTS' TOURNAMENT AMONG
MEMBER STATES.
1. The Conference decided to endorse the content of the resolution
adopted in this respect by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of
Foreign Ministers and invited all member states to extend their
cooperation in the Organization of the tournament at regular
intervals.
2. It requested the Secretary General to circulate the Statute of
the Islamic Sports Confederation to member states for their views
and comments.
3. It also welcomed the offer of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
host the Second Tournament in 1982 and invited member states to
participate in the tournament.
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
1. At the closing session, the Conference decided that the TWELFTH
SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS should be
held in BAGHDAD, capital of Iraq during the second half of May,
1981.
2. It also decided that the BUREAU OF THE THIRD SUMMIT CONFERENCE
of Islamic states should meet from time to time to review progress
in the implementation of decisions taken by this session, in view
of their significance to the future and advancement of the Islamic
world.
A. CREATION OF COMMITTEES CHAIRED BY HEADS OF STATE:
1. The Conference decided to set up three standing Committees for
Scientific and Technical Cooperation, for Economic and Trade
Cooperation, and for Information and Cultural Affairs. The tasks
of these Committees shall consist in following up the
implementation of resolutions adopted by the Islamic Conference in
the pertinent fields, and to explore ways of cooperation among
Islamic States in these fields. Each Committee shall be chaired by
a Head of an Islamic State.
B. THE ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY.
The Conference decided:
1. to establish an Islamic FIQH Academy whose membership shall
consist of ulemas, religious scholars and intellectuals in various
cultural, scientific, social and economic disciplines from various
parts of the Islamic world, to study problems of contemporary life
and to engage in original effective Ijtihad with a view to
providing solutions, derived from Islamic tradition and taking
into account developments of Islamic thought, for these problems,
and
2. to request the Secretary General of the Organization, in
consultation with Rabita Al Alam Al Islami, to take the necessary
steps to elaborate a Statute for this Academy and to submit it to
the next Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers for approval and
subsequent implementation.
C. CHAIRMANSHIP OF AL QUDS COMMITTEE
1. The Conference unanimously decided to renew the term of office
of H.M. King AL HASSAN II, Monarch of the Kingdom of MOROCCO, as
Chairman of the ALQUDS Committee for three years.
2. At the kind invitation of His Majesty King AL HASSAN II,
Monarch of the Kingdom of MOROCCO, to host the Fourth Islamic
Summit Conference, the Conference welcomed and accepted the
invitation with gratitude and appreciation.
3. Member States attending the Third Islamic Summit Conference
reiterated expressions of sincere thanks and profound gratitude to
His Majesty King Khalid Ibn ABDUL AZIZ Monarch of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, to His Royal Highness Prince Fahd Bin ABDUL AZIZ,
Crown Prince and Deputy Premier, and to the SAUDI Government and
the hospitable SAUDI people for the hospitality and attention
accorded to the Kings, Heads of State and Governments and Princes,
and all delegations to the Conference, and for the excellent
facilities, and Organizational and physical arrangements for the
Conference. All these had a very favorable effect on the conduct
of the work of the Conference in accordance with the established
schedule, and the success of its proceedings, in an atmosphere of
brotherhood, understanding and consultation. We pray that God will
help us to attain success.
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