General Conference of Arab Parties Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Unjust Blockade on Syria
The General Secretariat of the General Conference of the Arab Parties renewed its call for the immediate lifting of the unjust Western blockade imposed on Syria, ending the occupation of Syrian territories and returning all the Syrian resources, including oil and food, to the Syrian State, so that it can face the repercussions of the recent earthquake.
In a statement, the General Secretariat of the General Conference, which includes more than 135 parties, called for an emergency high-level meeting of all Arab and Islamic States to be attended by Syria, the founding member of the League of Arab States, in order to seek ways of helping the country get out of its plight.
The statement stressed the need to organize a legal workshop involving Arab jurists and friends to review the possibility of prosecuting of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by American authorities, NATO governments and their affiliating sides before international courts.
The statement added, “We condemn the attitudes of the American and Western Governments and those who followed them and their flagrant violation of the Charter of Human Rights, the Charter of the United Nations and international humanitarian law. We also express our full solidarity with the Syrian people and thank all the brothers and friends from Arab and Islamic countries and all the parties, associations, trade unions and collective and individual initiatives for their efforts to assist and provide relief to the Syrian people in their calamity.
The statement highlighted the efforts of the Arab and international campaign to break the siege on Syria and affirmed the need to seek an urgent Arab and humanitarian plan to counter the earthquake’s consequences by sending modern equipment that could pull citizens who are still alive from the rubble, secure decent accommodation for those whose homes have been demolished, and work to compensate all those affected and establish an international Arab fund dedicated to the reconstruction of the affected areas funded by brotherly and friendly Governments and peoples.
Amal Farhat