PRESENT SITUATION IN LEBANON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-238-2-31-1
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 27, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

27 OCT 0336Z MJL/WP
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/15: LOC-HAK-238-2-31-1
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ONLY ADD 02 (ARAB SUMMIT STATEMENT)
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XXX AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
(TEXT) THE CONFERENCE HAS ALSO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
CAIRO AT ARAB LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS ON 25-26 OCTOBER 1976, AFTER
HAVING STUDIED THE PRESENT SITUATION IN LEBANON, THE OUTCOME OF
THE SIX-NATION ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH AND ITS RESOLUTIONS ISSUED
ON IS OCTOBER 1976, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING ARAB
SCLIDARITY, HAVE DECIDED THE FOLLOWING;
1. TO ENDORSE THE STATEMENT, RESOLUTIONS AND ADDENDA ISSUED
BY THE SIX-NATION ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN RIYADH ON 13 OCTOBER
1976.
2. THAT THE ARAB COUNTRIES, EACH ACCORDING TO ITS CAPABILITY,
CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON AND PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY MATERIAL MEANS TO REMOVE THE EFFECTS OF THE ARMED
STRUGGLE AND THE DAMAGES SUFFERED BY THE LEBANESE AND PALESTINIAN
PEOPLES, AND THAT THE ARAB COUNTRIES PROVIDE URGENT ASSISTANCE
TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND THE PLO.
TO CONFIRM THE COMMITMENT OF ARAB KINGS AND PRESIDENTS To.
THE PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY VARIOUS SUMMIT
CONFERENCES AND THE ARAB LEAGUE COUNCIL IN THIS REGARD--ESPECIALLY
THE ARAB SOLIDARITY CONVENTION ISSUED BY THE CASABLANCA SUMMIT
CONFERENCE ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1965--AND TO WORK AT PUTTING ALL
THESE RESOLUTIONS INTO EFFECT COMPLETELY AND IMMEDIATELY.
THE ARAB SUMMIT CONFERENCE, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL
RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR THE ARAB PEACE-KEEPING FORCES IN LEBANON
AS PROVIDED FOR IN RESOLUTION 2 OF THE RIYADH SUMMIT, AND AFTER
TAKING COGNIZANCE OF WHAT THE ARAB LEAGUE'S MILITARY SECRETARIAT
SAID IN THIS REGARD, HAS DECIDED THE FOLLOWING:
1. TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL FUND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE ARAB SECURITY FORCE IN LEBANON.
2. EACH ARAB LEAGUE MEMBER -STATE WILL. PARTICIPATE IN THE
FUND WITH A PERCENTAGE TO BE DETERMINED BY EACH STATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS CAPABILITIES.
3. THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT WILL SUPERVISE THE FUND AND WILL,
BY CONSULTING WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT GENERAL AND
THOSE STATES THAT HAVE AT LEAST A 10 PERCENT PARTICIPATION.IN
THE FUND, PROMULGATE GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE FUND THAT WILL
OUTLINE EX?ZNDITURES AND THE MEANS OF LIQUIDATION WHEN THE PERIOD
ENDS, THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT REGULATIONS
OF THE ARAB SECURITY FORCE UNTIL SUCH TIME WHEN NEW REGULATIONS
WILL BE PROMULGATED.
4. THE PERIOD OF THE FUND WILL BE 6 MONTHS, RENEWABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A DECISION TO BE ISSUED BY THE ARAB LEAGUE COUNCIL,
WHICH WILL MEET AT THE REQUEST OF THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT.
27 OCT 00452 MJL/WP
_. - rv- No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/07/15: LOC-HAK-238-2-31-1
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