Democratic Palestine : 17 (ص 25)
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when the May 17th agreement was
foiled, these forces continue to try and
implement their plans to ‘Zionize’
Lebanon, hinder its democratic deve-
lopment and national independence.
The enemy camp stands united against a
nationalist Lebanon. This requires that
the nationalist Palestinian-Syrian-
Lebanese alliance be strengthened in
order to be able to defeat the enemy
plans.
The congress stresses the necessity of
developing this alliance, and preserving
the social rights of the Palestinian
people and guaranteeing their security.
It also stresses the necessity of enabling
the Palestinian revolution to play its
role in: (1) Fighting the Zionist enemy
from Lebanese soil, alongside the
Lebanese nationalist; and (2) protecting
the masses from all attacks.
On the Arab level, the congress noted
the deteriorating conditions in the Arab
ranks and that the political initiative has
now shifted to Arab reaction. The con-
gress calls for solidifying the ranks of
the progressive nationalist Arab forces
and uniting their efforts against impe-
rialism, Zionism and reaction.
The congress calls on democratic
Arab youth organizations, as well as all
progressive youth organizations, to
intensify their mutual cooperation.
These organizations should increase
their militant efforts in order to enforce
democratic freedoms in Arab countries,
and multiply the forms of solidarity
with the popular movements striving to
develop the conditions for a mass
resurgence in the Arab region.
On the international level, the con-
gress stressed that imperialism, led by
the US, continuously strives to escalate
tension, pushing the world to the verge
of a destructive nuclear war. US impe-
rialism has taken a negative stance
towards all the initiatives proposed by
the Soviet Union for easing interna-
tional tension and limiting nuclear arms
deployment, as a first step towards eli-
minating them. Despite these initiatives,
the US has continued nuclear testing and
moreover spread the nuclear arms race
into space. The PYO totally supports
the peace initiatives of the Soviet Union
and calls on all international democratic
youth organizations and unions to stand
against US imperialism’s aggressive
plans and policies. The PYO congress
also notes imperialism’s violation of the
people’s rights and sovereignty, trying
to impose its domination. US imperia-
lism has become an internationa! terro-
rist force as seen in its direct interven-
tion in Nicaragua’s internal affairs, its
support of counterrevolutionaries in
Afghanistan and all fascist regimes and
dictatorships, its brutal attacks on
Libya, and its threats against Syria and
the Palestinian revolution. All this
serves to emphasize the fascist aspect of
US imperialism in this period.
The first congress of the PYO
strongly denounces the brutal US attack
on Libya, and calls for a broad cam-
paign of solidarity with the heroic
Libyan people. It calls on the Arab
youth, and youth around the world, to
take a firm stand against US imperia-
lism’s aggressive policies which show
the new fascist tendency on the interna-
tional level.
The first general congress of the PYO
members will be persistant militants
working to restore the PLO’s unity,
opposed to Zionism and imperialism.
They will work as unifying elements in
the Palestinian youth movement until a
united democratic youth union is esta-
blished. The congress also pledges to
serve as a bridge of friendship between
all Arab and international democratic
youth organizations.
Damascus, April 28, 1986 e
Arab Trade Unions
Repressed.
The International Union for Arab Workers’ Trade Unions Exposes
the Role of the Regimes in Violating Union Freedom and Harassing
Militant Leaders.
The General Secretariat of the Inter-
national Union for Arab Workers’
Trade Unions distributed a document to
international, Arab and local trade
unions. The document included a brief-
ing on the continuous violations of the
rights and freedoms of the trade unions
in the Arab countries. These violations
have reached the point of direct sup-
pression of the unions’ every move,
imprisonment of their leaders and con-
fiscation of their possessions. This is an
outright violation of all the agreements
that the governments of these countries
have previously signed. The General
Secretariat called upon all trade unions
to support its struggle to confront these
violations and guarantee the rights of
the Arab working class. Following is the
text of the document:
The trade unions are going through a
difficult stage, characterized by the
authorities’ increasing interference in
union affairs, and setbacks for trade
union freedom and rights. During the
past few years of dealing with the Arab
Labor Organization, a fall in the level of
cooperation was noted. The reactionary
governments’ agents are continously
trying to eliminate the workers’ achie-
vements by controlling the voting power
in the Arab Labor Organization and the
Administrative Council. They veto any
resolutions that would further the
achievement of the Arab working class.
This regression affects the life of the
Arab working class and its trade unions.
There are increasing cases of violations
of their freedom and rights. There are
also many attempts to abort any effort
to form genuine trade unions in some of
the Arab countries. Increasing numbers
of trade union leaders are in prison.
The trade union movement has to face
this difficult reality with firmness and
courage. The movement has to depend
firstly on its own force and potentials,
secondly on the support of Arab natio-
nalist and progressive forces, thirdly on
the international forces of liberation
and progress and other friendly organi-
zations, and fourthly on the abilities of
international and regional organiza-
tions whose constitutions enshrine the
principle of protecting the working
class, its organizations and potentials,
and protecting human rights.
The General Secretariat presents this
issue to Arab public opinion, emphasi-
zing the following points:
VIOLATION OF FREEDOM
1. The charter of the existing Arab
Labor Organization states:
‘‘The organization aims at achieving
social justice, raising the level of the
Arab working class and standardizing
working conditions for all Arab wor-
kers.’’ In spite of this fact and the exis-
tence of the Arab agreement no. 8, that
deals especially with the freedoms and
rights of trade unions, the
organization’s committee on trade
union freedoms has been unable to
achieve any progress during the past few
years. In addition, the committee was
unable to stop the continuous violations
of the trade union’s freedoms and
rights. This committee’s existence has
been reduced to a formality.
In the Arab and International Labor
Conference, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bah-
rain, the United Arab Emirates and
Oman each have delegations of three
representatives, whereas trade unions
are non-existent in these countries.
The General Secretariat was able to
reach agreements with the regimes of
both Bahrain and Jordan, for protecting
the freedom and rights of trade unions.
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