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Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 41)

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sixth AAPSO Congress
Twelve years after the fifth con-
gress in Cairo, the sixth congress of the
Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organi-
zation (AAPSO) was held in Algiers,
May 27th-30th. Holding the congress in
Algiers was in itself significant. This was
the result of the important and active role
that Algeria plays in the struggle against
imperialism, giving real support to the
struggle of the people of Asia and Africa.
Holding the congress in Algeria in turn
gave special political importance not
only to the congress, but also to the
AAPSO and the solidarity movement as
a whole. The Algerian government and
party extended every possible form of
hospitality and all the facilities at their
disposal to make the congress success-
The congress exhibited that solidar-
ity within AAPSO is a truly strong and
broad movement. This was seen in:
1. The large number of delegations
that participated, which reflected the
growth of AAPSO’s membership. This
point becomes more important when we
know that most of the delegations were
composed of representatives of various
social sectors in their countries, showing
that a broad spectrum of social sectors
are involved in the solidarity movement.
Included in many of the delegations
were personalities, writers, artists, trade
unionists, women, academicians, etc.
This was true not only of the delegations
from Asia and Africa, but also of those
from other parts of the world, especially
Europe.
2. The high level of delegations to
the congress, many of which were
headed by top leaders. For example, the
Soviet delegation was headed by a can-
didate Politbureau member; the Afgani
delegation was headed by a Politbureau
member who is Minister of Culture, the
ANC delegation was headed by Com-
rade Alfred Nzo. tn addition there were
guests of honour from different national
liberation movements.
The Aden conference of 1980 took
a decision in principle to grant associate
membership to active solidarity commit-
tees outside Asia and Africa. This was
AAPSO’s response to the fact that the
Afro-Asian struggle is growing and is
totally connected to the worldwide strug-
gle against imperialism, which encom-
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