Democratic Palestine : 11 (ص 27)
غرض
- عنوان
- Democratic Palestine : 11 (ص 27)
- المحتوى
-
always be sure that the Palestinian
people will fight alongside them...»
After speeches and discussion, the
final statement of the meeting was for-
mulated. The Presidium, at the invitation
of Ecuador’s National Union of Jour-
nalists, visited different regions of
Ecuador, and was received by the Pres-
ident of Ecuador. They then traveled to
Havana to participate in a meeting on
ways to protect journalists working in
dangerous conditions, and to attend the
FELAP Congress which was addressed
by President Fidel Castro.
Final document (excerpts)
The Presidium highlighted the ac-
tive participation of the General Sec-
retariat of the [OJ as a whole, during
celebrations of the 40th anniversary of
the victory over Hitlerite fascism.
In this respect, the meeting of war
veterans with journalists, which was
held in Torgau, (GDR), was positively
evalued. Both the direct participants in
the struggle against German fascism in
the member countries of the anti-Hitler
coalition and the then war correspon-
dents who witnessed the events,
emphasized the need to step up the
struggle for peace and understanding
amongst peoples.
The Presidium noted the aggres-
sive course of US policy and that of other
NATO member countries trying to
achieve military supremacy and who are
heading towards the militarization of
space. It called for an end to the deploy-
ment of US thermonuclear missiles in
Western Europe and expressed its sup-
port for the peace initiatives advanced
by the Soviet Union and other socialist
countries and for the peace movement
which is gaining momentum in Western
Europe, the USA and other countries
around the world.
In this light, the Presidium consid-
ers that the planned US military base on
Easter Island will increase the dangers
of war.
The members of the Presidium
stressed the importance of cooperation
with UNESCO and denounced the US
withdrawal and that of other countries
from this organization.
The Presidium of the |OJ expressed
its support for Angola and Mozambique
and for other countries in Africa struggl-
ing to defend their sovereignty and inde-
pendence in the face of the imperialist
threat and condemned US support for
the racist South African regime and for
other counter-revolutionary forces on
the continent. Participants in the meet-
ing condemned the policy of apartheid
carried out by the government of the
Republic of South Africa and demanded
that they comply with UN resolutions on
the independence of Namibia, without
conditions on the withdrawal of Cuban
internationalist troops from Angola.
The Presidium also condemned the
invasion of Botswana by the South Afri-
can regime, and the conspiracy of
silence of the majority of Western coun-
tries surrounding this unjustified aggres-
sion. They expressed solidarity with the
Palestinian people struggling for their
historic right to build their own indepen-
dent state. They condemned attacks
against the Palestinian camps in Beirut,
attacks which only serve the interests of
Israel and US imperialism, and applaud-
"REUNION DEL PRESIDIUM
DE LA OIP QUITO 85
ORGANIZACION INTERNACIONAL DE
PERIODISTAS
G
wR,
UNION NACIONAL DE PERIODISTAS
ae couAnGR
ed the firm position of the journalists and
the Palestinians against the intensifica-
tion of revenge attacks by the Israeli
forces of occupation...
The Presidium voiced solidarity
with the peoples of Vietnam, Kam-
puchea and Laos who are building anew
life and defending their independence,
freedom and territorial integrity. The
meeting came out in solidarity with the
struggle of the Korean people in their
Struggle for the reunification of their
fatherland and condemned provocative
military maneouvres carried out by the
US and the South Korean regime, which
contribute to sharpening tension on the
Korean peninsula and the entire region.
The Quito meeting was held at a
time when historical changes are being
produced in some countries of Latin
America. Recently, military regimes in
Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil
have ceased to exist, as opposition
democratic forces have won the elec-
tions. The struggle against the fascist
tyranny is increasing in Chile and
Paraguay. In Guatemala, the people are
intensifying their opposition to the
regime, and in the other Central Ameri-
can countries, the national liberation
movements are becoming more power-
ful.
The Presidium expressed support
for the heroic people of Nicaragua in
their fight against Somozist counter-
revolutionaries, financed and led by the
US, and condemned the economic bloc-
kade announced by Washington against
this country, coupled with political and
military aggression and interference in
the internal affairs of Nicaragua, the
slander campaign and the psychological
warfare against Nicaragua.
The Presidium urged all progres-
sive and democratic journalists to sup-
port Nicaragua and to demand the
immediate end to the undeclared war
against this people, and all forms of
foreign intervention in the internal affairs
of this country...
The Presidium expressed its sol-
idarity with the heroic people of Cuba
and their revolution, condemning the
threats and acts of aggression by the
United States against this country, and
the introduction of the badly named
‘Radio Marti’ which the Cubans dub
‘Radio Reagan’, a farcial propaganda
aggression against the people of Cuba
and an infringement.of their sovereignty.
Participants in the meeting de-
manded the immediate withdrawal! from
Grenada of all troops of foreign occupa-
tion. They condemned US intervention
in El Salvador and called for a resump-
tion of dialogue to put an end to the
bloodshed in this country.
Participants denounced the fascist
methods of the Pinochet regime which is
responsible for the thousands of Chi-
leans murdered or missing and which
imposes extremely rigid censorship over
the media and has banned many press
outlets; they also voiced solidarity with
the journalists and people of Chile...
1986 was declared by the UN Inter-
national Year of Peace, which will be
broadly celebrated around the worid.
1986 has special importance for the
International Organization of Jour-
nalists, as it will reach its 40th anniver-
sary in that year.»
6
27 - هو جزء من
- Democratic Palestine : 11
- تاريخ
- أكتوبر ١٩٨٥
- المنشئ
- الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين
Contribute
Not viewed