From the Arab League

Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdul Meguid invited; al-Azhar's Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Coptic Pope Shenouda III, and ministers of the foreign countries in Cairo to attend a comprehensive meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of the scattering of the Palestinian people on May 26.

A meeting was held between the Arab states' permanent delegates and the special committee to arrange the permanent information program under development by the Arab states and the Arab League to confront Israeli allegations and its celebration of occupying the Palestinian territories.

The committee advised the permanent delegates to talk to their governments and advise the foreign ministers, the miniters of endowments, and education ministries of activities to mark this occasion and continue these activities and information efforts all through the year.