AL chief sends message to international circles on Iraq, Lockerbie

Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Wednesday sent letters to the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement on decisions adopted by the AL council in its recent session, especially concerning the questions of Iraq and Lockerbie.

In the messages, the AL chief stressed the importance of contacting all sides concerned in order to settle all humanitarian issues and to work for supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross to settle debated issues, especially those relating to the missing.

In his letter, the AL chief also stressed the desire of the AL and its member states to preserve Iraqi unity and territorial integrity. He stressed the need to halt any military act launched against Iraq in violation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions.

The AL chief indicated the attempts of the AL to set up a mechanism within the framework of the UN Security council resolutions and the Geneva agreements in order to solve humanitarian problems. He indicated the AL welcome to the decision adopted by Libya to hand over the two suspects for trial in Holland and the decision of the UN Security Council to suspend the sanctions imposed on Libya as soon as the two suspects are handed over.

On Wednesday, the AL general secretariat held a meeting chaired by Esmat Abdul Meguid in order to draw a working plan for the secretariat for the next phase in implementation to the decisions adopted by the Arab FM s council held last Wednesday and Thursday.