Conclusion of International Parliamentary Union Conference [Archives:2004/732/Local News]

The Republic of Yemen, during the 110th Conference of the International Parliamentary Union, which concluded on Friday 23 April in the Mexican capital, called on the international community to put an end to the assassinations of the Palestinian people and to enable them to establish their independent state with Jerusalem as their capital.
The speech of Yemen, delivered by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Abdulwahab Mahmoud, head of the Yemeni delegation to the conference, called for the return of sovereignty to Iraq and the departure of foreign occupation forces from its lands. It also confirmed the importance of holding an international conference under the auspices of the United Nations to define terrorism, to determine the means to combat it and to eliminate its causes. It also called for the adoption of the principle of dialogue between cultures as the means to settle all disputes and political and ethnic conflicts.
The speech of Yemen reviewed the transformations and developments taking place in Yemen in the various economic and political aspects, in addition to the successes in development and comprehensive reforms. It called for the contribution of advanced countries to enhancing emerging democracy and in support of development in poor countries through the exemption of these countries from accumulated debts, and to encourage and support the political and economic reforms in several countries of the Middle East without interfering in their internal affairs.
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