|
West Asia is currently becoming the global flashpoint, with US
imperialism seeking to remould the region to its liking. Israel, its
closest ally in the region, is also seeking to destroy the
Palestinian nation, as well as stamp out all resistance to its own
apartheid policies inside Israel as well the Palestinian Territories
it has occupied. The catchall slogan of “War against Terror,” post
9/11, is providing a cover for the aggressive designs of the
US-Israeli axis. Military strikes against Iran now
loom on the horizon and the UN Security Council itself is being
manipulated for that purpose. It is the resistance of the people in
Iraq, of the Palestinian people, as well as the heroic resistance by
the Lebanese national forces against Israeli invasion that today
stand in the way of US and Israeli designs in the region. This
conference expresses its solidarity with the people of these
countries who are fighting for their very existence against
overwhelming odds and call upon different sections to unite to help
spearhead a much broader resistance against the US-Israeli axis and
imperialism.
Unfortunately, the Government of India has not only failed to
support the cause of the people in West Asia but has connived with
US policies in the region, as shown by the vote in IAEA on Iran Its
continued military relationship with Israel in which India has
become the largest importer of arms from Israel sits ill with its
protestations of support for the Palestinian cause. India must
oppose the continued occupation of Iraq and Israeli occupation of
the Palestinian territories as well as Syrian and Lebanese
territories. Similarly, India must use all its diplomatic leverage
and international stature to take an immediate initiative for a
serious peace process in West Asia. This
Conference calls upon the UPA government to abide by the promise in
the Common Minimum Programme that it shall pursue an independent
foreign policy. It should also keep in view the fact that equitable
peace in West Asia is also in the interest of the Indian people and
escalation of war there shall greatly endanger the energy security
of South Asia.
This Conference totally condemns Israel’s occupation of Palestinian
and Arab territories, which has lasted for decades in violation of
international law, international humanitarian law and numerous
United Nations resolutions. We demand an immediate end to the
occupation of all the Palestinian and Arab territories captured by
Israel. We fully affirm the right of the Palestinian people to
exercise their right to self-determination including their right to
establish, on all the territories that Israel has occupied, an
independent state of their own in any manner they see fit. The
structure of apartheid that Israel has established must be
dismantled and it must grant equal rights to all its citizens
including the right of return to the Palestinians refugees. We also
affirm the right of Palestinians to resist the occupation through
all legitimate means and support the Intifada, as well as elect a
Palestinian Authority of their choice. We call upon the Palestinian
people to form the broadest unity in their struggle for a just
Palestine.
This Conference welcomes the advisory judgement of the International
Court of Justice on the Apartheid Wall and calls for immediate
measures by the international community for dismantling this illegal
Wall. The Wall built by Israel across the West Bank has cut off the
Palestinian people from each other, cutting up the Palestinian
territory into a number of enclaves, with large Israeli settlements
established on lands confiscated from Palestinian people. Israel’s
so-called “disengagement” is in fact a re-arrangement of Occupation.
It has turned all of Gaza into a vast prison with the Palestinian
population there under continuous, murderous assaults and a
permanent
state of siege. Israel’s recent announcements that it will withdraw
from some small parts of West Bank is nothing but a plan to annex
part of the Palestinian territories and turn the rest into
economically and socially unviable Bantustans. This is a part of a
policy of annexation of the occupied territories to Israel and will
only perpetuate the Occupation, eliminating the chances for any just
and lasting peace.
This Conference condemns the aggression and occupation of Iraq by
the US and its allies in which more than half a million Iraqis have
already lost their lives, millions disabled, over 2 million have
been forced to flee the country, an equal number are internal
refugees, and health standards have declined to a point where over
75 percent of the children, estimated at over 4 million, are
undernourished and suffering from various epidemics and disease. The
physical infrastructure of Iraq has been devastated, schools,
colleges and hospitals destroyed and more than 50 per cent of its
people are now unemployed. Large numbers of towns have been reduced
to rubble and its remaining residents are now living in a complete
police state. Meanwhile, the US is privatizing Iraq’s assets and is
using the sale of Iraqi oil to pay for its occupation, in blatant
violation of international law. The last four year’s of brutal
occupation of Iraq by US forces and its allie s is now facing a
growing
resistance by the people of Iraq. This conference lauds the enormous
sacrifice that the Iraqi people have made to defend their land and
independence. It is now clear that an attempt to impose a client
state in Iraq subservient to the US has failed, striking a fatal
blow to the US designs of an American Imperium and a uni-polar world
The US occupiers have virtually divided Iraq into three communal
regions – Shia, Sunni and Kurdish-- with sponsored communal killings
and are trying to foment an internecine civil war, with even a
possible territorial breakup of Iraq.
The Conference also condemns the use of Depleted Uranium weapons in
Iraq and Afghanistan, which will permanently poison the land and
water there and cause damage not only to those living there now but
also future generations.
The Conference also calls for an immediate end to the Israeli
occupation of Golan Heights and Sheba Firms and their return to
Syria and Lebanon. It also calls for withdrawal of US and NATO
forces from Afghanistan.
Palestine
This Conference
-calls for an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and
all other occupied territories
-denounces the racist and colonial character of Zionism, Israel's
State ideology
-demands an immediate end to the policy of targeted assassinations
of Palestinian leaders by
Israel
-calls that the Right of Return for all Palestinians be fulfilled.
Until then, Palestinian refugees in the Diaspora and internally
displaced Palestinians need to be granted full economic ,political
and social rights
-calls for lifting of all sanctions imposed on the Palestinian
Authority and the right of
Palestinians to democratically elect a Palestinian Authority of
their choice
-calls for boycott, disinvestments and sanctions on Israel as long
as it continues its
occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories
-demand the dismantlement of the Apartheid Wall and all settlements.
-demand the release of all Palestinian political prisoners
-affirm the right of Palestinians to resist the occupation through
all legitimate means
-demand that the Government of India immediately break its military
and security ties with Israel
Lebanon
This Conference
-Denounces the continuing Israeli aggression of Lebanon
-Supports the right of the Lebanese people to resist such aggression
-Calls for a negotiated internal solution to the problems inside
Lebanon free from
any external interference
-Demands for compensation for the damage created by Israel and its
bombings in
Lebanon
Iraq
This Conference calls
-for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of US and
"coalition" forces from Iraq and all corporations and contractors
that are a part of the illegal occupation forces
-that the US and its allies be held accountable for its illegal
invasion and occupation of Iraq, including human rights violations
and attempts to change Iraq’s economy
-for an immediate nullification of the “Bremer 100 orders”
privatisation of Iraq’s assets by occupying powers or handing over
of its assets to foreign control
-Upon the people to support the legitimate right of the people of
Iraq to resist the illegal occupation of Iraq by all legitimate
means
-for the release of all Iraqi political prisoners
-upon the Government of India not to have any relationship with the
puppet regime in Iraq
Iran
This Conference
-asserts the right of Iran for the peaceful use of nuclear energy
-calls for lifting of the sanctions imposed on Iran -believes that
only way to address the nuclear issue in Iran is through
negotiations and dialogue
-opposes any military attacks on Iran and demands a de-escalation of
the US build-up in the region
-calls upon the Government of India to play a positive role to
promote such a dialogue
and not succumb to the US pressure to abandon India’s independent
foreign policy
-calls upon the Government of India to build the Iran-Pakistan-India
Gas Pipeline
Gathered in Delhi at a critical moment in history, we commit to a
struggle against the occupation of Iraq and Palestine and oppose
possible military attacks against Iran. We express our solidarity
with the people in West Asia who are fighting for democracy and
social, economic, political and civil rights and who are suffering
from occupation and repression.
We call upon the international community to set up a Tribunal for
War Crimes in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon. The people who have
committed and continue to commit such atrocities on the people of
Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon must be held accountable and brought to
book. June 9th this year is 40th anniversary of the occupation of
the West Bank. This conference calls the India people to join the
worldwide actions planned on this day and build a campaign on the
nature of the apartheid state of Israel and to ensure breaking of
India’s military and security ties with Israel. It also calls on the
Indian people to join hands with the global protests on 12th July,
the anniversary of Israel’s aggression on Lebanon.
|
