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CAIRO, Nov 24 (KUNA) -- The Council Arab Foreign Ministers warned Thursday
against Israel's plan to hold the first conference of the World Health
Organization Regional Office for Europe in occupied Jerusalem on November 28.
A statement issued by the Council at the conclusion their meeting here,
said that move contradicts international resolutions that clear states that
the city is occupied territory.
The statement added that this is a dangerous precedent that should not be
accepted.
The Arab foreign ministers urged the World Health Organization to
immediately intervene to prevent Israel from holding the conference on
occupied Palestinian lands, they cautioned against the process of this move on
peace process.
They also asked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and European
countries to move the conference to another place.
They also welcomed the recent positive developments in Bahrain, Tunisia,
Yemen and Libya, and hailed Bahrain's report by a fact-finding committee on
recent events in the kingdom.
The ministers further applauded the signing by Yemeni President Ali
Abdullah Saleh of the GCC initiative in Riyadh on Wednesday, a positive move
that would put an end to the current situation in Yemen. (pickup previous)
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