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DAKAR DECLARATION
SIXTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE
(SESSION OF AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF, CONCORD AND
UNITY)
DAKAR, REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
3-5 JUMADA II, 1412H
DAKAR DECLARATION
We the Sovereigns, Kings, Heads of State
and Government of the Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference met in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, from 3 - 5 Jumada II, 1412H (9 -
11 December, 1991), for the Sixth Islamic Summit Conference (Session of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, Concord and Unity). This Conference being held in Senegal, a country
of the African Continent assumes, therefore, special significance, as it
confirms the importance of the African dimension in the Joint Islamic Action.
Convinced that the African Member States of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference contribute in an effective and
positive manner to the consecration in these different countries of the genuine
principles of Islam, raising the banner of the true religion and spreading its
noble precepts in the service of closer cooperation, greater solidarity among
peoples and consolidation of the foundations of peace and security in the world.
Firmly convinced that His Excellency
President Abdou Diouf's Chairmanship of our prestigious Organization will be a
fruitful and enriching period for the Islamic Ummah for its grandeur and the
glory of our true religion at this crucial international juncture.
Convinced also that His Excellency
President Abdou Diouf's sagacity together with his deep knowledge of the
activities of the Islamic Conference, his vast experience and his eminent
international stature will be the firmest support for the fulfillment of the
aspirations of the Islamic Ummah.
Abiding by the noble teachings of Islam and
in conformity with the objectives and principles of the Charter of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference;
Reaffirming our resolve to fulfill our
solemn pledges contained in the Makkah Al Mukarramah Declaration adopted by the
Third Islamic Summit Conference to strengthen Islamic unity and solidarity by
fostering Joint Islamic Action in different fields;
Recognizing the importance of the current
process of fundamental transformation in the system of international relations;
Determined to contribute actively together
with the international community towards the establishment of a New
International Order based on peace and progress and respect for the
international legality and capable of guaranteeing justice and equity for all;
Emphasizing the importance of seeking
solution to global issues through dialogue and cooperation among all nations of
the World and adherence to the principles of international law and the
resolutions of the United Nations;
Recognizing the indivisible nature of the
universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination;
Committed to the achievement of the
objectives outlined in the Plan of Action to Strengthen Economic Cooperation
among Member States adopted by the Third Islamic Summit Conference;
Determined to foster further their cultural
and information exchanges and to develop active cooperation in
these fields;
Convinced of the need to rationalize and
revitalize the institutional mechanisms of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference;
Strongly attached to
fundamental freedoms and human rights for all peoples of the world and
determined to act together to safeguard and promote the dignity of all Muslims;
Considering that solidarity must constitute
a supreme value for guiding all development strategies established at the level
of the Islamic Ummah.
Committing ourselves therefore to make
efforts to organize more strongly this solidarity so that the immense material
and human resources given to the Islamic Ummah by the Almighty Allah be
perceived collectively as a manifestation of the Divine compassion for promoting
the welfare of Member States of the OIC.
We solemnly pledge to unite our efforts in
defence of all Islamic causes, and in the first place the cause of Al-Quds
Al-Sharif, the foremost cause of Islam, to ensure equity and justice in settling
outstanding issues, conflicts and disputes, to banish poverty, misery and
disease; and to develop the necessary scientific and technological capabilities
through inter-Islamic cooperation; to further enrich our glorious Islamic
heritage; and to work together with the international community in all domains
to usher for the Islamic Ummah and for the whole of mankind a new era of peace,
progress and prosperity.
In pursuance of the above, we the leaders
of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference solemnly
commit ourselves to the following:
I- POLITICAL COOPERATION
(i)We reaffirm our resolve to face the
Israeli occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since
1967; as well our determination to continue to reject and oppose the pursuit of
Israeli plans and practices. We also reject and denounce those policies which
make this occupation possible by providing it political, economic, demographic
and military support. We also reject any initiative that does not conform to a
just solution of the question of Palestine based on the realization of the
inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people including their right to
return to their homeland, their right to self-determination and the
establishment of an independent
Palestinian State in their homeland under the leadership of Palestine Liberation
Organization, the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.
We reaffirm our resolve to confront this occupation and pressure with all
the means at our disposal to mobilize ourselves to strive for the liberation of
the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories and the Holy places and to recover
the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people as recognized by International
Law and the U.N. Resolutions relating to the question of Palestine.
The violations committed against the Haram
of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the aggression perpetrated against Islamic and Christian
sanctities in occupied Palestine and against the inalienable religious and
national rights of the people of Palestine as well as the continuation of the
aggression through the decisions aimed at annexing Al-Quds Al-Sharif and its
usurpation from its legitimate owners prompt
us to adopt a categoric stand in the face of this aggression and to denounce
those who support or recognize it. Accordingly, we shall support efforts
conducive to the liberation of Al Quds and shall consider such liberation as the
major Islamic cause and the responsibility of the present generation of our
Ummah until such time as Al Quds and the occupied Palestinian and Arab
territories are liberated and returned to their legitimate owners by the Grace
of Allah.
ii) We welcome and support the peace
process which is under way and which is aimed at establishing a just and
comprehensive peace in the Middle East on the basis of Security Council
Resolutions 242 and 338 and of the formula of land for peace and the inalienable
national rights of the Palestinian people.
iii)We reaffirm resolution No.2/20-P
adopted by the Twentieth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held in
Istanbul concerning the occupied Syrian Golan.
We further condemn Israel for persisting in the implementation of its
settlement policies through the establishment of new settlements in the occupied
Syrian Golan and through the adoption by the Israeli Knesset of the decision
confirming previous Israeli
decision to annex the occupied Syrian Golan inspite of the holding of the Peace
Conference.
iv)We shall, within the framework of
respect for the principles of international law and especially the principles of
sovereign equality and respect for the rights inherent in the sovereignty, seek
to develop further and consolidate our bilateral as well as multilateral
relations.
(v)We shall refrain in our mutual relations
as well as in our international relations in general from the threat or use of
force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
vi)We reaffirm our unanimous condemnation
of the phenomenon of terrorism which constitutes a violation of the teachings of
the glorious Islamic religion, values, norms and traditions of our countries
which treat man with respect and dignity. We
further affirm our unflinching determination to cooperate sincerely with the
international community in its efforts within the framework of legality and
respect of the principles of international law, with a view to eradicating
international terrorism in all its forms and practices.
(vii)We shall scrupulously abide by the
principles of non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of
our respective countries.
(viii)We consider as inviolable all the
internationally recognized frontiers.
(ix)We shall settle any dispute that might
arise amongst ourselves by peaceful means.
To this effect we shall use such means as
negotiations, good offices, inquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration,
judicial settlement or other peaceful means to settle any dispute between us
especially by using all possibilities offered in this regard by the Organization
of the Islamic Conference.
(x)We shall respect the equal rights of the
peoples and their rights to self-determination, acting at all times in
conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charters of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference and of the United Nations.
We shall join efforts to support the just
struggle of the peoples under colonial domination or foreign occupation to
enable them to exercise their right to self-determination.
(xi)We shall consider any threat against
any Member State as directed against international peace and security, including
those of the Member States. It is incumbent upon us to act individually and
collectively within the framework of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,
the United Nations and other international and regional organizations, to
eliminate such a threat with a view to strengthening the security and stability
of all Member States through the adoption of appropriate measures aimed at
consolidating our cooperation in these fields within the framework of
international legality.
In this connection, We affirm our
conviction of the importance of establishing between us relations of permanent
consultation and coordinating our efforts on the international scene in various
domains, within the framework of the Charter, particularly in case of threats
against our collective security or that of any Member State.
We entrust the Secretary General of the Organization to follow up the
development of such threats with all the required attention, and to undertake
whatever contacts the situation may require, particularly with the two Bureaux
of the Islamic Summit and the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, as well
as the Member States as circumstances may require.
(xii)We shall encourage, where ever
appropriate, the initiation of confidence and security building measures among
Member States, bilaterally or at the sub-regional or regional levels in
conformity with the provisions and principles of this Declaration.
(xiii)We shall individually and
collectively endeavour to protect and promote the rights of Muslim communities
and minorities in non-member states as well as strengthen the means of action of
the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in this regard.
(xiv)We pledge to strengthen Joint Islamic
Action in the humanitarian fields by consolidating the actions of existing
bodies in particular to alleviate the suffering of refugees and displaced
persons as well as to meet the contingencies resulting from natural and other
disasters.
To this end we shall by active coordination
with the General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference;
increase our individual and collective support for the competent UN Agencies
particularly the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United
Nations Disaster Relief Organization.
II- COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF
ECONOMICS,
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(i)We shall promote the expansion of our
mutual trade in goods and services by ensuring conditions in favour of such
development. In this context we shall utilise the full potentials offered by the
Organization of the Islamic Conference in particular the Standing Committee on
Economic and Commercial Cooperation so as to conclude multilateral and
intra-governmental and other agreements for the long term development of
intra-Islamic trade and highlight the important role which the private sector
could play and assist this sector to strengthen Joint Islamic Action,
emphasizing the necessity of the Member States to take appropriate measures to
establish economic and commercial contacts between the firms, organizations,
banks and enterprises and other Islamic institutions as well as businessmen in
Member States.
We shall endeavour to reduce or
progressively eliminate all kinds of obstacles to the development of
intra-Islamic trade and to encourage in the future the implementation of the
principle of the Most Favoured Nation Clause.
In this regard we shall take appropriate
measures to reduce, at all levels tariff and other barriers and study such other
measures which are required to promote intra-Islamic economic and commercial
cooperation including the prospects of promoting all forms of economic
integration between Member States both at the regional or sub-regional levels
leading to the setting up of an Islamic common market.
(ii)We shall consider measures for creating
favourable conditions for the participation of private sector firms,
organizations and enterprises of member states for the development of
intra-Islamic trade.
(iii)We shall endeavour to organize either
bilaterally or through the auspices of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference an effective and efficient network of information relating to
economic, commercial, financial and monetary matters so as to encourage economic
contacts among Member States.
(iv)We shall endeavour to promote
industrial cooperation bilaterally and multilaterally.
In this context we shall consider establishment of joint industrial
ventures including joint production and sale, specialization in production and
sale, construction, adaptation and modernization of industrial plants
and the exchange of technical information as well as of the pooling of
the capital resources for such production.
We shall also consider launching under the
auspices of the Organization of the Islamic Conference projects of common
interest by pooling our economic potentials, our natural resources, our
scientific and technological capabilities by giving the Islamic Chamber of
Commerce, Industry and Commodities Exchange, Karachi the possibility of playing
a leading role to realize these objectives.
(v)We shall endeavour to build and improve
efficient transportation and communication networks, where ever appropriate,
including roads, rails and aviation facilities as well as shipping lines either
bilaterally and or as part of sub-regional or regional cooperation so as to
improve economic and commercial exchanges between the Islamic world.
(vi)We shall give high priority to the
human resources development and concert our efforts to achieve this development
objective.
(vii)We shall intensify our efforts to
promote intra-Islamic cooperation in the scientific and technological fields
bilaterally and multilaterally under the auspices of the Organization of the
Islamic Conference and in the framework of the Standing Committee of Scientific
and Technological Cooperation and Islamic Foundation for Science, Technology and
Development.
We shall endeavour to establish mechanisms
for exchange and dissemination of the results of scientific and technological
research by intensifying the activities of the institutions of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference and make use of these mechanisms for promoting applied
scientific and technological research. We shall promote technological
innovations in Member States by identifying local technologies and encouraging
their development. We shall ensure
the intensification of the transfer of technology among Member States.
(viii)We shall ensure that in the following
stage efforts will be intensified for the implementation of integrated
development project which will help achieve economic growth in Africa and ensure
to the Africans better living standards and protection from the natural
disasters to which they are exposed.
We have great hopes that the Committee of
Islamic Solidarity with the countries and the peoples of the Sahel will succeed
in drawing up a consistent plan to protect African peoples and their economic
potentialities against the disasters, drought and desertification that stand in
the way of their development.
We express our solidarity with the States
and Peoples of the Inter-governmental Authority for Development and Drought
Control (IGADD) in East Africa and support for IGADD programmes and projects
aimed at the achievement of development and the control of drought and
desertification.
We are also aware that providing suitable
conditions for such a development implies finding appropriate solutions to the
problems of the indebtedness of African States, and facilitating the circulation
and sale of their products inside Member States within the framework of the
desired Islamic economic environment and in cooperation with the Organization of
African Unity and other regional African groupings.
We are convinced that the Islamic
Development Bank which provides effective support to strengthen the economies of
the Member States will be able to make a major contribution towards the
achievements of these objectives thanks to the constant support provided to it
by all Member States.
We affirm that support for Africa
which constitutes a solid pillar of Joint Islamic Action and an important
strategic asset for our community will only consolidate our cohesion and the
effectiveness of the role we play on the international scene.
We consider that meeting the
challenges of development in Africa necessarily imply a cultural plan based on
the principles of our true religion which call for solidarity, tolerance and
advancement to achieve the stability and security of our societies.
(ix)We shall endeavour to take
active part in the work of the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development to be held in June 1992 at Rio de Janeiro.
We emphasise in this respect the
importance for this Conference to serve as an appropriate framework for
promoting international cooperation in the field of environment and sustained
development requiring a multilateral sector-based approach and taking into
account the various components of the environment as well as the developmental
priorities of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
III- COOPERATION IN THE SOCIAL,
CULTURAL
AND
INFORMATION FIELDS
We affirm that belief in the same
Islamic spiritual values is the very essence of the Organization of Islamic
Conference, as such the cultural dimension of joint Islamic Action asserts
itself as a top priority.
In this framework deeper mutual
understanding between the people of the Islamic Ummah must be regarded as a
basic objective.
Proceeding from these major
considerations we are determined to endeavour to:
i)Preserve and enhance the common
Islamic heritage including monuments and arts related to Islamic culture and
civilization in the Member States as well as to promote the development of
national and Islamic cultural values and to work for the strengthening of
inter-Islamic cooperation within the framework of organs and institutions of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference.
ii)Implement the OIC Cultural Strategy for
the Islamic World as well as intensify our efforts to promote at the national
level a better awareness among the Muslim youth about the noble values of Islam
and to inculcate in them pride in the achievements of the glorious Islamic
civilization, thus contributing to the development of understanding and
tolerance among peoples and faiths through open mindedness.
iii)Provide the Organization of the Islamic
Conference with the required resources in order to support and coordinate
Islamic Da'wa efforts and to improve educational curricula and training
programmes as well as to disseminate the teachings of Islam throughout the
world, within the framework of cooperation among States and in respect of their
sovereignty; and also to instill the lofty Islamic values through the
implementation of relevant programmes both in the educational institutions and
through the media for the purpose of consolidating the moral stature of Muslim
peoples and communities.
iv)Counter individually and collectively,
any campaign of vilification and denigration waged against Islam and its sacred
values as well as the desecration of the Islamic places of worship.
v)Inform the whole world of the essence of
Islamic civilization, culture and thought so as to provide the best possible
reflection of the true image of Islam and to participate in the enrichment of
universal civilization.
(vi)Take appropriate measures to implement
the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam taking into account the
legislative procedures enforced by each Member State.
(vii)Concert our efforts to protect our
societies from the evils of drug abuse.
viii)We insist that the survival,
protection and full development of children should be of the highest priority in
the national, regional and international programmes and reaffirm our commitment
to implement in an effective manner the Declaration and Plan of Action of the
World Summit for Children held in New York in 1990.
ix)We reaffirm the importance of the role
of women in the process of development of the Muslim societies and call for
greater participation of women in the activities of economic and social
development.
(x)We shall endeavour to avail ourselves of
the opportunities provided by the technological revolution in the fields of
communications to develop and strengthen cooperation in the field of
information.
In this context, we shall undertake
bilateral and multilateral cooperation to consolidate and encourage greater
information flows among Member States.
We shall endeavour to utilize the
advantages of satellite communication through increased use of available
installations in this field. We shall operate a system of the exchange of
television news reports via satellite through the establishment of appropriate
regional facilities notably the surface transmission and receiving stations as
well as a programme exchange centre.
(xi)We shall also
provide full support required for the development and strengthening of
the OIC institutions in the field of information and culture.
IV- STRENGTHENING OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM OF THE
ORGANISATION OF THE
ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
(i)We are determined to fully utilise
institutional mechanisms and structures of the System of the Organisation of the
Islamic Conference for further intensifying intra-Islamic cooperation in all
fields.
In this context we urge the Member States
and the General Secretariat to take initiative to fulfill the just and
legitimate aspirations of the peoples of the Ummah and entrust this task to the
Reflection Committee set up by the Twentieth Islamic Conference of Foreign
Ministers.
(ii)We hereby resolve to provide to the
institutions of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference requisite support so
as to enable them to fulfill the noble tasks assigned to them.
iii)We also consider that the numerous
changes and developments that have taken place on the international scene
require readaptation of the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Conference so
as to enable it to effectively
benefit from the experience gained by the Organization in the various fields
since the adoption of its Charter in 1971 to respond to the requirements of the
coming phase.
V- FOLLOW UP AND IMPLEMENTATION
We hereby entrust the Secretary General of
the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to
pursue and follow up the implementation of the provisions of this
Declaration and to regularly report thereon to the Chairman of the Sixth Islamic
Summit Conference and to present a report to the Seventh Islamic Summit
Conference.
Issued at Dakar,
on 5 Jumada II 1412H
