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Items-In-Middle East - Country Files - Jordan UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 91 Date 14/06/2006 Time 9:23:28 AM S-0899-0 009-05-00001 Expanded Number S-0899-0009-05-00001 items-in-Middle East - country files - Jordan Dafe Created 08/01/1981 Record Type Archival Item Container S-0899-0009: Peacekeeping - Middle East 1945-1981 Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit 1981 oci UNITED NATIONS PLAZA PCRMANENT MISSION DF 1 ! if: NEW YORK, N. Y. IDDtV HASHEMITE KINGDOM dF JORDAN TCLEI'MDNEi PI. 2.OV3S.S TO THE UNITED NATIONS PS/4 October 9, 1981 His Excellency Dr. Kurt1 Waldheira Sucre Laty-Ooncra1 United Nations Headquarters New Yorkr New York 10017 Excellency: The International Association of University L'rc-si- donts which convened recently in the City of San Jose in Costa Rica had adopted a recommendation to the- United Nations to declare or to establish "A Day of Peace," "A Month of Peace", and "A Year of Peace". The International Association of University Presi- dents had requested the Presidents of those universities which had participated in the*said meeting and, whose number exceeded 700 Presidents of universities, including II. E. Dr. Abdu]-Salaam Ma j ali , 'President of the Jordan University, to request that the Permanent Representatives of their respective countries initiate a proposal embody- ing their recommendations as an item on the agenda of the thirty-sxith session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the earnest hope that it would be adopted. • Needless to state that the overriding and supreme challenge which confronts the world tod^y is the preserva- tion of peace and sparing the world the awusome prospect of total annihilation. This overriding concern is upper most in the mind, heart and conscience of every individual throughout the world. Nevertheless, there'is an intensified feeling of insecurity rind helplessness as all of us witness a very dangerous deterioration in the international situation and, ah accoIt-ration of Lhe arms race, and a drastic diminution of friendly co-existence and cooperation amongst nations. li.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Oct-obor 9, 1981 Page 2 Policy-makers and statesmen at various international forum: have yivou deep expression to this heightened feeling impending catastrophe; but all these endeavours have so far to deflect the inexorable drift towards a clearly j~; recognizable and acknowledged threat to world peace an ell security. It ic, therefore, most impelling that support for world peace based on justice and friendly co-existence should emanate and reenforce the endeavours of policy- makers and statesmen from amongst the leaders of learninq such as presidents of universities from all corners of the globe. Such grassroots support for peace should take concrete form and expression through the United Nations whose charter is basically designed to save this and future, generations the scourges of devastating wars. In the light of the above, Jordan proposes the inclusion in the Agenda of the thirty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly of this all-important and urgent item entitled: "The Establishment Through the x l General -vsser.bly of ?v ^ay or *£eac5 , *K Macttii.Qf S-esice' ,s and 'A Year of Peace.' " The appropriate draft declararation will be pre- sented, in due course,in consultation with the esteemed members of the various regional groups. I request Your Excellency, to regard this letter, as well as the attached minutes of the International Asso- ciation of University Presidents dated July.3, 1981 as the explanatory memorandum required under rule 20 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and to have it cir- culated, as an official document of the General Assembly. Hazem NuGcibeh Ambassador Permanent Representative Erie Is i •!•...„:.•-!*£. "/•:. WKU-AKK AND SECURITY (•'OK MANKIND THROUGH EDUCATION" / Dr. Young Sook Chouo Thu Sacretarlaft lhe IAUP, Kyung Hoo University PublislMtr ot Lux MunJi Seoul, 131, Korua MtMDE RS ' Of Attuf i N. wnumo • Houft C Canud Un(v»-vdv 0>. WVIm.n H. Wood Unkwtily «' >!«>•> *.*i. Auditor Oi Nnnrildl K Pil«m4 Imp Unly«*urv ('antbi to* ' Or to Yyn Pin N»nO(.»l ChunQ Hting Unw«tf IV Of C.TiibJa f. Aquino • Urifet'uty ol tlu A ivxi.lyoll Oi IVUMI Aoi OMIIA Intitluuof T«j* . Old Un*«iiilv ol » Or F Don J»m«t C*niicl ConoaciKUl Sl«t* Co(i»0* D«. 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AIIM • Unkxruly ol £ July 3, 1981 * IAUP HUSOLUTFON TO BE PRLISENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS Cons i (ioriiK) the grim world nitnat. ion in this decade OL the 1980's unprecedented crisis in the events of human history, the mounting i nternational tensions, the unbridled armaments race which could push the world into a global conflict and put a full stop to human history, the sixth- triennial conference of the International Associati6ft of University Presidents, a body comprised of over seven hundred Presidents, Rectors, and f^cholars from all over the world met in San Jose, Costa Rica during the days of June 28 through July 3, 1901, Having deliberated upon the crucial importance of the Peace University and its program for peace education and conflict resolution, having arrived at the conclusion that the world, if it is to prevent the impending global upheaval, needs urgently to inculcate love of peace and global "familism" in the minds of all people, thereby mitigating the mounting international tension and contributing towards lasting peace, and . Resolved to .-,''," • .. ' • Recommend 6 "i' to the Uni.ted Nations the proposal to establish through the General f Assembly "A Day of Peace," "A Month of Peace," and "A Year of Peace," Invi te All governments of the nations in the world to honor the U.N. Peace Day perhaps by holding commemorative ceremonies and supporting other . related activities in their respective countries, in which the r iportance of" peace, international friendship and transnational cooperation will be stressed, and 'i !,m:ouraqe * \ Social institutions, business enterprises, religious groups, and . J| .D^Iiwwio «^T ^u^Ii iioLiun Lo UOUUUUL, on tiieii own initiatives, _ -fej ceremonies and activities on the U.N. 1'oace Day to generate inter- *. national goodwill so that, before long, the ideal of peace will be rooted in the minds of peoples throughout the world and that a Global Cooperation Society will be created with the spirit of goodwill, cooperation, and service. .* Having resolved the above, the participating members of the -'• f,' international Association of University Presidents cordially request ^ all the governments and the people of the world to join in ' '» establishing a Day of Peace. J ,ung Hee University . PERMANENT MISSION DF THE B6S UNITED NAT1DNS PLAZA "~~ jfl/^^^^lif HA5HEMITE KINGDOM DF JORDAN NEW YORK. N. Y. ina 17 SJCwOm/lfl TO THE UNITED NATIDNS TELEPHONE: PL2-D135-S ME7/1514 f~) •-r^. f .••» ,-v ..'--A ..<— _ __ '' cy / September 8, 1981 -. ""cl..e....... f--*i~-'-----' — ^ - '' '' •„ i.I '-*Tj • • - . _ \~ - / ^ — His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim IL>.-. ~-^...^f .±.\.s-Sf Secretary-General .< , ^> ^ , United Nations Headquarters nF / o-; <;/-/ New York, N.Y. 10017 . ^ /; ..- y Excellency: ., •/.-'—•.• :.^-'..t..-/-.-i^ Upon instructions from ray Government, I wish to bring to your most urgent attention the latest Israeli occupation's deep diggings and excavations beneath the Al- Aqsa Mosque within the Haram al-Shareef holy sanctuary, the first Qibla in Islam and the third of the three holy sanctuaries. These diggings and desecrations, in deep tunnels reaching fifteen meters and more below this 1300- year old place of worship to God and, a symbol of a great spiritual and historical legacy, have been a prime target of the Israeli occupation authorities' relentless and reprehensible efforts since the occupation of Arab Jerusalem in 1967, to fundamentally alter the landmarks, legacy and history of a large segment of mankind. Hundreds of millions of adherents to the Islamic faith look to Jeru- salem and the monumental Al-Aqsa sanctuary as its focal point and its center-piece. The collapse of this holy sanctuary would be nothing less than a cultural, political and spiritual genocide against this legacy and its innermost and immortal soul. So serious are these Israeli transgressions against hundred of millions of adherents of the Islamic faith that it poses a real and inevitable threat to world peace and security. The latest clandestine Israeli desecrations have reached a stage where the Al-Aqsa Mosque is presently in danger of total collapse. The religious Islamic insti- tutions in the occupied territories have condemned these rttost seriolts underground Israeli excavations and the claims of £inds announced on August 25, 1981. The Mufti of Jeru- 3<Al<2m sheikh Sa'ddudin al-!Alami has described these dangerous diggings asblatant desecration of Al-Aqsa Mosque. H.E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim September 8, 1981 Page 2 The Heads of all the Islamic Waqf (charitable) Foundations have described these persistent desecrations of the holiest Islamic site as a part of the Zionist effort to seize the holy sanctuary. The Jordan Mission finds itself duty-bound to alert the community of nations to the fact that a des- truction or collapse of the 1350-year old Al-Aqsa Mosque would not only constitute a crime against humanity and the historic landmarks whose preservation has been entrusted to UNESCO; it would also most certainly bring in its wake a serious threat to world peace and security. The Government of Jordan reserves the right to submit this aggression before the Security Council unless the Israeli occupation authorities stop forthwith these acts of desecration before an irreversible damage is perpetrated.
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