RIYADH (UNA/SPA) – The extraordinary Arab and Islamic summit, which concluded its work in Riyadh today, issued the following decision:
We, the leaders of the states and governments of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, gathered at the kind invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and based on our decision to merge the extraordinary Arab and Islamic summits that the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation had decided to organize at the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people on November 11, 2023; We are meeting today in the city of Riyadh in response to the escalating events, and after consultations conducted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the request of the State of Palestine and some member states, and with the kind hosting of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; While we emphasize the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the firm support for the Palestinian people to achieve their legitimate and inalienable national rights, foremost among which is their right to freedom and an independent, sovereign state on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of refugees to return and compensation in accordance with the relevant international legitimacy resolutions, especially Resolution 194, and to confront any attempts to deny or undermine these rights; and that the Palestinian cause, like all just causes of peoples struggling to be freed from occupation and achieve their rights. Reaffirming the full sovereignty of the State of Palestine over occupied East Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Palestine, and rejecting any Israeli decisions or measures aimed at Judaizing it and consolidating its colonial occupation, as null and void and illegitimate under international law and relevant United Nations resolutions, and that Al-Quds Al-Sharif is a red line for the Arab and Islamic nations, and our absolute solidarity in protecting the Arab and Islamic identity of occupied East Jerusalem and in defending the sanctity of the Islamic and Christian holy sites therein, and affirming our absolute support for the Lebanese Republic, its security, stability, sovereignty and the safety of its citizens.

We decide:

1- Emphasizing the decisions issued by the first extraordinary joint summit in Riyadh in November 2023, and renewing the confrontation with the brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and working to end its disastrous humanitarian repercussions on civilians; Children, women, elderly and unarmed civilians, and to continue to move, in coordination with the international community, to put an end to the serious Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and Israel’s endangerment of regional and international peace and security. Reaffirming the decisions of the 33rd Arab Summit, held in the Kingdom of Bahrain in May 2024, and the 15th Islamic Summit, held in the Republic of Gambia in May 2024.

2- Warning of the danger of the escalation sweeping the region and its regional and international consequences, and of the expansion of the aggression that has exceeded a year on the Gaza Strip, and extended to include the Lebanese Republic, and of violating the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran, without decisive measures from the United Nations and with the failure of international legitimacy.

3- Emphasizing the implementation of all relevant resolutions issued by the United Nations General Assembly, including Resolution No. A/RES/ES-10/22 on the protection of civilians and adherence to legal and humanitarian obligations dated December 10, 2023, and the resolutions issued by the Security Council, and the need for the Security Council to take a binding resolution, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, to compel Israel, the occupying power, to cease fire in the Gaza Strip, and to provide immediate and adequate humanitarian aid to all areas of the Strip, and to implement Security Council Resolutions 2735 (2024), 2728 (2024), 2720 (2023), 2712 (2023), which call for taking urgent steps to immediately allow the delivery of humanitarian aid in a broad, safe and unhindered manner, and Resolution No. 2728, which calls for a ceasefire, as well as resolutions affirming the right of the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination, national independence and the right of refugees to return, and resolutions affirming the permanent responsibility To the United Nations on the Palestinian issue until it is resolved in all its aspects; and to demand the Security Council to respond to the international consensus expressed in the United Nations General Assembly resolution dated May 10, 2024 that the State of Palestine is qualified for full membership in the United Nations by issuing a resolution granting the State of Palestine full membership in the United Nations, and urging member states to mobilize the necessary support to adopt the resolution.

4- Affirming support for the great and appreciated efforts made by the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Qatar in cooperation with the United States of America to achieve an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release hostages and prisoners, and holding Israel responsible for the failure of these efforts as a result of the Israeli government’s withdrawal from the agreements reached by the negotiators.

5- Calling on the international community to implement all the contents of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice dated July 19, 2024 towards ending the Israeli occupation and removing its effects, and paying compensation for its damages, as soon as possible.

6- Condemning the crime of enforced disappearance committed by the Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the current aggression against thousands of Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, including children, women and the elderly, in addition to the abuse, repression, torture and degrading treatment to which they are subjected, and calling on the member states of the United Nations to work at all levels to uncover the fate of the kidnapped, and work to release them immediately, and ensure the provision of protection for them, and the pursuit of justice.