The second legislative session of the Arab parliament was inaugurated today 13 February 2018 and is held after the third annual plenary conference of the Arab parliament with the heads of all Arab parliaments in the region. It is one of the most important joint Arab parliamentary action mechanisms and is an effective cooperation and coordination tool for Arab parliaments. They laid the groundwork for developing a comprehensive document to combat extremism and terrorism. The document on extremism and terrorism will be discussed at the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level, which will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in March. The conference this year saw the presence and active participation of the President of the Interparliamentary Union and the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf and the 'Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and the Arab Council of Interior Ministers. This demonstrates the emphasis on the role of the Arab parliament in wanting to become the main actor, in all international and regional fora. In a statement released by the heads of Arab councils and parliaments, the role of the Arab parliament within the system was praised and the need to activate the statute of the parliament itself as soon as possible.
Dr. Meshaal, said that despite the short span of the old Arab Parliament, and thanks to your efforts and hard work, the new Arab Parliament has become increasingly active and influential on the regional stage, and welcomed the new role. of the Arab Parliament which also gives hope to face, in the future, an Arab summit in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Another fundamental step is to denounce the occupying power - Israel - at the non-permanent seat on the Security Council, for the years 2019-2020. Parliament held, in an emergency session, a forum to make a unanimous decision on the willingness of the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In order to make this decision, it was decided to send delegations to international and regional actors. An example was the recent visit by the People's Republic of China last month, where support was requested from China for the first time in the controversial Palestinian affair.
A delegation from the Arab Parliament visited the headquarters of the European Parliament, and held important dialogues with the members of the European Parliament officials, to activate parliamentary diplomacy and to strengthen ties and consolidate relations with the European side. The Arab Parliament also paid a visit to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, where it met with the Secretary General of the Organization and some representatives of the countries accredited to them; that is, to improve cooperation and coordination of Arab and Islamic efforts to address common problems between Arab and Muslim peoples. The Arab Parliament continues, therefore, to send delegations to countries that count on the international scene, to confirm the constant commitment to firmly support the cause of the Palestinian people and their right to establish their own state on their national territory and decree their capital. eternal, Jerusalem.
The Arab parliament has adopted a new working methodology by publishing a report that monitors and analyzes the latest developments in the Arab arena and also presents solutions. The first session published the first report on the political situation in the Arab world, where it addressed the crises and conflicts of some Arab countries, such as Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. The report stressed the need to address the risk of external interference from some countries in the region in internal affairs. Parliament is currently working to publish the first Arab report on the human rights situation in the Arab world for 2018, which will hopefully be an effective mechanism for monitoring the human rights situation in the Arab world.
In conclusion, the president of the Arab Parliament expressed his thanks and appreciation to the members of parliament for their efforts in seeking to serve the Arab people