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General documents
Arab
League documents - special page
Human
rights documents -
special page
Sana'a Declaration - on emerging democracies, July 1999
The west and the
Middle East
Barack Obama
at the UN General Assembly
25 September 2012
Barack Obama on the Middle East and North Africa
19 May 2011
Barack Obama on a new beginning
Speech by President Obama at Cairo University, 4 June 2009
Freedom in Iraq and the Middle East
Speech by President George Bush, 6 November 2003.
Anglo-French Joint Statement on
Aims in Syria and Mesopotamia - 8 Nov 1918
The Sykes-Picot
Agreement - 1916
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon
to Ali ibn Hussain - 1915
Algeria
Text
of constitution
As amended in 1996 (in English)
Text
of constitution
1996 version (in French and English)
Constitutional
amendment
2002 (in French). The amendment recognises Tamazight (Berber) as
"equally a national language".
Text
of constitution
1989 (in French)
Constitutional
amendment
1988 (in French)
Text
of constitution
1976 (in French)
Text
of constitution
1963 (in French)
Declaration
of Tripoli Congress
June 1962 (in French)
Charter
of Algiers
April 1964 (in French)
Speech by Charles de Gaulle
Constantine, Algeria, 3 Oct 1958
Declaration
of the Soummam Congress
1956 (in French)
Proclamation of
the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN)
1 Nov 1954 (Historical Text Archive).
US policy towards Algeria
Statement by Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, 1996.
Bahrain
Text
of constitution (2002)
Previous
constitution (1973)
Comoros
(no documents available)
Djibouti
Constitution
(in French)
Egypt
Text
of constitution
Speech by
President Morsi
UN General Assembly, 26 September 2012
Speech by
President Morsi
In Tahrir Square, Cairo, 24 June 2012, following his confirmation as
president of Egypt.
Tahrir
documents
A collection of documents from the 2011 revolution, translated into
English
Camp David documents
(1978)
Treaty of Peace between Egypt and
Israel
26 March, 1979
Accompanying Letters to the
Treaty of Peace Between Egypt and Israel
26 March, 1979
Speech by Anwar Sadat to the
Israeli Knesset
20 November, 1977
Speech
by President Nasser to the National Assembly
29 May 1967 (mideastweb.org)
Agreement between Sudan and
Egypt on the Full Utilization of the Waters of the Nile
Cairo, 8 November 1959
Egyptian-Israeli General
Armistice Agreement
Rhodes, Greece, 24
February, 1949
Constantinople
Convention of the Suez Canal (1888)
Iraq
See special
page
Jordan
Text
of constitution
"Making our democratic system work for all
Jordanians"
Discussion paper issued by King Abdullah, 16 January 2013
"Our journey to forge our path towards democracy"
Discussion paper issued by King Abdullah, 30 December 2012
Speech by King Abdullah
At the opening of Parliament, 1 November, 1999
Letter
to Prince Hassan
The letter in which King Hussein transferred the succession
from his brother to his son. 25 January 1999.
Peace treaty
Full text of the treaty
between Jordan and Israel signed on
26 October 1994
Washington
Declaration
Between Israel and Jordan. 25 July,
1994
Israel-Jordan Common Agenda
14 September, 1993
Kuwait
Text
of constitution
UN Security Council Resolution 1284
UN Security Council Resolution 986
("oil for food" resolution)
Lebanon
See special
page
Libya
See special
page
Mauritania
Text
of constitution (1991)
Morocco (and Western Sahara)
Draft
constitution, 2011
Full text (in French)
Constitution,
1996
(English translation); alternative
source
Constitution,
1996
(official French version)
Previous
constitution
(1992 consolidated version, in English)
King
Mohammed VI: first speech from the throne
BBC, 30 July, 1999
UN
Security Council Resolution 1215
on Western Sahara
Moroccan
king promises reform
9 March 2011 (Full text of speech)
Moroccan
king promises new constitution
17 June 2011 (Full text of speech)
Oman
Text
of constitution (1996)
Palestine/Israel
See special
page
Qatar
Text
of constitution
Draft approved by referendum on 29 April 2003.
Speech
by the Emir
Regarding the constitutional referendum, delivered on 28
April 2003.
Saudi Arabia
Text
of constitution ("Basic Law", 1993)
Saudi
reform documents, 2011
Charter to Reform the Arab Stand
An initiative by Crown Prince Abdullah, published on 13
January 2003, for presentation to the next Arab summit.
National
Reform Document
A document seeking reform which was mailed to Crown Prince Abdullah
in January 2003. The prince later met signatories at his
palace.
Speech
by Crown Prince Abdullah
Arab summit, Beirut, 27-28 March, 2002
Speech
by Crown Prince Abdullah
Arab emergency summit, Cairo, 21-22 October, 2000
Speech by King
Abdullah
25 September 2011, announcing that women would be allowed to take
part in elections
Somalia
Transitional National
Charter
Full text, 6 June 2000
Puntland:
political declaration
"The positions of the people of Sool, southern and eastern Sanaag
regions and Buhoodle district of Somalia" - undated.
Puntland:
message
from the president
4 June, 1999
Sudan
Text
of constitution (1998)
Syria
Syria:
UN Security Council resolution 2042
14 April 2012
UN
Security Coiuncil statement on Syria
21 March 2012
Syrian
constitution, 2012
Approved by referendum, 26 February 2012
Legislative Decree No. 54 Regulating Right to Peaceful Demonstration
21 April 2011
Interview
with President Assad
Broadcast by the Syrian TV station, Addounia, on 29 August 2012.
Speech
by Bashar al-Assad
Address delivered in Damascus opera house, 13 January 2013, as
reported by the government news agency, SANA.
Speech
by Bashar al-Assad
Address to the newly-elected Syrian parliament, 4 June 2012 Full text in
English
Speech
by Bashar al-Assad
Address at Damascus University, 20 June 2011. Full text in
English
Speech
by Bashar al-Assad
Address to the new Syrian government, 16 April 2011. Full text in
English
Speech
by Bashar al-Assad
Address to the Syrian parliament, 30 March 2011. Full text in
English
Inaugural address
Speech by Bashar al-Assad on his inauguration as President of
Syria
Interview
with President Bashar
The president outlines his views on a wide range of issues.
[Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, 8 February, 2001]
Security Council Resolution 242
22 Nov 1967
Security Council Resolution 338
22 Oct 1973
Syria and Lebanon:
Security
Council resolution 1636
31 October 2005. Adopted unanimously, the resolution demanded full Syrian
cooperation with investigations into the assassination of former
Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Larsen report
Progress report by the special UN envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen, on
implementation of Security Council resolution 1559. Published 25
October, 2005.
Draft Security Council
resolution
Draft resolution circulation following publication of the Mehlis
report, intended to apply further pressure on Syria. Later
amended and approved as resolution
1636.
Assassination of Rafik Hariri
Full text of the Mehlis report, October 2005
Assassination
of Rafik Hariri
Full text of the UN fact-finding mission's report, March 2005
Security Council Resolution 1595
7 April 2005
Security Council Resolution 1559
2 September 2004
Damascus
Agreement, 1985
Signed by Elie Hobeika, Walid Joumblatt and Nabih Berry in
Damascus.
Tunisia
Text
of constitution
The November 7 Declaration
Ben Ali's speech to parliament in 1987 after President Bourguiba was declared unfit to
govern
Manifesto
of the Rassemblement Constitutionel Democratique
27 October, 1999 (in French)
Victory
speech by President Ben Ali
26 October, 1999, after winning 99.44% of the vote
Speech
by President Ben Ali
27 December 2010
Speech
by President Ben Ali
10 January 2011 (final speech before his resignation)
United Arab Emirates
Text
of constitution (Arabic only)
Yemen
Constitution
of the Yemen Arab Republic, 1970
Constitution
of the Republic of Yemen, 1990
Constitution
of the Republic of Yemen, as amended in 1994
Proposed
amendments to constitution, August 2000
Law
No 66 (1991) Concerning Parties and Political Organisations
Law
No 25 (1990) Concerning the Press and Publications
Law
No 41 (1992) Concerning General Elections
Law
No 27 (1996) Concerning General Elections
The Treaty of
Ta'if
29 May 1934 (full text)
Saudi-Yemeni Memorandum of
Understanding
26 February 1995 (full text)
The Treaty of
Jeddah
12 June, 2000
London conference
27 January, 2010 (final statement – full text)
UN Security
Council resolution 2014
21 October 2011
Speech by President Saleh
25 September 2011. The first speech delivered by Saleh after his return from Saudi Arabia where he had been recovering following an assassination attempt.
Yemen transition agreement, 2011
English translation of the power transfer agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council setting out the terms under which President Saleh would leave office.
Inaugural
speech by President Hadi
25 February 2012
Statement
by the Yemen Socialist Party
On National Dialogue and the southern issue, 29 April 2012
Statement by
the Houthis
Ten conditions for entering the National Dialogue, October
2012
UN welcomes National Dialogue
Security Council statement, 15 February 2013
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