AHG/Res. 108 (XIX) RESOLUTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST QUESTION The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in its Nineteenth Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6 to 12 June, 1983, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity on the Middle East and the Palestinian Question, Document - AHG/111 (XXX); Having listened to the statements of the various delegations and of the representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization on the Middle East Question, Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations and by the common destiny of African and Arab peoples and their struggle for freedom, progress and peace, Recalling the successive resolutions adopted by the previous Sessions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU on the Middle East and the Palestinian Questions, Further recalling the earlier recommendations and decisions of the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council and the Conference of Non-Aligned Countries on the Middle East and Palestinian Questions, Seriously concerned about the explosive situation prevailing in the region following the occupation of Arab territories by Israel and its refusal to recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to return to their country, to exercise their right to self-determination and to establish an independent State in their territory, as well as Israel’s refusal to comply with the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and of the Security Council and its disregard for international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through its continued aggression against the Palestinian people, and the Arab territories particularly against Lebanon and Palestinian Refugee Camps, while adopting a policy of genocide and total destruction against the Palestinian people. This policy was illustrated in the most tragic manner