Summary
The protocol signed at Faruq I University, Alexandria, on 7 October 1944 (Shawwal 20, 1363) by the Egyptian, Syrian, Trans-Jordanian, Iraqi and Lebanese delegations of the Preliminary Committee of the General Arab Conference, agreeing that a League of Arab States be formed and adopting special resolutions on Lebanon and on Palestine (The Alexandria Protocol (7 October 1944), lines 83-99, 129-143).
Details
- The League it designs has a Council on which participating states sit on an equal footing; Council decisions bind those who accepted them, and bind in disputes between two member states referred to it; force between member states is barred (lines 87-93).
- Its Palestine resolution declares Palestine an important part of the Arab World, the British pledges on immigration, land and independence to be permanent Arab rights, and support for the cause of the Arabs of Palestine, and refers the Arab National Fund proposal to the financial and economic committee (lines 133-141).
- The file points forward to the Pact of the League of Arab States, March 22, 1945, which is a separate document not reproduced in it (line 29).
Related pages
The Alexandria Protocol (7 October 1944), Arab League, Arab National Fund, Lebanon