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There was consensus among the Parties concerned as far as the necessity of holding this meeting was concerned and of the need of further coordination of their joint action, because of the significant developments since their latest meeting in Athens, in March 1997. In this meeting, new developments covering this period and conclusions deriving from the following issues have been debated: 1) The failure of the peace process in Palestine and the brutal effort of repression unleashed against the new Intifadha by the Israel�s military forces. 2) The aggressiveness of imperialism on international and regional level has been manifest during this period with NATO attacks against FR of Yugoslavia, showing its brutal face in the effort to impose imperialist new order in the region. The new NATO doctrine, officially adopted in April 1999 in Washington, does not recognize the rules of International law and the UNO and constitutes a direct threat against all peoples. 3) The development of anti-imperialist and anti-NATO movements of a whole range of forces opposing barbarity and wars emanating from imperialism and fighting against them. 4) The rise of peoples� mobilization and the development of broad popular movements against G- 8, WTO, IMF, WB but also EU Summit meetings� policies constitute new elements of resistance against the policies of capital, which goes on concentrating wealth in ever fewer hands, increasing poverty, spreading unemployment and wishing to wrest from the working people all their rights and gains. 5) The importance acquired by the broad and multiform character of anti-imperialist forces and movements, both in the developed capitalist countries and in the developing ones, embracing national liberation, patriotic, progressive and democratic forces and movements interested in world problems as peace, environment etc and the class conscious labour and communist forces. 6) The important position of communist and labour forces among the decisive factors in organizing of the general effort of the movements and organizations resisting imperialism and of the various activities in developing in this field. The participants agreed in the following positions of struggle and solidarity: · They condemn the effort of and coordinate their struggle against the creation of a new International Law, vindicating the rotten principle that Might is Right. · They support the principle of non - intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign independent states and the respect of the states� integrity and independence. · They defend the right of each people to choose in a sovereign way their manner of government and determine their own future. · They declare their opposition against NATO and its new doctrine, which does not recognize borders or limits of action, as well as against any effort of broadening the said organization eastwards or southwards. · They oppose the creation of forces of rapid intervention and the creation of a separate EU army. They agree: · upon the necessity of undertaking active initiatives against the policies of imperialist countries and transnational enterprises and of intensifying the struggle against the policies and resolutions of G- 8, WTO, IMF and WB, which express domination of imperialism and monopoly capital, aiming at the rights of working people and at the countries and peoples that resist against their plans · upon the need of development of a broad movement of defense of the gains of the working people and upon the undertaking initiatives for coordination and cooperation with the class organizations of working people fighting against the assault of the capital · upon the undertaking of common initiatives in the movement of youth for the conditions of life and education, for securing their future. · upon the support of the struggle of women in defending their gains and protecting their political, economical and social rights. They confirmed the necessity of eliminating all forms of exploitation, oppression and violence against women and of enabling women to reach decision-making posts. · They stand also in solidarity with all democratic and people�s forces in the various countries of the region in the struggle for the establishment and the respect of political, trade union and democratic freedoms. As far as the particular problems of the region are concerned, the participants agreed to the following points: · They support the struggle for basic democratic rights that include the right to organise freely, freedom of press, freedom of expression, the rights of national and religious minorities, the independence of the judiciary. They condemn persecution and imprisonment of fighters for democratic rights and freedom and express their solidarity with the struggle of political prisoners in Turkey, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Sudan and in other countries of the area. · They salute and express their solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people for a just peaceful solution assuring the realization of their right of foundation of their own independent state with East Jerusalem as capital, according to the resolutions of the UNO, with return of the Palestinian refugees in their homes, and condemn the aggressiveness and brutality of the Israeli occupation forces in Western Bank and Gaza. · They express their solidarity to the peace - loving anti-imperialist forces in their struggle for the termination of occupation and annexation of territories of neighbouring countries and the unconditional withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Golan area and from all territory in South Lebanon. · They assist the struggle of the democratic and anti-imperialist forces in Turkey for the reestablishment of democratic and trade union freedoms. · They express their solidarity for the struggle of the Cyprus people fighting for the withdrawal of the Turkish occupation troops and all the foreign bases and troops, for the peaceful reunification of the island through a just and viable solution of the Cyprus question, on the basis of the UNO resolutions and of the High Level Agreements of 1977 and 1979, for a independent, demilitarized, territorially integral Cyprus, with one and sole sovereignty, one citizenship and international entity and with the human rights of all Cypriots, with no exception whatsoever, guaranteed. · They support the recognition of all inalienable rights of the Kurdish people for autonomy within the framework of the existing state borders. · They denounce the embargo against Libya and Iraq, whose sole victims are the peoples of this countries, as they condemn the criminal embargo of American and other imperialists against Cuba. The participants, representatives of Communist and Workers� Parties with fighting perspective Socialism, assessing as positive the materialization of the resolutions of their previous meeting with the creation of the Centre of Rapid Information (SOLIDNET) and the edition of the information review (INFORMATION BULLETIN) agreed to the further development of coordination of their efforts and of their common action with the continuation of their meetings to exchange information and the continuation of dialogue around common problems in the field of theory and ideology and to proceed to the exploration of the possibility of creating a Centre of Studies for the problems of the region and the preparation of a meeting under the issue of socialism in modern conditions. Athens, December 16, 2000 Egyptian Communist Party AKEL of Cyprus Communist Party of Greece Tudeh Party of Iran Iraqi Communist Party Communist Party of Kurdistan-Iraq Communist Party of Israel Jordanian Communist Party Lebanese Communist Party Palestinian People�s Party Communist Party of Sudan Syrian Communist Party Syrian Communist Party
