Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Arab leaders delegate and Minister of State for the appointment of a new secretary general to succeed Moses

May 10, 2011

Arab leaders delegate and Minister of State for the appointment of a new secretary general to succeed Moses

Alsumaria News / Cairo


Confirmed by the Secretariat of the League of Arab States, Tuesday, that the Arab leaders mandated the foreign ministers set a new secretary general, succeeding Amr Moussa, noting that the vote on the candidates for the position, Egyptian, and the country, will be made during the extraordinary meeting early next week, while considered that each country specificity about what get from the event calls for change.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli said in an interview for a number of media, including "Alsumaria News", "Arab League General Secretariat has received official notes of the Arab leaders delegated under which the foreign ministers set a new secretary general of the League in their special meeting early next week," noting that "the procedure to prevent any forms of legal in the selection of the Secretary-General, especially since the Charter of the University states that the appointment of the Secretary-General of the jurisdiction of the Arab leaders."

He pointed out Bin Hali that "the postponement of the Arab summit to March of next year, it requires the existence of memoranda of authorization for this purpose," noting that "the heads of Arab delegations, which will participate in the extraordinary meeting of the Council of the League at the level of Arab foreign ministers on Sunday, will vote on the Egyptian candidate FIKI Owalqatri Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah for the post of Secretary General of the League of Arab States ".

He said the Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League that "the appointment of the Secretary-General will be the consensus on the selection of a candidate for the position," adding that "things are traditionally at the university to make some decisions by consensus, including the appointment of the Secretary-General of the Arab League, which will take over a period of five years" .

In response to a question by "Alsumaria News", on the raising of the issue the latest developments in the Arab world during the emergency meeting, expected Ben Helli said, "is to broach the subject by those who wish to Arab countries or the Secretary-General with the concurrence of two thirds of the members as a condition to be discussed," saying that "difference in position of the Secretariat in dealing with the current situation about the events in the Arab countries varies according to the specificity of each country."

Has been postponed a meeting of Arab foreign ministers four times, where he was scheduled to discuss two items are choosing new Secretary-General, and set a date for the Arab summit to be resolved before the matter after Iraq's request for postponement to next year 2012.

Will discuss the Arab League Council in appointing a new secretary general of the Arab League to replace the Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who ends his second term in the fifteenth of next month.

They expected to Arab diplomatic sources agree that the Arab foreign ministers on the appointment of the Deputy Secretary-General of the League, Ambassador Ahmed Ben Helli, temporarily until the election of the Arab summit, Secretary-General after the ratification of the session.

It has already been announced that the Arab League, on 25 April, the start of consultations to advance the date of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss developments in the Arab countries, as called for States to achieve the reforms and stop the violence against demonstrators, carried the Arab governments responsible for the blood of its citizens being shed in order to achieve democracy , arguing that resistance to the movement of history is a bad bet and convicted.

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari formally requested during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, last April, held an extraordinary meeting of Arab League Council at the level of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on 15 May now.

And supported the Arab League revolutions Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt through its Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who participated in the Committee of Wise Men during the Egyptian revolution, and solidarity with the demonstrators, "an Egyptian citizen", and participated in protests in Tahrir Square.

During the revolution and supported the League of Arab Jamahiriya Libyan rebels, and called for a ban to fly to the Libyan regime, led by Gaddafi and the Libyan regime has suspended participation in the meetings of the Arab League.

Experiencing a number of Arab countries mass protests to demand the ouster of their heads and change the system of government, including Libya, which has seen since the 17 of February, in an unprecedented way, a revolution inspired by the tens of thousands of demonstrators, the events of the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt, which toppled presidents Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seen in states of Bahrain, Syria and Yemen demonstrations demanding the departure of the chairpersons and governmental reforms.

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