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Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement' [80v] (161/1144)
The record is made up of 1 file (570 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1932-5 Mar 1948. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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4
The first Secretary-General will be designated in an annex to the present
Covenant. , . . .
Article 13—The Secretary-General will prepare the League s budget and
will submit it to the Council for approval before the beginning of each financial
year.
The Council will determine the share of each State of the League in the
expenses, which may be reconsidered when necessary.
A rticle 14.—The members of the Council of the League as well as members
of its commissions and its officials as laid down in the internal regulations will
enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.
The premises occupied by the organisations of the League will be inviolate.
Article 15.—The Council will meet for the first time when summoned by
the Egyptian Prime Minister and thereafter when summoned by the Secretary-
General.
The representatives of the States of the League will assume the
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of the League in turn at each ordinary session.
Article 16.—Except in the cases mentioned in the Covenant, a majority vote
will suffice to constitute a binding decision by the Council in the following
matters:
{a) Questions concerning the staff;
(5) Adoption of the budget of the League;
(c) Adoption of regulations governing the Council, Committees and Secre
tariat-General ;
(d) The closing of sessions.
A rticle 17.—The member States of the League will provide the Secretariat-
General with copies of all treaties and agreements concluded or to be concluded
with any member State or third State.
Article 18.—If one of the States of the League desires to withdraw from it,
the Council is to be informed of its intention one year in advance.
The Council of the League may consider any State that does not comply with
the obligations of the Covenant as excluded from the League by a decision given
unanimously, excluding the vote of the State in question.
Article 19.—This Covenant may be amended by a two-thirds majority vote of
thp. States of the League, especially with a view "to strengthening their ties, to
creating an Arab Court of Justice or regulating the relations of the League with
international organisations that may be formed in the future to guarantee order
and peace. ^
No amendment will finally be adopted until the session following that in
which it was first raised.
Any State not accepting the amendment may withdraw at the time of its
entry into force without being bound by the provisions of the preceding article.
Article 20.—This Covenant and its annexes will be ratified according to the
constitutional provisions of the various high contracting States.
The instruments of ratification will be deposited at the Secretariat-General
and the Covenant will become binding on those States that have ratified it, after
the expiration of fifteen days from the date of receipt by the Secretary-General
of the instruments of ratification from four States.
This Covenant has been drawn up in Arabic in Cairo on 8 Rabia el Tani, 1364
(22nd March, 1945), in single copy to be deposited at the Secretariat-General.
A true copy will be delivered to each State of the League.
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Annexes.
I .—Special Annex on Palestine.
At the termination of the last Great War, the Arab countries were detached
from the Ottoman Empire. These included Palestine, a vilayet of that Empire,
which became autonomous, depending on no other Power. The Treaty of
Lausanne proclaimed that the question of Palestine was the concern of the
interested parties and, although she was not in a position to direct her own
affairs, the Covenant of the League of Nations of 1919 settled her regime on the
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This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the original Arabic expression, which would be more accurately represented by the words 'unification' or 'unity'.
Significant subjects of discussion include:
- Arab party politics in Palestine.
- Iraqi-Egyptian relations.
- Italian propaganda in the Middle East.
- The future of Palestine.
- Britain's post-war policy in the Middle East.
- Whether the Arab states should be induced to make a wartime declaration in favour of the democracies (i.e. the Allies).
- The formation of the Arab League (also referred to as the Arab Federation in the correspondence).
- Details of the Pact (also referred to as Covenant) of the Arab League, signed in Cairo on 22 March 1945.
- Whether representatives of the Arab League should be present at the Palestine Conference in London, in 1947, in addition to representatives of Arab states.
Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the High Commissioner for Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad; the High Commissioner for Egypt; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo; the High Commissioner for Palestine; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Minister of State in the Middle East; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. 's External Affairs Department; Noury Said [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd], Prime Minister of Iraq; George Antonius, Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat.
Also included with the correspondence are the following:
- Extracts from Palestine police summaries dating from 1933 to 1936, produced by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Jerusalem.
- A printed copy of a paper on Arab federation by the Foreign Research and Press Service, dated 20 June 1941.
- Copies of documents produced by the War Cabinet's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East (also referred to as the Middle East (Official) Committee), including minutes of meetings (1941-1942) and a copy of a report on Arab Federation, dated January 1942.
- A copy (in French) of the Protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress, dated 7 October 1944.
- Copies of the Pact/Covenant of the recently formed Arab League (consisting of a printed copy in French, distributed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an English translation of the full Arabic text, which includes a passage that was omitted from the French version).
The French material consists of the aforementioned Protocol and Arab League Pact, plus one item of correspondence and a copy of a newspaper extract.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (570 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 571; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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