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Being convinced that the aclvent of a unified Arab Maghreb will consol idate the sttuygle of t.lle Palest inian Arab People f o r l iberation and the recovery of their inal ienable national r ights , Doing persuaded t.hc\t fin avcIving Maghreb entity will onable our countries to reinforce co-operation with the other s.ist.er African countries for the progress and prosperity of our African Cont.inent, Considering that the Arab Maghreb Union is the best framework for the fulfilling of the will of our Peoples in strengthening their ties with ~11 friendly Peoples and in supporting the intornational organizations and gatherings to which our countries belong, Considering that tho building up of international co-operation and the upholding of world peace necessitate tho setting up of regional unions for firmer And more secure foundations, Responding to the aspirations of our Peoples while being aware of the del icate complexion of this junctur:: and conscious of the historical responsibi l i ty which rasts upon us, And as we stress our adherence to our spiritual values, our historical genuineness, our openness to others and our attachment for the principles of international ethics , We declare, with the help of God and in the name of our Peoples, the institut.ion of the Arab Maghreb Union, a complementary grouping of conjugated wills seeking co-operation with similar rogioniil groupings and a solid bloc determintxd to contribute to the enhancement of: int.c~1.n;\t.ion~~l dialogue, to give support to upright. principles and t o mobilize thr!

Conditions at Cochabamba Women’s Prison have been described as follows: “[In] just 30 m x 30 m, there were around 1,000 people inside, 400 women and 600 children.”14 In the United States, overcrowding at a women’s prison in California meant that “there was a shortage of toilets and showers; prisoners, as a result, were often forced to urinate in stairwells and shower in stalls overflowing with ‘ankle-deep slimy water’”.15 A 1993 report by Middle East Watch found that the women’s prison at Qanater, Egypt, “was originally built to accommodate 500 male prisoners; with its population of 1,100 women, the living quarters therefore were extremely overcrowded”.16 There was a severe lack of sanitary facilities.

In addition, that would enable them to stand up to any other rgime, of like or unlike political complexion , which would pose the same threats in Latin America to the lives, freedom and dignity of its citizens.

It was hard for him to conceive of a people deciding against independence, but· apparently the United Kingdom hoped to ensure that the complexion of' the new Assembly was favourable to it.

In certain places, such as Mimit near the Thai frontier, the Vietnamese soldiers separated light-cocnplexioned girls and dark-complexioned ones. The la t ter were killed out of hand while the others vrere taken away to be raped, 6.

More than any other single act, the arrest of those two war criminals would change the entire complexion of national politics. Their arrest would close a tragic chapter of brutal extremism and would open the way for reconciliation and for the promotion of national and civic pride.