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Title:       Kuwait
Book:        Kuwait Events
Author:      Embassy of Kuwait, Washington DC
Affiliation: Embassy of Kuwait, Washington DC
Date:        1990

Address by Sheik Saad Abdullah Salem al-Sabah, Crown Prince

ADDRESS BY HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH SAAD ABDULLAH SALEM AL-SABAH, CROWN PRINCE
AND PRIME MINISTER AT THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE KUWAITI PEOPLE'S
CONFERENCE 26 RABI'AWWAL 1411H 15 OCTOBER 1990

Bismillahi Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim

     My dear brothers and fellow citizens,

     Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

     "Praise be to Allah Who has guided us to this end. Never would we have
found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah."

     And may Allah bestow His Peace and Blessings upon our Master Muhammad,
the Messenger of Allah .

     The Kuwaiti People's Conference has truly been an historical national
event in all aspects; historical in terms of the current prevailing
circumstances; historical in terms of its composition and the size of
participation; historical in terms of its discussions and deliberations; and
historical still in terms of its resolutions and results.

     We have come to this conference bound together by our love for Kuwait. We
have made a vow to achieve the goal of liberation. We have resolved to pursue
the path of Jihad. And we have given our covenant to maintain our national
unity. Blessed then be the conference, the gathering, the vow, the resolve and
the covenant.

     The hearts of our kinsfolk inside and outside the beloved homeland,
together with the watchful eyes of the entire world, are attached to this
Conference. We are therefore grateful to Allah that everyone has measured up
to the level of the event and the burden of the responsibility.

     With your resolution, you have addressed a strong, clear and truly
expressive message on the position of our people as well as on our principles
and values.

A message which makes a pronouncement to the entire world:

     that Kuwaitis are but one united family. Our discretions, understandings
and viewpoints, no matter how diverse, always remain within the boundary of
the one and united Kuwaiti family which raises the supreme interests of Kuwait
over all other considerations.

     A message which tells the Iraqi regime: that never in our ranks shall you
ever find a single gap to strike against our national integrity, the cohesion
of our society, the unity of our people, or the firmness of our front. We have
made our resolve to continue our struggle against your aggression and
treachery. We have vowed to die and spare no sacrifice, no matter how
precious, in order to free our homeland from your corruption and aggression.
There is no place for you in Kuwait, from which you will have to go, whether
by means of peace or war.


A message which says to our people standing resolute in Kuwait:

     "You not stand alone in confronting the wicked Iraqi regime and
resisting its treacherous aggression. We are all with you. We back you up. We
bolster your resistance. Allah is with us and He is our Champion. The entire
world is with us too.

     "So lose not heart - Nor fall into despair, for Ye must gain mastery if
You are true in faith." Holy Quran.

My brothers and countrymen,

     Your ready response to the invitation to attend the National Kuwaiti
Conference and your constructive participation in its proceedings exemplify
your sense of patriotism and sincerity as well as your usual readiness to
answer the call of national duty. Thank you for your ready response, your
attendance and your participation.

     I would like to express in your name and the name of the Kuwaiti people
our deep thanks and gratitude to the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: King,
government and people, for hosting our conference and making the conferees
feel welcome to its hospitable land as well as providing all the
potentialities and facilities needed to help it achieve its duties, thereby
boosting further its brotherly and true support which we, no matter what we
did, would still be unable to thank enough.

     Likewise I would like to address, in your name and in the name of the
Kuwaiti people, our thanks and appreciation to all brotherly and friendly
people: heads of State, governments and people who stood and continue to stand
by our side by word and deed in our just struggle to liberate our homeland
from the yoke of the wicked Iraqi occupation.

My brothers and countrymen,

     By Allah's permission victory is well within reach; its early signs are
already in sight. Repatriation to our beloved homeland is, God willing, a
foregone conclusion. We, with the help of God, will raise high the edifice of
our beloved Kuwait, the independent state of Kuwait, so that it may enjoy full
sovereignty and keep its banner fluttering high in the breeze under the
leadership of His Highness, the beloved Emir, May Allah preserve him.

     "And another (favour will He bestow) which ye do love - help from Allah
and a speedy victory. So give the glad tidings to the believers."

     Peace be upon You and Allah's Mercy and Blessing.

THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE KUWAITI PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE HELD FROM 24-26
RABI'AWWAL 1411H (13-15 OCTOBER 1990) IN THE CITY OF JEDDAH THE KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA

     Praise be to the Lord of the Universe.

     And peace be upon the most noble of the Messengers, prophet Muhammad, his
family and his companions one and all.

     "To those against whom war is made, permission is given to fight because
they are wronged and verily, Allah is Most powerful for their aid."

     We the people of Kuwait and the representatives of all its sectors,
categories, organizations, both official and private, and its national
institutions,

     Meeting at the Kuwaiti people's Conference held under the patronage of
the Emir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,
at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Saad
Al-Abdullah al-Salem Al-Sabah, in the city of Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, from 24-26 Rabi'Awwal 1411 corresponding to 13-15 October 1990 under
the slogan " Liberation is our motto, path and objective."

     Recalling all the events and developments which have occurred in our
beloved country and on the Arab and international scene since the Iraqi regime
committed on 11 Muharram 1411H corresponding to 2 August 1990 its treacherous
aggression on the state of Kuwait, occupied its entire territory and then
arbitrarily declared its annexation to its country, Iraq.

     Taking into consideration the statement of His Highness the Emir at the
opening of the conference, the statement of His Highness the Crown Prince and
Prime Minister, and the conferees statement delivered by Mr. Abdulaziz Hamad
Al-Sagr which, one and all, have been endorsed as official documents of the
Conference and which the Conference request be adopted as the policy of the
government and the people.

     Keeping in sight all the discussions and deliberations we had while the
Conference was in session, we have decided the following:

     1. To declare to the whole world that we categorically reject and condemn
the occupation of our homeland, Kuwait, by the Iraqi regime and consider it a
wicked aggression on independent and sovereign Kuwait which is a member of the
Arab League, the United Nations and other organizations and a flagrant
violation of all international conventions and laws and in particular the Arab
League and the United Nations Charter.

     2. We declare to the entire world that we uphold the regime chosen by our
people from its inception which antedated the existence of the Iraqi entity
and was accepted by successive Kuwaiti generations. Likewise we emphasize that
the Kuwaiti people, one and all, men and women, old and young, stand solidly
behind our legitimate leadership whose true embodiment is our Emir, Sheikh
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and his Crown Prince, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah
Al-Sabah, may Allah preserve them.

     3. To expose to the whole world the false nature and the invalidity of
the claims and allegations given by the Iraqi regime to justify the crime of
its invasion and occupation of the independent state of Kuwait, stressing our
categorical rejection of these claims and allegations which are at variance
with the actual facts and which are refuted by history.

     4. To declare to the whole world our condemnation and abhorrence of all
forms of killing, oppression, torture and terror which the troops of the Iraqi
regime committed, and continue to commit, against unarmed and innocent Kuwaiti
citizens and nationals of brotherly and friendly countries, not sparing women
and children. Likewise we condemn and abhor desecration by the Iraqi forces of
the houses of God, the acts of theft, looting and plunder they committed, not
sparing hospitals or schools. We also call on all peoples of the world to
condemn these cruel practices.

     5. We make a covenant with God and ourselves as well as with our people
who stand resolute in beloved Kuwait and those of our people who are working
hard abroad that we shall consider liberation as our goal, repatriation as our
objective, the Emir as our leader, Jihad as our path, national unity as our
weapon and death in the path of Allah as the sweetest of our wishes, until
victory is achieved with the help of God and our homeland is purged of the
profanities of the invaders.

     6. We pay tribute to the steadfastness to our people in our beloved
Kuwait and their heroic resistance to the barbaric forces of occupation which
we and the entire world follow up with much appreciation and admiration.
Likewise we highly praise their sacrifices which illuminate for us the road to
liberation. We pray for Allah's mercy on their martyrs:

"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live
finding their sustenance from their Lord."

     We want them to know that they are not alone in the confrontation against
the aggression of the Iraqi regime and that we all stand solidly behind them
and that all peace-loving peoples and aggression-rejecting peoples back us up
and mass their forces to help us in our struggle to liberate our homeland,
beat back the invaders and expel the aggressors in compliance with the words
of God:

"O Ye who believe! persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such
perseverance: strengthen each other; and fear Allah; that ye may prosper."

     7. We call on all Kuwaitis now found outside their beloved homeland to do
their best in the cause of the liberation of our homeland and the expulsion of
the aggressors therefrom.

     8. We declare to the whole world that, since the inception of Kuwait, its
people have been and continue to be  one family bound together by mutual love,
interdependence and cooperation in both joy and adversity and that their
divergence of interpretations and views does not lead them to break away from
the circle of the one family. Their love of Kuwait binds their hearts together
and their devotion to her unites their ranks.

     9. We declare to the entire world that the sovereignty of Kuwait, its
independence and territorial integrity cannot be subject to any bargaining or
negotiations. We reaffirm our categorical rejection of any solution falling
short of the full implementation of the Resolutions of the Arab League
Emergency Summit Conference held in Cairo on 19 Muharram 1411H (10 August
1990) and resolutions of the UN Security Council, all of which have rejected
and condemned the Iraqi aggression against the independent State of Kuwait
and its coercive annexation, and their insistence on the unconditional
withdrawal of the Iraqi forces from all Kuwaiti territories, and reaffirmed
their favourable stand for the return of the legitimate Kuwaiti authorities.

     10. We urge the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the Committee of the International
Red Cross and Crescent, the Red Cross and Crescent Arab Association, Amnesty
International, the Human Rights Organization and all International
Humanitarian Institutions to do their utmost in exercising pressure on the
Iraqi regime to stop the inhuman treatment to which the Kuwaiti citizens and
foreigners residing in Kuwait are subjected at the hands of the Iraqi
occupation forces. We appeal to all these institutions to do their best and
dispatch representatives to ensure protection for the Kuwaiti citizens and
residents against the savage treatment, the terrorism and atrocious oppression
of the Iraqi forces.

     11. We urge the Security Council and international community to act
promptly and put an end to the measures undertaken by Iraq for the
obliteration of the political entity of the state of Kuwait, the disfiguration
of its historic heritage and national and cultural identity, and the
alteration of its demographic composition by forcefully evicting the
aboriginal citizens and substituting them with alien people brought from
elsewhere to settle in their homes and occupy their homeland.

     12. We call upon the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution
authorizing the world community to use every possible means for the
implementation of the Security Council Resolutions in such a way as to ensure
the withdrawal of the Iraqi occupation forces and the reestablishment of the
legitimate authority. We appeal particularly to the five permanent
members of the Security Council, in view of the major role they play vis-a-vis
the international community, to act in favour of the adoption of such a
resolution.

     13. For those amongst the sisterly Arab States who for one reason or
another have failed to uphold their principles and commitments to denounce
aggression and extend their support to rightfulness and justice, we invite
them to reconsider their attitude in the light of the fundamental tenets of
the noble Islamic faith, national values, Arab morals and human ethics. We
urge them to let their conscience prevail and join the international
concensus in favour of upholding what is right and snuffing out what is wrong.
They will definitely find eventually that an honest, principled and just stand
is preferable.

     14. We reaffirm that the position adopted by some Palestinian leaders
will in no way affect our unswerving solidarity with the Palestinian people in
their just struggle for the liberation of their land and the recovery of their
usurped rights. We are quite confident in fact that the Palestinian people
with all their sacrifices, their values and principles can in no way condone
or approve the stand adopted by these leaders, a stand which is founded on
those leaders' individual interests and is in the first place, prejudicial to
the Palestinian cause, to the credibility of the Palestinian struggle and the
very interest of the Palestinian people themselves.

     15. We declare that despite all our wounds and sufferings, and despite
the tragic ordeals undergone by our people following the aggression of the
criminal Iraqi regime, we do not hold any rancour or animosity against the
Iraqi people. For we are quite aware that the Iraqi people themselves are
coerced and look forward to being freed of the  tyrant of Baghdad and his
oppressive clique who are inflicting the worst atrocities upon the Iraqi
people and who have coerced them into a ruthless and sterile war against the
Muslim Iranian people, resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands in a
hopeless and senseless confrontation against the whole world, a confrontation
out of which the Iraqi people could reap nothing but destruction, and further
losses of life amongst their sons.

     16. We extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all the friendly
states and peoples for their stand beside Kuwait against the treacherous Iraqi
aggression, and for their moral and active support. We reaffirm that the
Kuwaiti people with all its succeeding generations will forever remember with
gratitude and appreciation their honourable and just stand.

     17. We express our profound thanks to the international
community - represented in the United Nations, and the Security Council in
particular - for the resolutions and measures which have reaffirmed the
rejection and condemnation of the Iraqi aggression against Kuwait, calling for
the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi troops from all Kuwaiti
territory, and reiterating support for the restoration of the Kuwaiti
legitimate authority. By the same token, we would like to commend the sincere
efforts undertaken to that effect by the Secretary - General of the United
Nations and representatives of the Security Council member states.

     18. We express our profound thankfulness and gratitude to the sisterly
Arab countries - their leaders, governments and peoples - which opened their
hearts and homes for hosting and accommodating the Kuwaiti citizens, whether
those who were there at the time of the Iraqi aggression or those who fled
subsequently. As we commend the gracious fraternal position of those
countries, with all the magnanimity and nobleness embodied therein, we pray to
Allah the Almighty to reward them on behalf of Kuwait.

     19. We express our profound thankfulness and gratitude to the sisterly
kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the King, the government and the people - for
hosting this conference and providing all the services and facilities required
for its success. We pray to Allah the Almighty that our meeting here in this
blessed land will signal our holy and blessed march towards the liberation of
our homeland, the restoration of our usurped territory.

     20. Reaffirm that after Allah has granted us victory over the
aggressors and after we have liberated our land from the corruption of Iraqi
occupation, we - with the help and grace of Allah - shall embark on rebuilding
our beloved Kuwait on two basic foundations:

     First: Our society stands on established principles, foremost the
adherence to Islam. The Kuwaiti house should emphasize the Islamic nature of
education, ethics and practices, with a view to bringing up a generation
imbued with faith in God, cognizant of the greatness  of Islam, its firmness
in administering justice and its tolerance in dealings between people. The
future generation should have an understanding of the view and standpoint of
Islam on everything, and at the same time remain open-minded to the world and
all on-going developments. It should use wisdom and good preaching in calling
to the way of Allah, and know at the same time how to coexist harmoniously
with others and their concepts. It should be a generation with a strong sense
of belonging to the Arab history, sentiments and superior interests. It should
be a generation with a human attitude, rejecting and condemning injustice
while supporting and defending the truth; a generation which stands as a
source of enlightenment, civilization and contributions to the progress and
development of brothers, friends and peoples at large. Such would be the
generation that believes in its human and civilizing role.

     Second: The Kuwaiti people adhere to their national unity and the
legitimate regime which they have chosen and have been pleased with and which
rests on the principle of taking counsel and the people's participation under
the nation's constitution of 1962, considered to be the protective armour and
the essential guarantee for the safety of the community.

Allah is Great !
Glory for Kuwait !
And Allah is our witness.