By IPS Correspondents
ABU DHABI, May 31 2003 (IPS)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed International Centre for Coordination and Follow-up has recently issued a study in Spanish by Dr. Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin), the Palestinian Prime Minister, under the title "The Political March in the Middle East".

The study comes in line with the objectives of the Centre to introduce viewpoints related to various Arab and world issues, according to a press release.

This study stresses that the Palestinians’ struggle to restore their usurped rights is multi-sided. The political aspect is one of the important means undertaken by an elite of Palestinians who have been negotiating, under hard conditions, for years.

To highlight the political developments of the Palestinian question, the study shows the Palestinian stances regarding the Israeli-Arab peace projects which have started in the aftermath of the 1967 war.

It outlines the peace initiatives put forward, the conferences held, especially Madrid Conference and Oslo Accords with the developments and obstacles pertinent to them. It reveals the position of Jerusalem in Oslo Accord, and the benefits attained, according to the writer. It also reviews the Palestinian attitude regarding the final solution.

Releasing this publication, Zayed International Centre for Coordination and Follow-up calls upon the learned world community to advocate and support the principles of justice, right and equality. Without such principles, the brutal law of the jungle will prevail.

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