We at the Arab Club for Information are convinced that documents are the main tools that guarantee the preservation of Human knowledge and secure its distribution. We also believe that we could enforce documents via adopting appropriate policies that encourages the use of the printed word as best as possible. We bring to mind the declarations of the United States and its organizations, and the declarations of the league of Arab States and its organizations.
They all call on the right to develop all sources of free thinking and distribute it via documents, and the cooperation among Arab States that guarantees the right of searching through documents to all those who need them.
We recall to mind that Arabcin has assured in its charter and in all its activities, that documents of all kinds participate actively in achieving the aims of our Arab Nation in its struggle for development and strengthening the rights of the Arabs in eradicating ignorance, backwardness, racism and Zionism. Thus, the permanent Bureau of Arab Document, affiliated to Arabcin, announced 17 October as Arab Document Day and distributed this announcement to all Arab countries and calls on all the Arab to work hard to preserve our Arab Document of all kind and form.

- First : Document is a treasure and a weapon
To work towards collecting and organizing all documents and making them available to serve Arab citizens and preserve them for coming generations. Arab Documents are important weapons for Arab generations. They are the main tool for preserving identity and securing it against all enemies attacks practiced by the common enemy of the Nation, namely the Zionist and allies.
- Second : Each individual has the right to look at the documents.
A big percentage of Arab citizens have been denied access to documents because of the inability to read them. Arab governments and institutions of the civil societies have the full responsibility of eradicating illiteracy among Arab citizens. Relevant institutions must work together to provide all needed means of knowledge to ensure that all citizens are able to read. The world today is facilitating the access of researchers and all who are concerned to look at documents. Thus, we are all responsible for boosting this task, to strengthen scientific research and refresh the memory of the Nation.
- Third : Libraries and the Role of Documents, Manuscripts and Information Centers.
Documents, Manuscripts, Libraries of all kinds public, national, academic and specialized, and Document Centers, all are civilized institutions with the role of collecting, preserving, organizing and providing Document and knowledge services to citizens. Therefore, we must give Information and Document Institutions special attention by providing the needed human forces, equipments and establishments. Well-qualified staff is able to provide users with needed archive and library services. These institutions must be available in all cities, towns, villages and remote places.
- Fourth : Legislations
All kinds of legislations, decree, laws, charters, standards, criteria, evidences, procedures, job description, etc. organizes the relations between the Arab reader and the role of documents, libraries and Information Centers. Therefore we must give it the deserved attention and continually renew it to serve the Arab Document, researchers and all who are interested.
- Fifth : Documents are essential for learning
To expand and comprehend Arab citizen understanding of the changes that is occurring around him, we must focus on the quality of the documents that we provide him with in the form of school and university textbooks and resources. We must therefore provide assistance to authors and publishers who try to provide Arab students at schools and universities, and educational institutions in general with the needed materials that serve the aims of the nation.
- Sixth : Information Technology
Libraries and Information Centers must all work according to Information Technologies, and to make the best use possible to facilitate the access of Arab citizens to documents by the easiest and quickest means.

Prepared by the late Mr. Yousef Qandil - Member of the Executive Bureau of Arabcin - Head of the Jordan Branch of Arabcin - Head of the Jordanian Libraries Society.