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Communique
of Second General Assembly
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Second
General Assembly
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Hereinafter
are the main points included
in the second general assembly
of the communiqu� of Arab
Club for Information :
Second (Arabcin) general
assembly was held in Damascus
on 17/10/2001, it coincided
with the first anniversary
of Arab Document Day, which
was first proposed by both
the National Information
Center (NICE) and (Arabcin),
and approved by specialized
Arab and national authorities
(Arab Organization for Education,
Culture and Science (ALESCO);
together with regional branch
of International Council
for Archives). To this end
it became a formal Arab
Day to be annually celebrated.
In this connection, numbers
of activities were held
by both (NICE & Arabcin),
such as the first scientific
symposium which discussed
Arab document, present and
future.
The assembly discussed a
number of subjects, related
to future work and activities,
as follows:
A- Proposal for
the amendment of Arabcin
statute, and ratified the
proposed draft.
B- Arabcin's Executive
Bureau report, which concern
activities carried out by
the Club between (25/10/1998
- 17/10/2001). The conferees
reviewed the following;
1-the Club's achievements
in the field of information,
specially the issuing of
quadri-lingual magazine
Areen (Arabic, English,
French and Spanish), and
(Arabia 3000) the Club's
theoretic magazine.
2- The establishing of a
site for the Club on the
Internet, and another one
for Arab Document Day.
3- The Executive Bureau's
organizational task, how
the Club expanded during
the last three years to
include (110) institutions
and centers from most of
the Arab states; and the
formation of branches for
the Club in many Arab States.
4- The Club's training activities;
two training courses in
the construction and use
of thesauri (12-24/6/1999)
and preserving of documents
(21-31/10/2000) were achieved.
The Club also participated
in the organization and
completion of a third training
course in the field of agricultural
information and documentation
(13-16/9/1999).
5- The report also referred
to the (15) Arab courses
that the Club participated
in; and which the Club had
presented important seminars.
6- Studies issued by the
Club during the mentioned
period, and the establishment
of the Club's institutions
(Arab Studies and Research
Center; Arab Bibliographical
Center; Arab Information
Institute; and the Arab
Institution for ICT).
In the end, the Assembly
listened to the comments
made by the members of the
Executive Bureau relating
to the Club's efforts in
the building and development
of the staff; the preparation
and the steps taken towards
the construction of Club
premises and equipment,
along with the construction
of co-operative relations
with other Arab, regional
and international Clubs
and organizations.
The assembly approved the
executive report.
C- The Assembly
discussed the work-plan
proposed by the executive
Bureau for the year 2002
including financial, organizational,
documentation and information
related issues. Also included
in the work-plan is the
information and technology,
seminars and training, the
Document Exhibition, ways
to further re-strengthen
Arab relations. The Assembly
approved and passed the
work-plan.
At the final session the
conferees elected Club's
central Council; the latter
concluded a meeting where
it elected the new executive
Bureau, then the executive
Bureau met and distributed
tasks as follows:
" Dr. Abdel Majid Al
Rifai, head of NICE - Head
" Dr. Abu Al Saud Ibrahim,
Al-Ahram newspaper asst.
editor in chief, and head
of Al-Ahram Information
Center - 1st deputy of the
head
" Dr. Abdulla Reyes, director
of Archives and Information
Center, U.A.E. 2nd deputy
of the head
" Dr. Hassana Muhy Eddin,
consultant to the head of
Lebanese University for
Information affairs - Member
" Eng. Mongi Miled, director
of Information Center, Tunisia
- Member
The assembly
approved a number of recommendations
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1st : for Official
Institutions:
1- Call for organizing or
re-organization of national
archives in Arab countries,
according to scientific
methods, to preserve them,
and facilitate their use
and management to try to
use the best methodologies
& technology available for
this purpose.
2- Stressing the necessity
to preserve Arab document,
publication and adopting
effective protective acts
and regulations.
3- Call for the establishment
of specialized documentation
and information centers,
to be concerned with the
collection, analysis, regulation
and preservation of documents
in each Arab state, and
in the economical, social,
scientific and cultural
fields.
4- Call for educational
institutions to adopt the
teaching of archives, documentation,
library and information
issues as part of their
educational curricula.
5- Call for the establishment
of Arab institutes specialized
in the field of archives,
documentation, library and
information, according to
modern bases and technologies,
for training of the staff
and promoting cooperation
between Arab scientific
institutes, for the best
use of available resources.
6- To send letters to Arab
heads of states, asking
them to support the reached
results and recommendations
of this assembly, serving
by this support Arab document,
convincing them that these
achievements will help to
preserve the identity and
memory of the Arab nation.
7- Necessity of coordination
with reliable international
organizations to retrieve
our Arab Palestinian and
Jerusalem documents, held
and confiscated by Israel,
and to support Palestinian
bodies working in this context.
2nd, Recommendations
to documentation, Archives,
Information and library
Centers:
1- To activate translation
and composition in the realm
of documentation and information,
extending them to include
the wider spectrum of books,
studies, and specialized
researches in this context.
2- Providing Arab documentalists
with necessary working tools,
through the preparation
and publication of specialized
thesauri, along with other
basic means that facilitate
their work in the field
of documentation and document
tangible analysis.
3- Calling on documentation
and information institutions
in both public and private
sectors to exchange information
and activate documentary,
archival and information
practices all over the Arab
world.
Third General Recommendations:
1- Unification of Arab efforts
in the field of demanding
the documents concerning
Arab countries.
2- Calling Arab bodies (officials
or non-officials) to use
modern technologies for
identifying Arab documents
and building an Arab Data
Net for the documentation
of all fields of information
and putting them in the
service of all users.
3- To issue a unified dictionary
for the terminologies of
documentation, Archives,
information and libraries,
and authorize the Arabcin
to do this in cooperation
with concerned Arab bodies.
4- Stressing on the use
of Arabic language concerning
researches, documentary
studies and producing information
means which help documentation
experts
5- Promoting the creation
of cultural programs, exhibitions,
seminars and competitions
regarding documentation
and documents, and regulating
them in a proper scientific
way.
6- The necessity to retrieve
of Arab documents from all
over the world or at least
getting a copy of them.
7- Promoting copyright laws
in the Arab world and suggesting
proper rules to protect
the rights of inventors
in all fields.
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agenda
of arabcin
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Second
General
Assembly
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Agenda
of Arabcin's Second General
Assembly 17/10/2002
Arabcin held on 17/10/2001
the Second General Assembly
headed by Dr. Abdel Majid
Al Rifai, Head of the Executive
Bureau. The agenda discussed
during the Assembly:
Determining the names of
permanent members of the
Assembly. Reading reports
presented by the previous
Executive Bureau to the
Assembly.
Electing the Central Bureau
of Arabcin.
Electing the Executive Bureau
of Arabcin.
Determining the names of
permanent members of Arabcin
was as follows:
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Dr.
Abdel Majid Al Rifai
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Syria
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Executive
Bureau
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Abou Soud Ibrahim
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Egypt
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Executive
Bureau
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Dr.
Hassana Muhy Eddin
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Lebanon
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Executive
Bureau
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Bahaa
Abdel Kader Ibrahimi
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Kuwait
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Executive
Bureau
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Mongi
Milad
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Tunisia
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Executive
Bureau
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Bashar
Abbas
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Syria
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Executive
Bureau
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Riad
Husaian
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Syria
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Administrative Bureau/ Syria
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Dr. Suheil Malathi
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Syria
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Administrative
Bureau/ Syria
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Imad
Abou Eid
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Jordan
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Administrative
Bureau/ Jordan
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Khuzeima
Sharaf
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Jordan
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Administrative
Bureau/ Jordan
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Dina
Sukar
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Lebanon
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Administrative
Bureau/ Lebanon
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Ibrahim
issa
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Lebanon
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Administrative
Bureau/ Lebanon
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Mustafa
Bidewi
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Libya
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Administrative
Bureau/ Libya
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Ramadan
Abou Khoutwa
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Libya
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Administrative
Bureau/ Libya
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Dr.
Mohamed Fathi Abdel
Hadi
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Egypt
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Administrative
Bureau/ Egypt
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Dr.
Kawther Al Laithi
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Egypt
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Administrative
Bureau/ Libya
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Frial
Al Freih
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Kuwait
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Administrative
Bureau/ Kuwait
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Ahmad
Imran
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Kuwait
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Administrative Bureau/ Kuwait
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Ali bin Suleiman Al Sueine
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Saudi Arabia
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Representative
of Saudi Institutions��
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Rabeh
Allahum
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Algeria
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Representative
of Algerian institutions
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Al
Kabir Bitiwa
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Morocco
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Representative
of Moroccan institutions
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Dr.
Abdulla K. Al Reyes
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Emirates
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Representative
of Emirates institutions
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Dr.
Amer Kandilgi
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Iraq
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Representative
of Iraqi institutions
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Munir
Abdel Aziz Al Ugaizi
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Sudan
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Representative
of Sudanese institutions
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Samir
Al Ashi
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Tunisia
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Representative
of Tunisian institutions
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The following reports was
read and discussed:
" A draft for amending the
Arab Club for Information
Statute.
" Report of the Executive
Bureau presented in the
Second General Assembly.
" The annual work-plan of
Arabcin for the year 2002.
" The recommendations of
the first scientific seminar
on Arab document.
" The main points on the
communiqu�.
Egypt:
Abou Soud Ibrahim
Dr. Mohamad Fathi Abdel
Hadi.
Emirates:
Dr. Abdulla Abdel Karim
Al Reyes Iraq:
Dr. Amer Kandilgi
Jordan:
Imad Abou Eid
Kuwait:
Frial Al Freih
Lebanon: Dr. Hassan Muhy
Eddin.
Dina Sukar.
Sudan:
Dr. Munir Abdel Aziz Al
Ugaizi
Saudi Arabia:
Ali Sueine
Syria:
Dr. Abdel Majid Al Rifai.
Bashar Abbas.
Riad Husaian
Tunisia
Mongi Milad
Samir Al Ashi
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Publications
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Areen
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Arabcin's
monthly magazine.
concerned with the
activities
of documentation,
archives
and Information
sciences in general
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Publications
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Arabia
3000
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Scientific,
quarterly magazine,
specialized in library,
archives and information
sciences more..
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