IFPE Participate in IUPDA in Tunis

IFPE Participate in IUPDA in Tunis

The International Union and Professionals Defense Association holds its first conference in Tunis

The International Committee for the Defense of Palestinian Syndicates and Professionals held its first conference in Tunis under the title: “The Palestinian Syndical and Professional Reality between Occupation Violations and Refugee Challenges”.

Thus, throughout the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth of September 2019, the International Organization for the Defense of Palestinian Trade Unionists and Professionals held in Tunis, under the generous patronage of the Tunisian Federation of Agriculture and Fishing and the Deanship of Tunisian Engineers, and in cooperation with the International Association of Palestinian Professional Institutions and Associations, and in cooperation with the International Association of Palestinian Professional Institutions and Associations, its first trade union conference in the presence of representatives from Arab and international federations and unions and it has included speeches, seminars, and workshops as well as artistic, folkloric and heritage exhibitions and exhibitions.

Opening:

The opening ceremony began with the Tunisian and Palestinian national anthems, followed by a number of words interspersed with two artistic paragraphs by the artist Abdel Fattah Owainat and Amer Al-Ashqar, while the artist Salim Assi, with his brush, painted a painting that expressed the depth of the relationship and interdependence between Tunisia and Palestine.

The words reviewed the rationale for the establishment of the authority and the need for it at this time and indicated the most prominent achievements of the authority through a speech by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Engineer Osama al-Khuraiji, in which he listed the beginnings and the first emergence and presented the most prominent achievements, highlighting its present and anticipating its future.

In his speech, Dr. Abdul Majeed Al-Zar focused on the suffering of the Palestinian trade unionist and professional, demanding that he be treated like an Arab unionist and professional in his country at work, mobility and ownership, promising support and support in this field.

In the same context, the head of the International Association of Palestinian Institutions and Professional Associations, Mr. Adel Abdullah, stressed in his speech the strengthening of cooperation, coordination and networking with similar local, Arab and international trade union frameworks, considering the Commission as a bridge for that, praising the Tunisian role through the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing, the Deanship of Tunisian Engineers and all frameworks in Insisting on holding the conference, exerting all efforts and overcoming all obstacles to make it a success, praising all the unions participating in the founding and newly established and welcoming all new developments, which constitute a value and a qualitative addition to the initiative of the International Assembly of Palestinian Professional Institutions and Associations in launching the International Committee for the Defense of Palestinian Trade Unionists and Professionals.

The official Palestinian side attended through the representative of the Palestinian ambassador to Tunisia who spoke about the importance of trade unionism and its role in the Palestinian national movement since the Nakba until now, and thanked Tunisia, its people and its unions.

As for the European trade unions, they were present in the opening speeches, where Louis Blanco, Secretary of the Catalan Alternative Syndicates, reviewed the suffering of Palestinian trade unionists and professionals in general and the Gaza Strip in particular, considering the Gaza Strip the largest prison in the world, calling for breaking the siege and lifting restrictions on it.

Seminars, workshops and working papers.

The seminars, workshops, and working papers dealt with developments and developments in the conditions of Palestinian trade unionists and professionals through reports that were monitored in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

It also included initiatives, the most important of which is the necessity of treating the Palestinian refugee just as the Arab citizen in his country treats what is positively reflected in the life and livelihood of the Palestinian trade unionist and professional. This came through papers and interventions by the Palestinian Doctors Syndicate, Dr. Shawqi Subha, and the former Jordanian Teachers Syndicate, Dr. Husam Misha and the President of the Forum Palestinian-Lebanese businessmen Tariq Akawi and Eng. Ibrahim Abu Thuraya, President of the International Society of Palestinian Engineers.

Regarding a media symposium that included most of the Arab and international trade union spectrum, with the participation of Kuwait, like the head of the Workers Union at the Ministry of Education, Mr. Saleh Al-Azmi, and Algeria, with an intervention presented by Professor Abdel Karim Boujnah, National Secretary of the Education Syndicate and Morocco through Eng. Muhammad Issa and Lebanon. The seminar was run by Engineer Mugheer Sinjaba And Germany in a review of the achievements of the International Association of Palestinian Professional Institutions and Associations in all its groupings and specializations through a paper by Dr. Munther Ragab, member of the administrative board of the association and former president of the Palestinian Doctors Association in Europe and Spain through Mrs. Assumpta Sandra, Secretary General and Official Spokesperson of the Catalan Alternative Syndicates and Mauritania through Dr. Muhammad al-Mustafa, head of the Syndicate of Doctors Al-Tooth in an intervention focused on the required and desired role on the Arab and international levels to support and support Palestinian trade unionists and professionals.

In parallel, four workshops were held for doctors, engineers, teachers and lawyers, in which the attendees discussed a number of initiatives and projects that could be completed to serve the Palestinian trade unionists and professionals, and they made clear recommendations in this regard.

The conference was distinguished by the expansion of the Commission’s work by joining new members in line with its vision of increasing the number of its members and mobilizing the largest possible number of Arab and international federations and unions to defend Palestinian trade unionists and professionals all over the world.

The meeting decided to continue work and strive hard to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian trade unionists and professionals and to achieve their civil, social and economic rights in accordance with the laws and relevant decisions.

Signing protocols:

During the conference, a number of agreements and protocols were signed for joint cooperation between a number of Palestinian trade union frameworks and their Arab and international counterparts that would pursue coordination and networking to serve the Palestinian community and its trade union and labor groups.

Honoring

In conclusion, the conference witnessed a paragraph honoring all the committees working to make the conference a success and a number of Palestinian, Arab and international trade unions that had a contribution to support and support unionists