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THE YEAR THAT WAS
1993
Introduction
This summarises the activities of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, (PASSIA) During the year 1993, It begins with a review of each publication released as part of the PASSIA Research Studies Programme, although the themes of each 1993. Of the four publications, two are concerned exclusively with Jerusalem, although the themes of each are very different, the third is on legal and land issues; and the fourth is an information paper on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip/
The second section deals with PASSIA meetings held throughout 1993. This year there were almost 40 meetings covering all topics relegated to the Palestine question, including the key issues of security, economy and future democracy? Many of their meetings were arranged at very short notice in order to keep up with the rapidity of developments.
PASSIA initiated two new projects this year: “Program on Democracy” which will involve workshop presentation and publication of five papers on different topics related to the process of democratization, and “A Review of Literature on Economic Co-operation and Integration in the Middle East” Both of these projects will be summarized here.
As always, Jerusalem was a main subject and PASSIA began a series of meetings, which will continue throughout 1994, concerned exclusively with the relations of the three monotheistic faiths. This involved inviting representatives of Islam, Judaism and Christianity to come together and discuss their differences and concerns over the city of Jerusalem. Other issues were also addressed and this part of the report concluded with a summary of steps taken towards forming a Jerusalem National Council.
The series of seminars: Education and Training in International Affairs” which was begun in 1992 continued, and in April and November/December respectively the second and third parts of the course were held. These were on the subjects of Strategic Studies and Security and the European Community and the Middle East.
Other items included are a review of the PASSIA desk diary and a list of conferences in which PASSIA desk diary and a list of conferences in which PASSIA participated or was invited. In the appendices are details of the Board of Trustees, PASSIA Administration, a full list of PASSIA publications since 1987 and a list of journals and periodicals available in the PASSIA library.
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