The Syrian–Palestinian Congress , also known as the Syria-Palestine Congress or the Syro-Palestinian Congress was an organisation founded on 25 August 1921 in Geneva by a group of Syrian and Palestinian exiles under the auspices of the Syrian Unity Party . The main aim of the congress was to try to influence the terms of the proposed League of Nations mandate over the region. It was one of a number of congresses held by Arab nationists following the Arab Congress of 1913 .
3-581: The formation of the congress followed the July 1919 " Pan-Syrian " Syrian National Congress . The addition of Palestine to the name followed the Franco-British boundary agreement of December 1920 which formally defined the territory of Palestine out of the region viewed by the Pan-Syrian nationalists as Greater Syria . On 21 September, after twenty-six days of discussion, the joint congress issued
6-536: A public statement to the League of Nations demanding: 1) Recognition of the independence and national rule (al-Sultan al-Qawmi) of Syria, Lebanon and Palestine 2) Recognition of the right of these countries to unite in the framework of a civilian government, responsible to a parliament elected by the people, and in association with the other Arab lands; 3) Immediate annulment of the Mandate; 4) The departure of
9-749: The French and British forces from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine; 5) The annulment of the Balfour Declaration . + These three delegates traveled to Geneva from London, where they were part of a delegation authorized by the Fourth congress of the Palestine Arab Congress . Pan-Syrianism Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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