THE KING SAID "IN SUDAN, THE ARAB MEEKNESS HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN ITS AFFAIRS. IN SOMALIA, A CIVIL WAR ENDS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ANOTHER CIVIL WAR, ALL THAT TAKES PLACE WHILE WE ARE UNABLE TO EXTEND HELP TO OUR BROTHERS. THE QUESTION IS THIS: WHAT DID WE DO IN THESE YEARS TO RESOLVE ALL THESE? I DON'T WANT TO BLAME THE ARAB LEAGUE BECAUSE THE ARAB LEAGUE REFLECTS OUR REAL SITUATION, SO THE BLAME SHOULD FALL ON US: WE - THE LEADERS OF THE ARAB NATION, OUR PERMANENT DIFFERENCES, AND OUR REFUSAL TO GO ON THE PATH OF UNITY, ALL THAT HAS MADE THE NATION LOOSE ITS CONFIDENCE IN OUR CREDIBILITY AS WELL AS HOPE TODAY AND TOMORROW. HONORABLE BROTHERS: DISUNITY IS NOT OUR FATE, AND BACKWARDNESS IS ALSO NOT OUR FATE, ALMIGHTY ALLAH HAS BESTOWED DIGNITY ON US AS WELL AS BRAINS THAT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD, AND CONSCIENCE THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. IT IS HIGH TIME FOR US TO LIBERATE OUR MINDS FROM FEARS, AND TO EXCHANGE BONDS OF LOVE AND GOODNESS. DESPITE THE CAUSES OF DESPAIR, YET I DO FEEL HOPEFUL, AND DESPITE THE CAUSES OF PESSIMISM, YET I DO FEEL OPTIMISTIC, AND DESPITE THE DIFFICULTY, I LOOK FORWARD FOR EASE. THE FIRST STEP ON THE PATH OF SALVATION IS THE RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES AND IN EACH OTHER. IF CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED, THEN IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY CREDIBILITY, AND IF CREDIBILITY IS RESTORED THEN THE WINDS OF HOPE WILL BLOW, AND THEN WE WILL NEVER ALLOW ANY FORCES FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION TO DRAW THE FUTURE OF THE REGION, AND NO BANNER WILL BE HOISTED IN THE ARAB LAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BANNER OF ARABISM. BROTHERS: I CALL ON YOU, AND URGE ON MYSELF TO HAVE A NEW BEGINNING WHICH UNITES OUR HEARTS AND RANKS. I CALL YOU TO A MARCH WHICH DOESN'T STOP EXCEPT AFTER REALIZING THE HOPES OF THE NATION IN UNITY, DIGNITY, PROSPERITY, AND THAT WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT FOR ALMIGHTY ALLAH AND FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE FAITHFUL MEN. THEN, KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ ASKED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE TO PRESENT HIS REPORT.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/436315