1921 - Syro-Palestinian Interim Conference in Geneva 02

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 Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...

by a group of Syrian and

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

exiles under the auspices of the

Syrian Unity Party The Syrian Unity party was set up by Syrian emigres in Cairo at the end of 1918. Its founders included signatories to the memorandum that resulted in the Declaration to the Seven and persons previously connected with the Ottoman Party for Administ ...

. The main aim of the congress was to try to influence the terms of the proposed

League of Nations mandate A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for adminis ...

over the region. It was one of a number of congresses held by Arab nationists following the

Arab Congress of 1913 The Arab Congress of 1913 (also known as the "Arab National Congress," "First Palestinian Conference," the "First Arab Congress," and the "Arab-Syrian Congress") met in a hall of the French Geographical Society (Société de Géographie) at 184 Bo ...

. The formation of the congress followed the July 1919 "

Pan-Syrian Syria ( Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Ot ...

Syrian National Congress The Syrian National Congress, also called the Pan-Syrian Congress and General Syrian Congress (GSC), was convened in May 1919 in Damascus, Syria, after the expulsion of the Ottomans from Syria. The mission of the Congress was to consider the f ...

. 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

nationalists as

Greater Syria Syria ( Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other ...

. On 21 September, after twenty-six days of discussion, the joint congress issued a public statement to the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide Intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by ...

demanding:

Participants

* Michel Lotfallah (President) *

Rashid Rida Muḥammad Rashīd ibn ʿAlī Riḍā ibn Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Munlā ʿAlī Khalīfa (23 September 1865 or 18 October 1865 – 22 August 1935 CE/ 1282 - 1354 AH), widely known as Sayyid Rashid Rida ( ar, � ...

(Vice President) * +Haj Toufic Hammad (Vice President) * Emir

Shakib Arslan Shakib Arslan ( ar, شكيب أرسلان, 25 December 1869 – 9 December 1946) was a Druze prince (amir) in Lebanon who was known as ' (Arabic for "Prince of Eloquence") because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential writ ...

(Secretary General) * Toufic El-Yazigi (Assistant Secretary General) * Wahba El-Issa *

Riad El-Solh Riad Reda Al Solh ( ar, رياض الصلح; 17 August 1894 – 17 July 1951) was the first prime minister of Lebanon after the country's independence.Salah Ezzeddine Salah Ezzedine (born in 1962 in South Lebanon) is a Lebanese businessman who is accused of running a pyramid scheme. He had supposed investments in oil, publishing, metals and television, and his businesses spread out from the Gulf to Africa. He w ...

* +Shibli El-Jamal * Ihsan El-Jabri * George Youssef Salem * Taan Al-Imad * +Amin Bey Al-Tamimi * Najib Choucair * Toufic Fayed * Suleiman Kanaan *

Shukri al-Quwatli Shukri al-Quwatli ( ar, شكري القوّتلي, Shukrī al-Quwwatlī; 6 May 189130 June 1967) was the first president of post-independence Syria. He began his career as a dissident working towards the independence and unity of the Ottoman Em ...

Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar ( ar, عبد الرحمن الشهبندر; ALA-LC: ''‘Abd al-Raḥman al-Shahbandar''; November 1879 – July 1940) was a prominent Syrian nationalist during the French Mandate of Syria and a leading opponent of compr ...

+ 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 The Palestine Arab Congress was a series of congresses held by the Palestinian Arab population, organized by a nationwide network of local Muslim-Christian Associations, in the British Mandate of Palestine. Between 1919 and 1928, seven congresses ...

External references

The Ideas of Amir Shakib Arslan: Before and After the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Mahmoud Haddad

* [http://www.eltaher.org/docs_photos/1921-Syro-and-Lebanese-Palestinian-Congress-Meeting-in-Geneva-image588_en.html Photograph of the Syro-Palestinian Congress meeting in Geneva from August 25 to September 21, 1921]
Congrès Syrio-Palestinien: (Genève 25 août - 21 sept. 1921): Appel adressé à la 2me Assemblée générale de la Société des Nations

Syrians Present Grievances to the League, New York Times, August 31 1922

List of signatories

References

Bibliography

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Syrian-Palestinian Congress 1921 in Mandatory Syria 1921 in Mandatory Palestine