MONOCULTURE – OSPAAAL and Tricontinental
scan: (c) M HKA, Published by Permanent Secretariat of AAPSO
Documents of the IXth Council of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation, Tripoli-Libya, 9-11 November 1970, 1970
The Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO) is an international organisation dedicated to the ideals of solidarity for the peoples of Africa and Asia, the defence of sovereignty against racist and neocolonial policies, and the promotion of national culture and economic independence. It was founded at a conference held in Cairo held from December 1957 to January 1958. The IX Council Session in Tripoli was one of the largest meetings with 55 Afro-Asian member organisations participating and Observer delegations from socialist countries and other friendly international organisations being present. The session formed a militant line on intensifying 'people’s struggle against imperialism'. The session was inaugurated by Abdel Salam Jalloud, Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya and the closing session was addressed by Muammar Gaddafi (its Chairman), followed by the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat.