In Our Own Affairs::
BADIL General Assembly Convened
Intensive
efforts over the past year, aimed at formalizing the relationship
between BADIL's professional team and our activist BADIL Friends
Forum, have finally resulted in the convening of the first BADIL
General Assembly on 10 March 2000. We consider the General Assembly
to be step which we consider a great step forward towards the
democratization of our Palestinian institutions. BADIL's General
Assembly, convened according to the new Palestinian NGO law issued
in January 2000, was held at the Youth Activity Center in the 'Aida
refugee camp, Bethlehem, Forty-two (from among 57) members active
in West Bank refugee camp organizations and Palestinian
institutions attended the General Assembly.
The meeting was presided over by the Bethlehem Interior Ministry's Supervisory Committee composed of George Hazboun (head), Ghazi Gheith (legal advisor), Muhammad al-Lahham (PLO Refugee Department), and Issa Qaraqe' (Palestinian Prisoners' Club). Among the guests of our first General Assembly meeting were Jamal Shati/ PLC Refugee Subcommittee and Hussam Khader/PLC, as well as representatives of the Union of Youth Activitiy Centers, 'Aida camp organizations and Oxfam UK. BADIL's General Assembly approved our 1999 activity and financial report, re-confirmed BADIL's auditor in his position, and elected BADIL's new Board of Advisors and Comptrol Committee.
Elected BADIL Board
members
Dr. Nayef Jarrad, Political
Advisor/PNC-West Bank,Tulkarem
Adnan Ajarmeh, Union of Youth Activity Centers, 'Aida camp/
Bethlehem Tayseer Nasrallah, Yafa Cultural Center, Balata
camp/Nablus Faisal Salameh, PLO Popular Service Committees,
Tulkarem camp Salem Abu Hawwash, Actvist, Doura/Hebron Ahmad
Ass'ad, Head/Palestinian National Institutions-Toubas; Al-Far'ah
camp/Nablus Afif Ghatashe, Union of Youth Activity Centers, Fawwar
camp/Hebron Bassam Abu 'Aker, Youth Activity Center, 'Aida camp/
Bethlehem Dr. Adnan Shehadeh, Union of Youth Activity
Centers,'Arroub camp/ Hebron
Elected members of BADIL's Comptrol
Committee
Rajeh al-Til, Activist, Dahriyyah/Hebron
Samir 'Odeh, Youth Activity Center, 'Aida camp/Bethlehem Wissal
al-Salem, Head/Women's Activity Center, Nur Shams camp/Tulkarem
In solidarity - and until the return of our Palestinian
refugees, BADIL Resource CenteR