Today, the capital, Baghdad, hosted the work of the Seventh International Conference of the Union of Arab Jurists, which is being held under the patronage of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, under the slogan (Towards a renaissance Arab human rights strategy to confront national security challenges), with Arab participation. The President of the Union of Iraqi Jurists and Assistant Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Jurists, Dr. Muhammad Noman Al-Dawoodi, delivered a speech at the conference in which he welcomed the Arab guests, stressing that 'the conference is being held in sensitive and delicate circumstances, especially in light of the continuing Zionist aggression against our people in Palestine (Gaza), which resulted in the displacement of more than one and a half million residents of Gaza, which prompted the UN Security Council to issue a decision to stop the fighting.' Al-Dawoodi added, "This places it upon us, as jurists, to document the crimes committed by the Zionist aggression against our Arab people in Gaza." He pointed out, "Our Iraq has overcome many crises and is proceeding to play its important geopolitical role, in addition to fighting corruption and drugs. It is worthy of shouldering the responsibilities placed on it, including hosting this conference. We also have every confidence and hope that the headquarters of the Union of Jurists will return to Baghdad after more than thirty years.' For his part, Bashir Al-Khandoush from Tunisia stressed in his speech on behalf of the President of the Union of Arab Jurists, Shabib Al-Maliki, 'that the conference is being held under extremely delicate circumstances, as the Zionist enemy is committing the most heinous massacres against the Palestinian people and preventing them from obtaining their legitimate rights represented by establishing their state with its capital, Al-Quds Al-Sharif.' Ali Damour, Secretary General of the Union of Arab Jurists, said: We thank this authentic country, Iraq, for holding this conference, expressing his hop e that everyone will vote for the return of the headquarters of the Union of Arab Jurists in Baghdad after a long absence. Source: National Iraqi News Agency