The pan-Arab unity conference, which has been scheduled and re-scheduled, postponed and delayed for more than a year is now slated to open in Alexandria on September 25, it was officially announced here today.
Iraq, which had been reported as unwilling to attend, will be represented by Nuri as Said, its foreign minister. The composition of the Palestine delegation has not yet been decided upon because of the failure of the various Arab parties there to agree on a unified delegation.
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