This international conference, embracing representatives of the Iraqi, British and American and many other peoples, drawn from all parts of society, declares that the crisis caused by the invasion and occupation of Iraq is the central problem in world politics today and demands urgent resolution.

It affirms that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was unlawful, in breach of the Charter of the United Nations and justified by the invading powers with lies designed to manipulate public opinion. It declares that the occupation of Iraq by US and British military forces has brought misery and suffering to the people of Iraq.

The occupation represents the denial of their national rights, impedes social, economic and political development and threatens the wider peace in the Middle East and the world. It has accounted for the loss of tens of thousands of lives of the Iraqi peoples, as well as more than 2,000 soldiers from the occupying armies.

This conference therefore demands an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq, as called for by the majority of the Iraqi, British and American peoples. It demands the withdrawal of the occupying military forces and the return of full sovereignty to the Iraqi people, who should be allowed to determine their own future free of external interference. We salute the struggle of the Iraqi people for national freedom and the worldwide movement against the war and the occupation. We pledge to step up our campaign against the occupation until it is ended.

To this end, we call on the anti-war movement in all countries to:

• Organise international demonstrations on March 18-19 2006, the third anniversary of the war and invasion, calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops and an end to the occupation.
  
  
• Campaign for a full international public inquiry into the assault on Fallujah last year.
  
  
• Give full support to the campaigns of military families in the US, Britain and the other occupying countries.
  
  
• Develop an international coordination from this conference to plan further events.
  
  
• Campaign against the privatisation of Iraqi oil.
  
  
• Oppose any attack on Iran or Syria.