meet; those with whom we have a quarrel, we are ready, for the sake of Palestine, to sit with. Participants The participants in the meeting were recorded in a letter to the United Nations as follows: : King Hussein of Jordan : de facto Prime Minister Bahi Ladgham : President Ahmed Ben Bella : President Ibrahim Abboud : President Abdul Salam Arif : Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia (later King) Syria: President Amin al-Hafiz : President Gamal Abdel Nasser (technically President of the United Arab Republic) (North Yemen) President Abdullah as-Sallal : Prince Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah : President Charles Helou : King Idris of Libya : Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco : Ahmad Shukeiri A number of key Arab states had not yet achieved independence from Britain in 1964, and therefore their leaders did not participate in the conference: : Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa : Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman : Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani : Emirs of the Trucial States : Sultans of the Federation of South Arabia and the Protectorate of South Arabia Resolutions and effects On Palestine, Ahmad al-Shuqayri (1908–1988), a Palestinian diplomat and a former assistant secretary-general of the Arab League (1950–1956), was given a mandate to initiate contacts aimed at establishing a Palestinian entity, in which role he would eventually become first chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. On the military front, Cairo Radio announced that the leaders of the Arab League member states agreed to set up a unified military command, the United Arab Command, to be headed by an Egyptian lieutenant general, Ali Ali Amer, and with headquarters in Cairo. No mention of this new body was made in the official communiqué from the summit, although the secretary-general himself, Abdel Khalek Hassouna, had stated that certain adopted resolutions would remain secret. On the water diversion plan, all thirteen member states unanimously resolved to approve Nasser's proposal. The effect of the summit and the decisions taken there was to emasculate the Council of the Arab League and supersede it as the foremost decision-making body. Nasser discouraged Syria and Palestinian guerrillas from provoking the Israelis, conceding that he had no plans for war with Israel. During the summit, Nasser developed cordial relations with King Hussein, and ties were mended with the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Morocco. The summit was to be the first of many: