UN HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THANKS PREMIER FOR HIS LAUNCHED AWARD
GENEVA, JULY 4 (BNA) --UN-HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNA TIBAIJUKA THANKED PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA FOR LAUNCHING AN ANNUAL AWARD FOR BEST RESEARCH ON HUMAN HABITAT ISSUES.
THE LAUNCH OF THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE PREMIERS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AS HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD IN A GLITTERING CEREMONY HELD FOR THE PURPOSE IN GENEVA LAST MONDAY .
THIS CAME AS THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH TIBAIJUKA AT HIS RESIDENCE IN GENEVA TODAY DURING WHICH HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD, WOULD BE UNVEILED AT THE ORGANIZATIONS NEXT MEETING IN NANJING, CHINA.
MEANWHILE, SHAIKH KHALIFA PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF THE UN, ITS BODIES AND PROGRAMMES IN ENHANCING GLOBAL SECURITY AND PEACE, FIGHTING POVERTY AND WORKING ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE PREMIER WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE UN-HABITATS PLANS AND PROGRAMMES.
ON HER PART, TIBAIJUKA SAID BAHRAIN WOULD PROBABLY BECOME, ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, THE WORLDS FIRST COUNTRY IN TERMS OF URBAN AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AS THE SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD WOULD BE A CATALYST FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
THE ASSESSMENT OF BAHRAINS ACHIEVEMENTS HAS BEEN DONE BY DIFFERENT SIDES WHICH ALL AGREED THAT THE KINGDOM HAD SUCCEEDED IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MANIFESTED IN THE PROVISION OF NEEDED SERVICES AND DECENT HABITATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED SOCIAL SECTIONS, TIBAIJUKA NOTED.
SHE ALSO AFFIRMED THAT BAHRAIN HAD MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UN MILLENNIUM GOALS.
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04-JUL-2007
17:38
THE LAUNCH OF THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE PREMIERS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AS HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN-HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD IN A GLITTERING CEREMONY HELD FOR THE PURPOSE IN GENEVA LAST MONDAY .
THIS CAME AS THE PRIME MINISTER MET WITH TIBAIJUKA AT HIS RESIDENCE IN GENEVA TODAY DURING WHICH HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD, WOULD BE UNVEILED AT THE ORGANIZATIONS NEXT MEETING IN NANJING, CHINA.
MEANWHILE, SHAIKH KHALIFA PRAISED THE EFFORTS OF THE UN, ITS BODIES AND PROGRAMMES IN ENHANCING GLOBAL SECURITY AND PEACE, FIGHTING POVERTY AND WORKING ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE PREMIER WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE UN-HABITATS PLANS AND PROGRAMMES.
ON HER PART, TIBAIJUKA SAID BAHRAIN WOULD PROBABLY BECOME, ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, THE WORLDS FIRST COUNTRY IN TERMS OF URBAN AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AS THE SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD WOULD BE A CATALYST FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
THE ASSESSMENT OF BAHRAINS ACHIEVEMENTS HAS BEEN DONE BY DIFFERENT SIDES WHICH ALL AGREED THAT THE KINGDOM HAD SUCCEEDED IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE URBAN AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MANIFESTED IN THE PROVISION OF NEEDED SERVICES AND DECENT HABITATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED SOCIAL SECTIONS, TIBAIJUKA NOTED.
SHE ALSO AFFIRMED THAT BAHRAIN HAD MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UN MILLENNIUM GOALS.
MTQ
04-JUL-2007
17:38
