GCC MINISTERIAL COUNCIL CONGRATULATES PREMIER ON UN AWARD
JEDDA, JULY 5 (BNA) -- A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE GCC MINISTERIAL COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS 103RD SESSION, HELD IN THE SAUDI CITY OF JEDDA TODAY, EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA.
THESE CONGRATULATIONS WERE OFFERED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS PRESENTATION WITH THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN GENEVA LAST MONDAY BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON.
THE COUNCIL ALSO EXPRESSED UNANIMOUS BACK-UP FOR BAHRAINS CANDIDATURE TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE.
THE COUNCIL ALSO DISCUSSED THE KINGDOMS PROPOSAL SEEKING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GCC CENTER FOR JOINT CONFRONTATION OF DISASTERS.
AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS, THE COUNCIL LOOKED INTO THE JOINT GCC COOPERATION MARCH, NOTABLY IN WHAT PERTAINED TO POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, IT, ECONOMIC ISSUES, GCC COOPERATION WITH OTHER BLOCS, USE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES, ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, MUNICIPAL, SPORTS AND YOUTH ISSUES.
ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL, THE COUNCIL REVIEWED THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION, MAINLY IN PALESTINE, IRAQ, LEBANON, SOMALIA AND DARFUR IN ADDITION TO TEHRANS NUCLEAR DOSSIER.
BAHRAINS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION WAS HEADED BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA.
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THESE CONGRATULATIONS WERE OFFERED ON THE OCCASION OF HIS PRESENTATION WITH THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN GENEVA LAST MONDAY BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON.
THE COUNCIL ALSO EXPRESSED UNANIMOUS BACK-UP FOR BAHRAINS CANDIDATURE TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE.
THE COUNCIL ALSO DISCUSSED THE KINGDOMS PROPOSAL SEEKING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GCC CENTER FOR JOINT CONFRONTATION OF DISASTERS.
AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS, THE COUNCIL LOOKED INTO THE JOINT GCC COOPERATION MARCH, NOTABLY IN WHAT PERTAINED TO POST, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, IT, ECONOMIC ISSUES, GCC COOPERATION WITH OTHER BLOCS, USE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES, ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, MUNICIPAL, SPORTS AND YOUTH ISSUES.
ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL, THE COUNCIL REVIEWED THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION, MAINLY IN PALESTINE, IRAQ, LEBANON, SOMALIA AND DARFUR IN ADDITION TO TEHRANS NUCLEAR DOSSIER.
BAHRAINS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION WAS HEADED BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SHAIKH KHALID BIN AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA.
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