by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
Cairo : The 49th meeting of the Committee of Senior Arab Officials on Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction started at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo on Wednesday.
The two-day meeting will discuss a number of issues, most notably the Arab move to activate and implement “Convening a Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The meeting comes in the wake of the recent action taken by the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on a draft resolution on “Convening a Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East”. If adopted, the UNGA would entrust the UN Secretary General with convening, no later than June 2019, a conference on establishing such a zone, to which all Middle Eastern countries will be invited.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit (right) meets OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen in Cairo, Egypt, 14 Aug 2018.
Cairo : Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit met here on Tuesday with Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed the latest developments on the issue of Palestine and the importance of coordinating efforts between the two organizations to support Palestinian positions.
Spokesman for the Arab League Secretary General Ambassador Mahmoud Afifi said, in a statement, that the meeting dealt with the most important issues and challenges, especially that all the Arab League member states are, at the same time, active members of the OIC. This is in addition to the overlapping of many areas within the work of the two organizations in the political, economic, social and cultural fields.
Afifi said that the meeting focused on the developments of the Palestinian issue and the importance of coordinating efforts to support Palestine’s positions on the international scene and to ensure the support of the largest number of countries for the just cause of Palestine. He added that the meeting also stressed the need to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to address its financial crisis and ensure continued funding for its operations.
The spokesman said the meeting further touched on the crises in the Arab region, pointing out that Aboul-Gheit and Al-Othaimeen emphasized the importance of working to strengthen the existing relationship between the two organizations to ensure effective action at the international level to achieve the interests of both Arab and Muslim nations in various fields.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business Summit, Events, Muslim World
Dammam : The stage is set for the 29th Arab League summit scheduled to start in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam next Sunday with a tight agenda covering several vital issues affecting the Arab world including the Iranian interference in the region, the Palestinian issue, the crises in Syria, Libya and Yemen and the fight against terrorism.
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has sent an official invitation to Doha to take part in the Arab summit. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman arrived in Dammam on Wednesday.
According to the Arab League’s bylaw, official invitation letters must be sent to all its member states. Final touches are being given to preparations for the summit. The cities of Dammam, Al-Khobar and Dhahran are being decorated to welcome Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and other Arab heads of states. Gates have been installed at various strategic locations and the cities are being beautified.
The traffic department has issued a traffic advisory for Saturday and Sunday. According to the advisory, all traffic will be closed on King Abdul Aziz Road which starts from King Abdul Aziz Port and leads to Abqaiq; Khobar-Dhahran Expressway that passes through Gulf Palace venue of the Summit; King Khalid Road in Al-Khobar; Prince Muhammad Road (Dammam-Dhahran Expressway connecting to Gulf Palace.) The traffic department has, however, kept Dammam-Khobar Freeway open. This road also leads to King Fahd International Airport in Dammam. The traffic department expects heavy congestion on this road and is taking strict measures to ensure a smooth flow of traffic. In view of the traffic advisory, most of the schools in the city will be closed on Sunday.
The Dammam Airport Company (DACO) has also issued an advisory to passengers to arrive four hours before the schedule departure of flights in view of traffic congestion and the arrival of foreign dignitaries. A delegation from the General Secretariat of the Arab League arrived Monday in Riyadh to take part in the preparatory meetings of the summit.
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by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World
Cairo : The Arab League (AL) has welcomed the reconciliation deal signed in Cairo between Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas.
In a statement on Thursday, the AL congratulated the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian factions and the Palestinian people for reaching the agreement that would end a decade of political rift between the two mainstream Palestinian factions, Xinhua news agency reported.
The reconciliation is the main guarantee for achieving the Palestinian goals of freedom, independence, ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent state within the border of 1967, according to the statement.
Earlier on Thursday, the two groups agreed on a complete handover of Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to the consensus government led by Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah by December 1.
Signed after two-day Egyptian-brokered talks, the agreement is considered as a resumption of a frozen reconciliation deal reached in the same city in 2011.
—IANS
