PRINCE FAHD BIN ABDULLAH PROPOSES DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Cairo,
25th October
2001,
PRINCE FAHD BIN ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMED AL SAUD, THE
ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION FOR CIVIL AVIATION AFFAIRS AND THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE ARAB ENVIRONMENT MINISTERIAL COUNCIL HAS
PROPOSED FORMATION OF AN ARAB HIGHER COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE
PRIME MINISTERS' LEVEL.
'THE ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERIAL COUNCIL SHOULD ACT AS THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF
THE ARAB HIGHER COUNCIL,' HE SAID.
PRINCE FAHD BIN ABDULLAH PUT UP THIS PROPOSAL IN A SPEECH DELIVERED HERE ON
WEDNESDAY AT A JOINT ARAB MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND
PLANNING TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DUE TO BE
HELD IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
PRINCE FAHD BIN ABDULLAH STRESSED THAT THE GOAL OF THE ARAB HIGHER COUNCIL WOULD
BE TO PROTECT ARAB ECONOMIC INTERESTS AT THE SUMMIT.
