Cabinet holds weekly meeting

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani chaired the Cabinet s regular mee...

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting held on Wednesday morning at the Amiri Diwan.

At the outset of the meeting, His Excellency commended the outcomes of the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) held in Doha during the period of Nov. 4-6, under the chairmanship of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

The Cabinet affirmed that the summit, with its broad and high-level participation, rich discussions, diverse activities, practical solutions and proposals, and the visions, ideas, pledges and commitments included in the Doha Political Declaration - culminated during the summit, has marked a milestone in the course of social development across the globe, and has laid strong and solid foundations for global, comprehensive and sustainable social development.

The Cabinet expressed its gratitude to all the relevant ministries and state agencies, whose outstanding efforts had the greatest impact on the successful organization of the conference and its achievements.

After that, the Cabinet considered the topics on its agenda, as it approved a draft law issuing a unified system (law) for international land transport between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.