Qatar participates in FAO conference in Rome
Qatar took part in the 39th session of FAO conference, which opened yesterday in Rome and lasts until June 13.
HE the Minister of Environment Ahmed Amer Mohamef al-Humaidi is leading Qatar’s delegation that includes Abdulaziz bin Ahmed al-Malki al-Jehani, Qatar’s ambassador to Italy and permanent representative to UN organisations in Rome, and the accompanying delegation.
Held biennially, the conference is set to discuss issues including food status, agriculture, markets of food commodities, global food security, FAO-related Millennium Development Goals, and FAO policies and organisational issues.
The conference will also endorse the re-election of FAO director general for a second four-year term.
GCC labour
ministers meet
chief of ILO
GCC labour ministers met the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder on the sidelines of the 104th session of the International Labour Conference, currently taking place in Geneva.
Heading the GCC side was HE the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Abdullah Saleh Mubarak al-Khulaifi, the chair of the current meeting of GCC labour ministers.
National Day
greetings
HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, HH the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani have sent cables of congratulations to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on his country’s National Day.
