The weekly cabinet meeting chaired by HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday approved a draft decision by the Minister of Economy and Commerce considering some places in the State as tourist areas.
Law No (6) of 2012 referred to the tourist area as any place in the State that has the characteristics to attract visitors, areas of archaeological or historical importance, nature reserves or environmental areas, and any place considered as a tourist area by a decision of the Minister on the proposal of chairman of the General Authority Tourism.
Giving a briefing on yesterday’s cabinet meeting, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud said that the Cabinet reviewed topics on the agenda and took a number of decisions and measures.
The Cabinet approved a draft law amending some provisions of Decree Law No 17 of 2010 organising the National Human Rights Committee, and decided to refer it to the Advisory Council.
The amendment replaces the text of Article 11/second paragraph of the Decree Law No 17 of 2010, referred to is the following text: “The Committee shall submit to the Council of Ministers a report at the end of each calendar year, and as requested or considered as needed, the results of its work and activities together with its proposals”.
The Cabinet Cabinet also approved a draft law on commercial concession.
The Ministry of Economy and Commerce prepared the draft law to encourage the activities of commercial concession in the State by setting up a legal framework that organises the relation between the concessionaire and provider, and lay the foundations of this relationship on the basis of transparency, and to provide the necessary protection to the concessionaires, and give the Ministry the power to determine the terms of concession agreements.
The draft law identified commercial concession as the franchise given to practise trade in goods and services, and includes the provision of technical expertise and training to the concessionaire, and determines the method of operation of the commercial concession in connection with trademark owned by the concessionaire or licensor of it to use.
The Cabinet also approved the re-formation of a Committee of Military Retirement established under the provisions Law No 13 of 2006 on retirement and military pensions.
The committee shall have the necessary terms of reference and powers to oversee the retirement and pensions of military personnel in co-ordination with the General Retirement and Social Insurance Authority (GRSIA), including the study of pension entitlement, pension settlement, identifying eligible persons in the event of the death of the pensioner and their share and informing them of their share.
The Cabinet approved the requirements for the preparation of a national action plan on human rights according to the recommendation by the committee set up by the Cabinet which will be headed by the Foreign Ministry to prepare a plan.
The Cabinet also approved the following:
1. Draft agreement on air services between the governments of Qatar and Somalia.
2. A draft agreement on an air services between the governments of Qatar and Guatemala.
3. A draft agreement on air services between the governments of Qatar and Bahamas.
4. A draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) for co-operation in the areas of health and food safety between the governments of Qatar and New Zealand.
