The weekly Cabinet meeting, presided over by HE the Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, yesterday approved a draft law on the national system for the inventory and control of nuclear materials and referred it to the Advisory Council.
Giving details of the meeting, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud said the draft law stipulates that the National Committee for Prohibition of Weapons (NCPW) shall undertake the inventory and control of nuclear materials, either used or produced in all activities, including researches.
The draft law also set the terms of reference of the Committee and the obligations of facilities and entities that use nuclear materials.
During the meeting, the Cabinet approved a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the field of consumer protection between the governments of Qatar and Oman and another draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the field of energy between the Ministry of Energy and Industry in Qatar and the Ministry of Energy in Bulgaria.
The Cabinet also approved a draft agreement between the governments of Qatar and Uganda on the regulation of the employment of Ugandan manpower in the state, a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on economic, commercial and technical co-operation between the governments Qatar and Uganda and another draft MoU on co-operation in the field of higher education and scientific research between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar and the Ministry of Education and Research in Sweden.
The first executive draft programme on the agreement for co-operation in the field of higher education, scientific research and technology between the governments of Qatar and Tunisia for the academic years (2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020) was also approved by the Cabinet.
The Cabinet meanwhile reviewed the draft decision of the Minister of Interior to amend some of the provisions of resolution No 12 of 2008 on the insurance fees on non-Qatari mechanical vehicles and a memo of HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs on the outcomes of the 86th session of the Arab Labour Organisation (Cairo, March 2017), and took the appropriate decision.
