Qatar will take part in the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, which is currently being held in the Swiss capital, Geneva, with a delegation headed by HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, Yousef bin Mohamed al-Othman Fakhroo. The minister participated in the meeting of the GCC Labour Ministers to co-ordinate the topics on the agenda of the conference. On the sidelines of the conference, the minister met several ministers of the participating countries to enhance co-operation and relations. The Qatari delegation also participated in the international forum of solidarity with the workers and people of Palestine. The conference, which includes representatives of the ministry, employers and workers, will continue from 10-21 June. It will include a number of committees to discuss international conventions and standards and the countries commitment to these conventions, in addition to discussing a draft convention against violence and harassment and the draft declaration of the 100 years celebration of the organisation.Public security chief meets China envoyHE the Director of Public Security, Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim al-Khulaifi, met the outgoing Chinese ambassador to Qatar Li Chen, in Doha yesterday. During the meeting they reviewed topics of interest to both countries.QNA chief attends meeting in SofiaThe 6th News Agencies World Congress began yesterday in the Bulgarian capital Sofia under the theme of “The Future of News.” Addressing the opening session, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev stressed the importance of the congress given the revolutionary developments in communications and digital media. He stressed that new media and the spread of the Internet had negative aspects, the most prominent of which was the spread of fake news. He called on participants to find ways to respond to this challenge. Qatar is participating in the two-day congress with a delegation chaired by Director-General of Qatar News Agency Youssef Ibrahim al-Malki.The congress is set to discuss a number of subjects concerning news agencies, such as ownership, financing of new agencies, and the impact of fake news.Qatar attends Kazakh leader’s inaugurationAmbassador of Qatar to Kazakhstan, Ahmed bin Ali al-Tamimi, participated in the inauguration ceremony of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Independence Palace in Nur-Sultan city.
Greek speaker meets Qatar’s envoy
Speaker of the Greek Parliament, Nikos Voutsis met Qatar’s ambassador, Abdulaziz Ali al-Naama, in Athens yesterday.During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen and develop them, as well as issues of mutual interest.Over 7,000 farm shipments inspectedThe Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s agricultural quarantine offices have inspected 7,070 imported shipments, weighing more than 147,000 tonnes, from different types of agricultural consignments, plant products and produce in May across the different customs points.The quarantine offices destroyed 92 shipments weighing more than 72 tonnes for violating the agricultural quarantine law and other norms.Agricultural quarantine is the first line of defence in protection from infections.The preventive procedure aims to protect the country’s agricultural wealth from foreign pests.It also ensures that all plants, agricultural products and any other related items conform with specifications. - QNA
June 14, 2019 | 01:31 AM