The Cabinet has approved a proposal to include a representative of the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs in the membership of the executive office of the Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reports.
This came at the Cabinet’s regular meeting held at the Amiri Diwan yesterday, which was chaired by HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani. 
Following the meeting, HE the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi issued a statement giving the details of the proceedings.
The executive office shall be formed under the chairmanship of HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education and the membership of representatives of the authorities concerned, and among its functions are the following:
n Discussing the draft reports submitted by the State delegations to the general conferences of Unesco, the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (Alecso) and the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS).
n  Approval of draft regulations for the National Commission.
n Approval of the annual report issued by the secretary-general on the work of the National Commission.
n Follow up on what was stated in international, regional and Arab treaties and agreements related to the aforementioned organisations. The Cabinet also reviewed report No 47 of the work of the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons during the period extending from January 5 to August 31, 2020, and took the appropriate decision in this regard.