News of the launch of the preparatory meetings of the Arab summit in Tunis

The meeting was chaired by the Director General of Economic and Trade Cooperation of the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce, Saida Hachicha, Chair of the current session, who succeeded the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance for International Financial Affairs in Saudi Arabia, Hussein Bin Shawish Al-Shawish.

Ambassador Haifa Abu-Ghazaleh, Under-Secretary-General for Social Affairs, said the agenda of the meeting covered a number of economic and social issues that are a priority for joint Arab action.

Abu-Ghazaleh emphasized that the work of economic and social development is the result of intertwined and interspersed work among the various organs of Arab joint action, calling for the coordination of this huge work and allowing Arab leaders to take action. practical, realistic and realistic decisions.

The Assistant Secretary-General emphasized that the issues discussed were aimed at addressing the challenges facing Arab countries in pursuing the process of sustainable development and aligning with the commitment made by Arab leaders in September 2015 to Apply the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan.

She emphasized that helping the Palestinian economy cope with Israeli practices – the occupying power – which negatively affected economic and social conditions in the State of Palestine, is a top priority in economic and social action. jointly conducted by the Arabs, as well as in the elimination of the social and cultural causes of terrorism. Arab countries aim to eradicate this scourge, including the brutal organization of the recruitment of innocent children into the trap of terrorism ", do you recognize that the search for decisive solutions to these problems will support the process of development of Rbia, and contribute to improving the lives of Arab citizens of all classes.

In his speech, Abu Ghazaleh stressed that the improvement of the life of Arab citizens goes through the implementation of plans and programs taking into account the demographic, natural and human potential of Arab countries. The Secretariat, in coordination with Member States and Arab Joint Action Organizations, The Blueprint for the Arab Strategy for Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, as well as the subject of Arab action in the negotiations on climate change, as topics contributing effectively to the improvement of the conditions of development in the Arab countries, Science and Technology, in order to lay a solid foundation that help to keep pace with the global evolution in these areas, and in the same framework proposal to establish an Arab consultative status to contribute to the investigation of maritime accidents, an important initiative in the context of safety and security and the protection of the marine environment. Arab marine environment comes.

She pointed out that the Arab report on the elderly indicated that by 2050, more than 20% of the population of the Arab countries would be aged 60 and over, stressing the importance of the Arab strategy for the elderly. elderly people, Tunisian initiative, which would constitute a qualitative leap in Arab work. And to help ensure the decent life of this important group from a human rights perspective, but also to leverage their expertise, as well as in the implementation of the relevant goals of the 2030 Plan and in accordance with the principle "no one should be left behind".

The agenda of the meeting considered the report of the Secretary-General on joint economic and social action of Arab countries and a report on the follow-up of the implementation of the resolutions of the 29th session of the Council of Europe. the League at the top, especially on economic and social issues.

It also included an update on the periodic convening of the Arab Summit for Economic, Social and Development Development, as well as an update on the Palestinian National Organization for Economic Empowerment.

The meeting discussed the proposal to establish an Arab Advisory Center to contribute to maritime accident investigations and one point of the Executive Plan for the Arab Strategy for Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.

The meeting also discussed Arab action in the negotiations on climate change and the treatment of problems, as well as the ethics of science and technology in the Arab region and the Arab strategy for old people.

The agenda also included an item on the Arab Action Plan to tackle the social causes of terrorism, which had been incorporated on the basis of the decision of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs. December 5, 2018. The purpose of the meeting was to stop the recruitment of children into terrorist gangs. As a model), was included at the request of Iraq.