Arabic News Daily Page for 5/25/2001
Daily Edition - Friday, May 25, 2001
- Treaty banning world's worst pesticides opens for signature
Efforts to protect the environment and safeguard human health took a major step forward Wednesday as a new treaty banning the world's most dangerous pesticides was opened for signature at a United Nations-sponsored meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. Regional, Environment, 5/25/2001 - Higher council for education and culture in the west holds first meeting in Paris
The council was established by the Strategy for the Islamic Cultural Action in the West, endorsed by the Islamic Summit Conference at its ninth session held in Doha in November 200. Regional, Culture, 5/25/2001 - Two UN agencies team up to halt spread of AIDS among women and girls
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) signed on Thursday a cooperation agreement in a move to address the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls. Regional, Health, 5/25/2001 - Arab meeting on environment winds up
The executive board of the council of Arab environment ministers wound up its 26th meeting that discussed several environment issues. Regional, Environment, 5/25/2001 - Turkish parliamentary delegation in Morocco
A Turkish parliamentary delegation, led by chairman of the Turkish-Moroccan parliamentary friendship group, Mahfouz Kollir, is currently visiting Morocco for talks on the consolidation of ties between the two countries' legislative institutions. Morocco-Turkey, Politics, 5/25/2001 - Moroccan-Portuguese parliamentary cooperation discussed in Rabat
Moroccan-Portuguese parliamentary cooperation was discussed at meetings held here Thursday between visiting speaker of the Portuguese parliament, Almeda Santos and speakers of the two chambers of the Moroccan parliament. Morocco-Portugal, Politics, 5/25/2001 - Morocco's electricity utility to service four production units in Senegal
General manager of Morocco's electricity office (ONE), Driss Benhima, announced in Dakar Thursday that ONE will transfer to Dakar and service four electricity production units, of 20 megawatts each. Morocco-Senegal, Economics, 5/25/2001