Arab committee meets on fighting desertification

Works of the second meeting of the committee to run the program to fight desertification, increasing the green area and supporting the desert environmentally started on Monday at the premises of the Arab league.

The official in charge of the technical secretariat for the council of the Arab ministers in charge of environmenal affairs Fatimah al-Mallah said that this meeting represents one of a three programs of special priority in the activity and work of the council of the Arab ministers in charge of environmental affairs.

The participants in the meeting will discuss following up the implementation of the recommendations of the committee in its previous meeting and the work progress in implementing the program's activities and following up the international agreements concerned with the environment especially the international agreement to fight desertification and the international agreement on bio- diversity.

The committee which is attended by representatives from Syria, the United Arab Emirates UAE, Palestine, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Arab and regional organizations, will consider the memorandum submitted by Tunisia which includes issues on exchanging information on desertification at the Arab level, coordination with regional initiatives, developing bio- diversity in arid and dry zones in the Arab states.