Maghreban Shoura Council Committees Prepare 4th Session
The Maghreban Shoura Council will hold its 4th session in Rabat next September 4-6, a statement by the House of Representatives (lower house of the Moroccan parliament) said.
The council's various committees will hold preparatory meetings in July and August in the capitals of the five countries forming the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), namely Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
Rabat will play host July 26-27 to the meeting of the political affairs committee that will draft the recommendations to be submitted to the council and that are related to the definitive lifting of the embargo imposed against Libya, the latest developments of the Palestinian issue and the situation in the Middle East, Euro-Mediterranean relations and Euro-Maghreban partnership.
The committee will also draft the political final communiqu? to be released by the council's 4th session.
The infrastructures committee will meet in Tripoli, Libya, July 28-29, to examine projects related to the construction of the trans-Maghreban highway, maritime, air and road transport, telecommunications, struggle against desertification and natural hazards and water resources management.
The legal affairs committee will hold a meeting in Tunis July 30-31 to ponder on the amendment of the council internal regulations, the increase of the number of the members of its bureau and committees and the restructuring of its secretariat general.
The Mauritanian capital Nouakchott will host August 1-2 the meeting of the economy and finance committee that will make proposals on the project to set up a Maghreban free trade area and on the Maghreban development strategy.
The human resources committee will convene a meeting in Algiers August 5-6 to draft recommendations in the realms of culture, information, education, scientific research and health.
