GCC consultation commission meets in Muscat

Originally published January 29, 2002

The first meeting of the 5th session of the consultation commission of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) higher council will meet on February 4 in Muscat.

The chairman of the consultation commission of the previous session Habib Ahmad Qasem said that a new chairman and deputy chairman will be elected for the commission, noting that the meeting will discuss matters assigned to the commission by the GCC higher council in its session which was held in Muscat in December 2001.

He explained that the commission will continue to discuss proposals to revitalize the comprehensive development of the GCC member states for the period between 2000- 2005, as authorized by the GCC higher council in its 20th session on November 1999. On the other hand, the ruler of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa decorated with the former GCC secretary general Sheik Jamil al-Hujeilan with Bahrain's order of merit, first class, as an appreciation for his role in serving the GCC march.