Cairo hosts Arab information ministers' meeting
Meetings of the Arab information experts began on Monday in Cairo to decide on an Arab strategy toward the issue of intellectual property in the area of information field.
Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Information Affairs Muhab Muqbil stressed that the goal of the meetings is to protect the rights of authors and inventors so as to enrich the cultural life of societies.
The AL official called for developing legislation for organizing the author's rights, and for not separating authors' moral rights from the trade aspect.
Experts from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates are taking part in the two-day meetings.
