Arab justice ministers council continues meetings in Damascus

The executive bureau of the Arab justice ministers council resumed meetings in Damascus on Sunday.

The participants in the meeting discussed the implementation of the council's previous resolutions, the setting up of the International Criminal Court, and Syria's proposal for a joint Arab meeting to prepare for a joint action at the forthcoming 10th UN session on combating crime and handling criminals to be held in 2000.

The meeting also discussed Syria's proposal on setting up an Arab criminal court and adopting a unified Arab identification card to act like a passport, as well as on the need to set up an Arab committee to map out the legal status of Arab rights in Palestine and the occupied territories.

On Saturday, the meetings of the Arab justice ministers council's executive bureau was opened under the chairmanship of the Saudi Justice minister, deputy chairman of the bureau Dr. Abdullah Bin Muhammad Ibrahim Aal al-Sheikh

Participants in the meetings are Arab ministers of justice from Syria, Hussein Hassoun; Iraq Shabib al-Maliki; and Morocco, Omar Azziman; the secretary-general of Arab interior minister council, Ahmad Bin Muhammad al-Salem; and concerned Arab representatives.