Executive bureau of Arab environment ministers meets in Cairo

The executive bureau of the Arab ministerial council for environmental affairs held its meeting on Sunday in the headquarters of the general trusteeship of the Arab League, headed by Saudi Arabia with the membership of the ministers for environmental affairs in Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, and Tunisia.

Ibrahim Abdel-Galil, the head of the Egyptian delegation, stated that the executive bureau has discussed the reports of the achievements that took place and the reports of the Arab environmental work programs' committee for the year 1998-1999.

He added that the bureau has discussed the international meetings and agreements concerning the environment, as well as developing and modifying the priorities of the council's work and the subject of the council's prize for the year 2000 and choosing the slogan for the Arab environment day in the year 2000.

He added, "The council studies the cooperation feature with the United Nations and the European Union committee's environmental programs."