Cairo – Ma’an – The Arab League Council meeting at the level of permanent delegates, chaired by Yemen, kicked off today, Sunday, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Cairo, in preparation for the work of the 162nd session of the Council at the level of foreign ministers, scheduled to be held the day after tomorrow, Tuesday, in the presence of Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Hossam Zaki.
The delegation of the State of Palestine to the meeting was headed by: Ambassador Muhannad Al-Aklouk, Palestine’s delegate to the Arab League, First Counselor Mervat Hassan, Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, First Counselor Rizk Al-Zaanin, First Counselor Tamer Al-Tayeb, Counselor Jumana Al-Ghoul, and attachés Ala Amer and Maher Masoud, from the Palestinian delegation to the Arab League.
Over the course of two days, the Council will review the draft agenda for the session, which includes several main items covering various areas of joint Arab action, most notably
the developments in the Palestinian cause and the Arab-Israeli conflict, especially the ongoing Israeli aggression and war of extermination to which the Palestinian territories are exposed, the serious violations to which the occupied city of Jerusalem is exposed, the activation of the Arab Peace Initiative, and the report of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States on the activities of the League’s General Secretariat and the procedures for implementing the Council’s decisions between sessions (161) and (162).
It also includes items related to social affairs, human rights, economic issues, maintaining national security and combating terrorism, developing the Arab system for combating terrorism, reforming and developing the League of Arab States, and reports of the standing committees for administrative, financial, legal and human rights affairs.
The permanent delegates are scheduled to submit the draft agenda and draft resolutions related to these items to the 162nd ministerial session of the Cou
ncil of the League of Arab States at the level of Arab foreign ministers the day after tomorrow for approval.
Source: Maan News Agency