SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017L O C A L

KUWAIT: A GCC conference yesterdaycalled for implementing national poli-cies, strategies and plans on occupation-al health and safety. The fifth GCC con-ference on occupational health andsafety, that started on Tuesday, wasorganized by the Ministry of Health incollaboration with the World HealthOrganization (WHO), the InternationalLabor Organization (ILO) and the healthministries of the GCC member states.

The recommendations sum up theoutcome of the conference seeking toapply, and promote, occupational healthin the GCC countries, said president ofthe conference Dr. Ahmad Al-Shatti.

Al-Shatti stressed the necessity oflinking the occupational health strate-gies to the Goals of the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development. He notedthat the conference also called for draw-ing up a plan of the hazards of occupa-tional health, besides regularly follow-ing up the application of the relevantGCC strategy and the guidelines of theinternational conventions on chronicnon-communicable diseases.

In addition, participants stressed the

need to set up industrial medical centersand form task teams at the occupationalhealth departments in the GCC states.The would-be centers will analyze the

hazards of occupational health andidentify work priorities, which is expect-ed to help a lot to counter problems, Al-Shatti noted. —KUNA

GCC conference calls for boosting safety concepts

Conference seeks to promote occupational health in Gulf

IRBIL: Relief teams have handed over1,500 food parcels, provided by KuwaitRelief Society, to relocated Iraqis settlingin locations outside shantytowns in theprovince of Al-Sulaimaniya.

Dr Omar Al-Kanderi, the generalconsul in Irbil, affirmed in a statementto KUNA that the necessary supplieswere given to the displaced as part ofthe State of Kuwait humanitarian cam-paign, “Kuwait on your side.” Kuwaiti

diplomats, in coordination with localphi lanthropists , d istr ibuted theparcels to the Iraqis who have beensett l ing in locat ions outs ide therefugee camps.

Al-Kanderi said the aid was given inline with the humanitarian initiativeby His Highness the Amir SheikhSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahaimed at alleviating the suffering ofdisplaced Iraqis.

Meanwhile, Saleh Mehdi Yousuf, incharge of public relations at the localrelief association, “Ronahe,” indicated inremarks to KUNA that the relocated,settled at regions outside the camps,get much less aid as compared to theassistance that reach their compatriotsinside the shantytowns. Last week,Kuwait distributed 5,000 food parcels toIraqis who live in residential areas innorthern Iraq. —KUNA

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti charity launched yesterday a number ofmosques and Islamic centers in the impoverished Asiannation of Kyrgyzstan. Speaking to KUNA via telephone,Director General of Kuwait’s Peace Society for Humanitarianand Charitable Works Dr Nabil Al-Oun said that the society’scontingent in Kyrgyzstan opened wells in a remote villageplagued by a dearth of water. He noted that the volunteers,who split into two groups, opened two sprawling mosquesfunded by Kuwaiti philanthropists and doled out largess toneedy families.

The Kuwaiti charity has built around 230 mosques and dugup 3,900 wells across Kyrgyzstan in the last seven years, help-ing some 36,600 families struggling to make ends meet in theimpoverished Asian nation. —KUNA

KUWAIT: President of the conference Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti speaks during theconference. —KUNA

Kuwait continues relief aid for relocated Iraqis

IRBIL: Relief teams handing over food parcels, provided by Kuwait Relief Society, to relocated Iraqis settling in locationsoutside shantytowns in the province of Al-Sulaimaniya. —KUNA

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti charity launches a number of mosquesand Islamic centers in the impoverished Asian nation ofKyrgyzstan. — KUNA

Kuwaiti aid flows into Kyrgyzstan

KUWAIT: Director-General of the Kuwait DirectInvestment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Sheikh DrMeshaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah held talks on cooperat-ing in the investment field with Singaporean officials yes-terday. This came during the visit to the Asian nation bySheikh Meshaal and his accompanying delegation, wherehe met with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry SAswaran and Singaporean Minister of State for ForeignAffairs and Defense Dr Mohammed Malik bin Othman.

They also met with the Economic Development Board,the Accounting and Regulatory Authority and theInternational Foundation in Singapore. Sheikh Meshaalalso participated in a forum on the investment environ-ment in the State of Kuwait at the headquarters of theSingapore Business Federation. For his part, KuwaitAmbassador of Singapore, Yacoub Al-Sind, praised the vis-it, and Singaporean experience of attracting foreigninvestment was recognized. The Kuwaiti side explainedthe steps taken by Kuwait to facilitate the work of foreigncompanies planning to work in Kuwait.

He pointed out that the Kuwaiti side also provided anexplanation of the investment opportunities available dur-ing the Kuwait Investment Environment Forum, which wasattended by several Singaporean companies. —KUNA

KDIPA, Singapore discuss investment cooperation