ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016

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GCC countries determined toachieve social justice: Kuwait

MoSAL rejects application of 2 national societies

GENEVA, June 8, (KUNA): The GCC states pursue their drive to achieve social jus-tice, combat all forms of dis-crimination and ensure equal opportunities on the labor market, said director of pub-lic relations and information department of the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Manpower.

Asil Al-Mezyed told KUNA on Tuesday, that the delegates of the GCC states to an ILO panel discussion affirmed that their countries’ joining of international conventions, conferences and symposia on social justice attests to their care for this issue which falls in the framework of the UN millennium development goals.

The discussion was held by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee of the Whole for the Evaluation of the Impact of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2008, as part of the 105th Session of the annual International Labour Conference.

Al-Mezyed noted that the Declaration on Social Justice for Fair Globalization set forth the guidelines necessary for the ILO member states to attain sustainable development.

“The State of Kuwait and the other GCC member states made headway in meeting their commitments pursuant to targets of the declaration and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” she added.

The Conference being held between May 30 and June 10, will culminate in the World of Work Summit, due on June 9.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Affairs has rejected the application of two national societies for official rec-ognition because their objectives and activities are similar to the existing national societies, reports Al-Seyassah daily quoting sources.

Sources disclosed the ministry is currently working on the dissolution of some societies proven to have violated the law and do not cooperate with the concerned authorities.

Sources said the number of societies now stands at 130 and the number of charitable organizations reached 20 whereas decisions have yet to be taken

Movement congratulates Amir

ICM asks people of Kuwait toabide by values of RamadanKUWAIT CITY, June 8: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) con-gratulates His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, all other leaders and the people of Kuwait on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, beseeching Allah to protect Kuwait and all Arab and Islamic countries from evil, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

In a press statement, ICM asked the people of Kuwait to abide by the values of Ramadan which include patience, cooperation and national unity. It also called for increased sup-port of the needy and the refugees in the Islamic world especially since this Ramadan coincides with the reper-cussions of disasters that have affect-ed Muslims in Syria, Yemen, Iraq,

Palestine, Myanmar and many other countries.

ICM affirmed that it is proud of the humanitarian support offered by the charitable organizations in Kuwait with the aim of confronting poverty and the suffering of nations. It asked the gov-ernment to facilitate the mission of these charitable organizations in this regard. It also asked the government to ignore the calls being raised to curb the activities of charitable organiza-tions particularly the calls against the organizations that practice their chari-ty work transparently.

ICM urged for mending of the national unity, returning the revoked citizenships and releasing the prison-ers of conscience.

ICM declared that it will hold a Ghabqa on 16th of Ramadan in the diwaniya of its former secretary gen-eral Tamer Al-Sane’.

concerning 60 applications for official recognition.

Sources added Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister

for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Subaih has instructed the competent officials to strictly enforce the law.

KUNA photoAsil Al-Mezyed during ILO panel discussion.

Distance Egypt last month of that year. The second paragraph of Article 37

states that police officers and noncom-missioned officers involved in volunteer work should not be more than 30 years old.

The revised Article 79 stipulates that special leave days without pay should not be more than one year. It also stipu-lates other paid leaves as follows: sab-batical, medical, sports, to escort hus-band or wife and other leaves granted to female employees in accordance with the Civil Service Act for women in the police force.

On the other hand, the Parliament approved the request of the Interior and Defense Committee to retrieve its report on the proposal to amend Prisons Law No. 26/1962 for further study; while the Public Tenders Draft Law was approved in its first deliberation.

Meanwhile, during the parliamentary debate on questions submitted to minis-ters, MP Jamal Al-Omar explained the rationale behind his question to the min-ister of finance on the national portfolio for supporting Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE). He pointed out the unstable situ-ation still affected the stock market despite the establishment of the portfo-lio in 2008 with a capital of about KD1.5 billion. He said the portfolio was established to support the economy but it failed to do so due to preference given to some listed companies. He claimed the portfolio has not achieved its objec-tive yet it helped some companies which are performing well.

After the discussion, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim adjourned the session until June 13, 2016.

war in early 2015, witnessed a large slump, driven by the rising casuality rate, a large increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced peo-ple, and higher levels of terrorist attacks by both al-Qaeda and ISIL.

The report also provides an audit of the available data to measure Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals — the UN member states formal recogni-tion of the critical nature of peaceful-ness in advancing global development. It finds that, while there is some existing data to track progress and therefore hold member states accountable to meeting their targets, serious investment will need to be made to measure the goals.

The report concludes with new research into resilience and what the IEP identifies as ‘Positive Peace’ — the attitudes, institutions and structures which sustain peace. It finds that, over the course of the decade, 13 times more lives were lost in natural disasters in low Positive Peace countries than in coun-tries which are high in Positive Peace.

Continued from Page 1taken the entire Arab world.

Every situation that threatened the destiny of the Arab world could have been avoided through solidarity, not the statements issued in our summits. A good example of the much needed soli-darity is the firm stand taken by the GCC representatives in the United Nations regarding the misleading UN report on blacklisting the Saudi-led coalition for allegedly violating the rights of children.

Today, the US, or rather, the funda-mentalist force in the US is blackmail-ing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the 9/11 Law which, unfortu-nately, is supported by some Arab coun-tries due to differences in opinion or temporary interests.

These countries have failed to realize that if the fundamentalist force in the US achieves its goal to strike major Arab countries – through civil war or by imposing sanctions or other means which are used to target Saudi Arabia, these countries will not be safe from everything that is happening.

The US Congress undermined the judiciary of its country through this law which was endorsed after the issuance of the verdict requiring Iran to compen-sate families of the 9/11 victims for its direct involvement in those crimes, let alone the fact that Saudi Arabia was exonerated from similar charges.

Therefore, if such a law is endorsed, it will be a warning bell for every Arab to realize the slyness of US politics which seemed to have started resorting to blackmail after facing bankruptcy and economic crises. This is why the US will attempt to get money from the Arab world before transferring its authority to Russia.

Will the Arab world remain gullible and continue to sharpen the knife that will be used to slaughter itself or will it take a historic stance to rescue itself and to stop utilizing this world in the inter-national exploitation market?

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official was quoted as saying: “I do not exaggerate in saying that we have sub-mitted very significant information about cells that planned to carry out acts of ‘violence’ and this information has contributed, to our knowledge, to pre-vent them from doing that.”

The source revealed the Interior Ministry followed terrorist acts com-mitted in European countries and dis-covered from their investigation that some of the suspects in those attacks have relationships with people in Kuwait.

The source went on to say: “To be more precise, after the shocking terrorist incident in a European country that claimed the lives of many innocent peo-ple, we caught two stateless people who have somehow contacts (the source declined to determine anything further) with the perpetrators of the terrorist attack and planners.”

In response to a question about a grip on terrorism domestically, the source said: “I can say for sure that things in Kuwait are under control, where the Preventive Security Authority is playing a powerful role in the arrest of people with extremist attitudes or ideas or sus-picious relationships and they are being interrogated, add to that their devices and their contacts which are being examined.”

The source stressed strict measures have been taken by the authorities and the State Security is put on a state of full alert.

The source continued: “The operation of bombing the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque was planned from outside Kuwait and there was security loophole in one of the border ports, and that is the main con-cern for the Interior Ministry at the moment.”

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global losses from armed conflict. “In 2015, violence containment

expenditure in Kuwait totalled $18.5 billion PPP, a decrease of 2 percent from 2008. At 9 percent of GDP this was ranked 61st in the world. Addressing the global disparity in peace and achiev-ing an overall 10 percent decrease in the economic impact of violence would produce a peace dividend of $1.36 tril-lion. This is approximately equivalent to the size of world food exports.”

Europe was once again ranked the most peaceful region in the world. The largest improvement since last year occurred in Central America and the Caribbean, while South America also made progress in its levels of peaceful-ness. MENA had the largest decline, followed by Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific respectively. MENA, which was already ranked the lowest in the 2015 GPI, had the biggest deterioration in peace this year, as the civil wars in Syria and Yemen deepened and led to increased external interven-tion. Yemen, whose long-standing polit-ical crisis exploded into outright civil

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According to the report of the Interior and Defense Committee, the law was enacted on Sept 21, 1968; hence, the need for the amendment of some of its provisions in view of the latest develop-ments in the field.

A number of articles were amended, including Article Five, which consists of more realistic definitions for the fol-lowing: officers, ranks, assistants, com-manders and admirals according to the military chain.

The amended law stipulates dismissal of a police officer if he does not pass the probationary period, either during the year of provisional service period or the