FNC to debate series of international accords

The Federal National Council (FNC) starts a busy session of debates on several international agreements tomorrow, including aviation accords with Cyprus and Yemen. Other decrees to be debated are:

Membership of the Islamic Organisation for Insured Investments and approval of the organisation's agreement; Membership of the Islamic Private Sector Development Organisation;
Avoidance of double taxation and tax evasion between the UAE and Syria; A protocol to reform the Chicago 1944 International Civil Aviation Agreement, signed in Montreal in 1995.

Tuesday's session will also debate previously published decrees. They include decrees on cooperation agreements between the UAE and Egypt and an agreement and its protocol on a total ban on nuclear weapons, signed in 1996.

The meeting will discuss four final decrees which cover agreements on a joint Bahraini-UAE cooperation higher committee and approval of two protocols. The session will discuss two letters: one from the Minister of Finance and Industry and the other from the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs.

The first concerns cabinet approval for the FNC to discuss the government's youth policies and the second concerns a review of FNC recommendations on the policies of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

The session is expected to elect an executive parliamentary committee, an undersecretary, secretary and four committee members.

It is also expected to elect observers and form several committees: an Internal and Defence committee, a Financial, Economy and Industry committee, a Legislative and Law committee and an Education, Youth, Information and Culture committee.

Other committees will be formed for Health, Labour and Social Affairs, Foreign, Planning, Petroleum, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Islamic, Awqaf and Public Facilities and Complaints and Appeals.