Qatar Shura Council joins new Arab Parliament session in Cairo

The Shura Council participated in the first plenary session of the third session of the fourth legislative term of the Arab Parliament, which was held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The Shura Council was represented in the session by HE Mrs. Amina bint Yousef Al-Jaida, HE Mr. Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Nuaimi, HE Mr. Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Matar Al-Kuwari, and HE members of the Council of Arab Parliament Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kaabi.

The session, chaired by HE Speaker of the Arab Parliament Saad bin Salib Al-Otaibi, reviewed the reports of the standing committees, and adopted a number of draft laws, resolutions and recommendations related to Arab issues and files on the agenda, foremost of which is the Palestinian issue and the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territories in light of the continuation of the occupation forces' military campaigns and the acceleration of the pace of settlement expansion, the Houthi attacks on the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iranian aggressions against a number of Arab countries, and the refusal to interfere in the affairs of countries Arabic.

The session also heard a number of statements on the developments in Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Lebanon, and condemned the attack on a church in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, stressing its categorical rejection of all forms of violence, terrorism and the targeting of places of worship.

The Shura Council delegation participated in the meetings of the standing committees of the Arab Parliament, in preparation for the first session of the Arab Parliament.

In this context, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Political and National Security, in its meeting chaired by HE Chairman of the Committee Mubarak bin Mohammed Al-Matar Al-Kuwari, addressed a number of topics on its agenda, including discussing the latest developments and political and security developments in the Arab world, reviewing the report of the first meeting of the Subcommittee on the Study of a Draft Parliamentary Vision on the Impact of Foreign Interventions on Local Conflicts and Ways to Address them, as well as a Report on its official visit to the African Parliament last July, and discussing its draft action plan During the new session of the Arab Parliament.

For her part, HE Amina bint Yousef Al Jaida participated in the meeting of the Committee on Social, Educational and Cultural Affairs, Women and Youth, while HE Mr. Nasser bin Mohammed Al Nuaimi participated in the meeting of the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, and HE Mr. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kaabi participated in the meeting of the Committee on Legislative, Legal and Human Rights Affairs.

The three committees discussed a number of political, economic, legislative, social and human rights topics.

In addition, the Palestine Committee discussed in its meeting, with the participation of HE Mrs. Amina bint Yousef Al-Jaida, a report by the Palestine Committee, including a presentation of the developments in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the draft resolutions related to the Palestinian issue.

During the meeting, HE Speaker of the Arab Parliament and Chairman of the Palestine Committee, HE Mr. Saad bin Salib Al-Otaibi, announced the launch of a global parliamentary initiative to support the Palestinian cause, which aims to mobilize the support of national, regional and international parliaments, and activate the tools of parliamentary diplomacy to press for an end to the Israeli occupation, and to hold accountable those responsible for crimes and violations against the Palestinian people.

It is noteworthy that the procedural session of the Arab Parliament, at the beginning of the third session of the fourth legislative term of the Parliament, with the participation of the Shura Council delegation, witnessed the election of its Chairman, Vice-Presidents, and the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Standing Committees, where HE Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Matar Al-Kuwari, Member of the Council, won the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs, Political Affairs and National Security Committee of the Arab Parliament by acclamation.

The session also witnessed the victory of HE Mr. Saad bin Salib Al-Otaibi, Member of the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the presidency of the Arab Parliament by acclamation.

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