Speaker H E Hassan bin Abdulla Al Ghanim chairing the Shura Council session yesterday.
Doha: The Shura Council held its regular weekly meeting yesterday under the chairpersonship of Speaker of the Council H E Hassan bin Abdulla Al Ghanim.
At the beginning of the session, Secretary-General of the Shura Council H E Dr. Ahmed bin Nasser Al Fadhala read out the agenda of the session. The minutes of the previous session were ratified.
During the session, the Speaker briefed the Council on his participation in the high-level African Parliamentary Conference, organised by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) based in Doha, and the African Parliamentary Union in partnership with the Shura Council, under the title “Understanding the Terrorist threat in Africa: New Challenges and Necessary Measures”, on March 30 and 31, in addition to the interviews that His Excellency gave on the sidelines of the conference.
The Council also reviewed a report presented by member of the Council, H E Shaikha bint Yousuf Al Jufairi, on her participation in the workshop for the preparation of the draft Arab guiding law to combat violence against women, organised by the Arab Parliament in February, via video conference.
