The Cabinet which met yesterday chaired by the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, praised the speech of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the opening of the 46th ordinary session of the Advisory Council yesterday, for the vision it had for development in all fields and the solid plans it laid for continuing the economic and developmental renaissance.
In addition to the clear positions the Emir set regarding different regional and international issues, the Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Hassan bin Lahdan Al Mohannadi said the following after the meeting.
The Cabinet stressed that the speech of the Emir will be the cornerstone of the coming year’s work in bid for more achievements and self-reliance.
The Cabinet stressed that the government, as mentioned in the speech of His Highness, is committed to the required legislative tools for preparing elections for the Advisory Council which guarantee fairness.
The Prime Minister directed their excellencies the ministers to carry out the directives of the Emir given in the speech yesterday, and asked them to place the plans and mechanisms that guarantee the accuracy and speed of implementation.
The Cabinet then reviewed topics on the agenda. The Cabinet approved forming a technical consultant committee to handle mission related to building free media zone. The cabinet also approved the draft decree on allocating some land for the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa), to establish a solar power plant.
The cabinet also approved the cabinet of ministers’ draft decision to amend the regulation of administration units which the Ministry of Education and Higher Education is composed designating its specializations.
The cabinet approved the draft decision of the Minister of Transport and Communication on the rules on attaining an infrastructure safety certificate for railways and certificate of operational safety of railways and licenses to practice its services.
The cabinet also approved the draft memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint ministerial trade committee between the governments of the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Morocco.
The cabinet reviewed and took needed measures on the report of the Minister of Municipality and Environment on results of the study of introducing some amendments to the draft decision of the Minister of Municipality and Environment on the rules of the procedure of substituting and transferring the precondition of the government lands disposition by the state to the beneficiaries and the lands or housing owned by them.
The cabinet reviewed and took needed measures on the memorandum of understanding of the Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs on the results of the 87th session of the Arab Labor Organization (Cairo, October 2017).
