Al-Mithaq [Archives:2007/1062/Press Review]

Monday, June 18
Main Headlines

– Saudi investor calls for establishing joint companies and securities market in Yemen

– Minister of Public Health and Population: 150% of basic salary approved as hardship allowance for medical staff

– Ministry of Education signs contracts with 850 high school leavers to teach in eight governorates

– Prime Minister launches secondary school examinations

– Qatari Prime Minister praises Yemeni President's efforts to end Sa'ada fighting

– GPC leader: The Ishteraki.net appears to support Sa'ada rebellion for publishing Al-Houthi's statement

– Functions of Second Regional Conference on Resisting Violence against Children kick off

Functions of the Second Regional Conference on Resisting Violence against Children and Indifference toward Childhood are due to kick off on Tuesday, June 19, the ruling party's mouthpiece reported on a front page article. It added that the conference will discuss as many as 70 scientific researches and work papers on violence against children in the presence of 450 distinctive personalities interested in childhood issues in the Arab world.

Dr. Nafisa Al-Jaefi, Secretary General of the Higher Council for Motherhood and Childhood, clarified that the international community praises the sincere efforts expended by the Yemeni government to make available better environment and welfare for children. In a statement to Al-Thawra State-run Daily, Al-Jaefi pointed out that the conference, due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawar, will focus on several childhood-related issues experienced at the local level and regionally. She went on to say that the conference is due to review results of a World UN Survey on state of the world children, which was conducted by the end of 2006.
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