In Brief [Archives:2005/826/Local News]
– Mrs. Amatalaleem al-Soswa, Minister of Human Rights returned to Sana'a on Friday March 18 after taking part in the 61th cycle of Human Rights Committee in Geneva and during the cycle she presented a paper about the situation of human rights in Yemen.
– A symposium on the democratic changes was concluded in the capital of Hungary Thursday March 17 in which Dr. Abdulkareem al-Eriani represented Yemen in the symposium, which discussed the Yemeni experience in democracy.
– The Specialist Preliminary Punitive Court started trying the eight suspects involved in the formation of armed gangs with the aim to carry out acts of vandalism inside and outside the country and publish out incorrect information about Yemen.
– Yemen is participating in the Gulf Preparatory Session on the World Health Survey, which aims to set a comprehensive work strategy to implement the health survey in the Gulf countries. It also aims at specifying the needs of the participating countries including technical support from the World Health Organization.
– Yemen participates in the third conference of ministers of telecommunication and information technology held in Bahrain between March 20-22 with the participation of 55 countries.
– The conference aims to activate the telecommunication market and discuss the aspects of cooperation among the participating countries.
– The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is to organize on Tuesday March 22 a workshop on the millennium goals in the city of Aden.
– The workshop is due to discuss the preparation for the third five-year plan as well as the implementation of the millennium development project according to the basic needs of the society.
– The Supreme Security Committee under the Minister of Interior discussed Thursday March 17 the consequences of the late demonstrations and the violent acts that accompanied them for the purpose of finding out the real motives behind them. It warned that the joint meeting parties should respect the constitution and the law and stop doing such acts that threaten the national security and stability.
– Al-Sa'eed Foundation for Science and Culture held on Thursday March 17 a lecture under the title “information as a tool for correct decisions” in the presence of a number of officials and personalities of distinction.
– Supported by Oxfam, the Yemeni Women Union in Taiz organized on Thursday March 17 a symposium on the enforcement of the prisons law with the aim of improving the prison conditions and providing prisoners with the necessary needs.
– In cooperation with the UNDP, the Human Rights Information and Training Center is to organize on Wednesday March 23 a special workshop for police officers on human rights with the aim to instruct trainees on the concepts of international conventions in the field of human rights.
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