Society News [Archives:2005/839/Local News]

Delegation of the Red Cross met last Tuesday in Sa'ada with the governor Mr. Yihya al-Amri in an attempt to provide the governorate with support and emergency facilities especially that the region had been suffering from conflicts for the last few months.

Amat al-Alim al-Soswa was awarded by the Newsweek Magazine's Arabic edition, issued by the Kuwaiti publisher Al-Watan, last Monday. The Yemeni minister of human rights Amat al-Alim al-Soswa was awarded the prize of the magazine for her efforts in supporting human rights.

A consultative meeting for senior judicial officials was held yesterday to discuss a draft of the strategy for bolstering judiciary, Where more than 150 of heads courts and prosecutors took part in the two-day meeting and discuss the current situation of the judicial authority in the country and procedures needed to overhaul the judiciary.

A delegation from the Arab Monetary Fund in Abu Dhabi will present Yemen with studies in field of financial services during a visit to Sana'a later this month.

Eighty investments projects worth 21 billion Yemeni Riyals Hudeidah in were founded during President Ali Abdallah Salih visit to Hudeidah last week.

A training course in human rights for police officers was conducted in cooperation of the Ministry of Human Rights, the British Embassy, and the Ministry of Interior and UNDP, the Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRTIC ). The course focused on human rights for police officers.

The first group of 40 officers completed the course last Sunday in Sana'a

In cooperation with the GCC Education office The 1st Education Week for the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States was held on Saturday by Yemen's Ministry of Education
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