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Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Bader Al-Wugayyan during the 34th session of the Arab housing ministers' council
RABAT, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- The 34th session of the Arab housing ministers' council on Saturday made proper resolutions regarding recommendations submitted by the executive bureau, said a Kuwait official.
Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the session of the council, Director General of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Bader Al-Wugayyan said the meeting discussed recommendations submitted by the executive council and made proper resolutions.
He added that the conferees approved to hold a housing conference in Bahrain.
The council also endorsed the executive bureau's membership of the council for the 2018-19, he added.
He noted that the meeting set a place and a time for holding the 35th session.
Today's meeting was preceded by the second Arab ministerial forum on housing and urban development, in Rabat on December 21-22, themed: "Implementation of the new urban plan in the Arab region," he explained.
During the forum, the conferees reviewed the reality of sustainable urbanization in the Arab region, and how to ensure an adequate and safe housing to achieve comprehensive social justice, he noted.
The forum saw sharing expertise among Arab countries involved in the field of planning and sustainable human settlements and discussed means to implement the principles of good urban management, build capacities and plan, manage human settlements, improve urban environmental sustainability, address climate change, protect natural resources and achieve sustainable development, he concluded. (end)
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