Kuwait wins membership in UN-CCPCJ for three years
EPA probes medical waste
GENEVA, April 19, (Agencies): Kuwait won Thursday a three-year membership in the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).
Kuwait was elected, alongside Iraq, Iran, India, and Thailand of Asia Pacific Group, by member-states of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) during their meetings at the UN headquarters in New York.
Winning such a membership is an addition to the Kuwaiti diplomacy’s accomplishments, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Austria and Delegate to the UN organizations Sadiq Marafi told KUNA.
This is Kuwait’s first-ever CCPCJ’s membership ever since the Commission’s establishment in 1992, Marafi said, adding it is consisted of 40 member-states with an office-term of three years. The Commission acts as the principal policymaking body of the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, said the Kuwaiti diplomat.
Kuwait seeks through its CCPCJ membership to prevent crimes and attain criminal justice in cooperation with the country’s various bodies, he said.
It also strives to implement its foreign policy in a fashion that boosts its international status, strengthens international cooperation, and benefits from expertise.
Environment Public Authority (EPA) dispatched a team to Mubarak Hospital near Medical Sciences Center to investigate a complaint filed by Labor Union of Kuwait University, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The complaint included photographs of open yards of the hospital near the center where medical waste materials were accumulated.
The complainants urged for necessary action to be taken for removing the medical waste materials which can cause an environment hazard and negative health effects for the visitors of Medical Sciences Center.
Secretary General of Kuwait Urological Association and Consultant in Male Infertility at Sabah Al-Ahmad Kidney and Urology Center Dr Dulahim AlHajeri disclosed the association has concluded all preparations toward hosting the 13th Annual Urological Conference from April 21-23, under the auspices of the Minister of Health Dr Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah at Al-Hashemi Hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, reports Al-Nahar daily.
In a statement, Dr Al-Hajeri said the rate of infertility in Kuwait is 15 percent and men are responsible for roughly 40.2 percent of the causes, while both men and women share 36.5 percent.
He explained that infertility in men could be attributed to low sperm count at a rate of 30 percent or 34 percent in sperm mortality, while passive sperm rate is about 8 percent.
He indicated the rate of infertility among men in the Arabian Gulf continues to increase steadily due to an increasing rate in obesity and diabetes, stressing the region tops ranking globally to the point that a large number of men visit infertility clinics on their inability to reproduce.
He noted the conference will present specialties that are specifically related to urological surgery for male infertility and erectile dysfunction. He affirmed that contributors will be attending from Arab and other foreign countries.