Policy to strengthen families okayed
forming future Emirati families capable of coping with the stresses of life, promoting the stability of family life to generations to come. It includes six components — marriage, family relations, balance of roles, child protection, family protection, and re-engineering the provision of family services to achieve family happiness.
The UAE Cabinet meeting was attended by, among others, Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
The Cabinet also issued a Federal Law on regulating the profession of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals and medical products. The law aims to strengthen the capacity of the health sector in the country to combat diseases and provide health security to the UAE.
It also issued a Federal Law on the use of IT and Communication in the health sector, in line with the federal government’s efforts to upgrade health services to the highest quality, in accordance with the best international standards. The law will regulate the use of technical systems, data storage, exchange, circulation and confidentiality of data, as well as the establishment of a central database among all health authorities in the UAE to provide a unified national information and database for reliable statistics. The Cabinet adopted the UAE standards for radio receivers, which aims to attract international investments in the media field and provide an environment-friendly communication service that requires less energy to operate within internationally permitted limits.
Concerning organisational affairs, the Cabinet approved the restructuring of the Emirates Scientists’ Council under the chairmanship of Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, and the membership of a group of experts in advanced sciences and technologies, including Aref Al Hammadi, Ghaleb Al Breiki, Habiba Al Safar, Alawi Al Sheikh, Ali Al Zarouni, Mariam Al Shamsi, and Sehamuddin Galadari. Al Amiri’s office will assume the functions of the General Secretariat of the Council and provide technical and administrative support.
The Cabinet also approved the restructuring of the Arab Language Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, and the membership of Bilal Al Budoor, Dr Latifa Ibrahim Al Falasi, Ibrahim Al Abed, Issa Saleh Al Hammadi, Jamal Khalfan bin Hawairb, Dr Hussein Mohammed AlOthman, Dr Ali Saeed Al Kaabi, Dr Mohammed Safi Mostaganemi, Dr Abdul Salam Mohammed Haykal, Dr Karima Matar Al Mazrouei, Fatima Ghanim Al Marri, and Hamda Hassan Al Hammadi.
The Cabinet also adopted and ratified many international agreements, including the Agreement on Mutual Administrative Cooperation and Assistance in Customs Matters between the UAE and Tajikistan, and the Agreement on Cultural Cooperation between the UAE and Senegal, to combat tax base erosion and transfer of profits in accordance with G20 decisions. —