The third ordinary session of the Council opened
Mohammed bin Rashid calls on the "NBK" to serve the citizen and support the march of the economy
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On behalf of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated yesterday, at the headquarters of the Federal National Council in the capital, Abu Dhabi, the third ordinary session of the semester. The seventeenth legislative session of the Federal National Council, in the presence of Their Highnesses the Crown Princes, Sheikhs, a number of ministers and senior state officials.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, through a tweet on Twitter, said: "Today I witnessed the opening of the third session of the Federal National Council at the invitation of the President of the State to convene and carry out his constitutional duties.
We called on the council to be at the service of the citizen... and in the government's aid... and in supporting and consolidating our economic path, our social cohesion and the future of our coming generations."
The opening ceremony began with the arrival of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to the headquarters of the National Council in the capital, Abu Dhabi, where he was received by the President of the Federal National Council, Saqr Ghobash, and the UAE national anthem was played, then His Highness reviewed the guard of honor and shook hands with the committee formed by the Council. to receive His Highness.
After that, His Highness, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness, Crown Princes and Deputy Rulers moved to Zayed Hall, where the ceremony began with the recitation of fragrant verses from the Book of God the Wise. Then His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum opened the session, saying: « In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Compassionate, my brothers and sisters, members of the Federal National Council, upon God’s blessing and success, we inaugurate your auspicious assembly.
Then, the decree of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, calling for the National Assembly to convene in its third ordinary session of the seventeenth legislative term was followed.
During the opening session, Ghobash delivered the council’s speech, in which he welcomed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, His Highness the Crown Princes, the ministers and the guests, and extended thanks and gratitude to the leadership for its support of the Federal National Council, to remain a bulwark for the Shura, a platform for expressing the aspirations and hopes of citizens, and a government aid in the footsteps of the government. Achievements and excellence of the UAE's journey on the path of goodness and construction.
The opening ceremony was attended by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saud Al Mualla, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah, and His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah.
The opening was also attended by H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Lt. General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, and a number of sheikhs and ministers. and senior state officials.
In addition, the Council of Ministers informed the Federal National Council yesterday, during the first procedural session in the third session of the seventeenth legislative term, headed by the Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, and in the presence of the Minister of Health and Community Protection, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais. His approval of a number of parliamentary recommendations that were adopted by the Council during the last session, most notably the establishment of regulations that legalize the appearance of children in social media programs, to protect and rehabilitate them, and to impose penalties on families that abuse their children by exploiting them, especially with regard to business and publishing videos. Abusive of children to achieve spread, as well as the speedy issuance of a new law regulating the legal profession that limits the overlap in competencies between law firms and legal advice offices, and allows citizen lawyers to engage in some commercial activities according to the controls set by the Ministry.
While the government informed the Council, which held its first session of the third regular session of the seventeenth legislative term, yesterday, that it directed the study of a number of parliamentary recommendations, including increasing the amount of children’s allowance to encourage citizens to have children, and amending Article 53 of maternity leave so that the period of maternity leave is increased. and breastfeeding hours, which raises the fertility rates in the country, in addition to disbursing the amount of the children’s allowance to “newborns to retirees.”
During the session, the council was briefed on four messages received from the government related to the cabinet’s approval of recommendations adopted by the council during its discussion of four general topics in the seventeenth legislative chapter, the first of which is the recommendations of the topic “the policy of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment on achieving sustainable development of fish, animal and agricultural resources in the country.” Where the Council of Ministers approved a number of recommendations related to the fish sector, namely “the effective implementation of Federal Law No. (23) of 1999 regarding the exploitation, protection and development of living aquatic resources in the country, in order to achieve the reduction of negative practices regarding the practice of the fishing profession in accordance with the requirements and regulatory procedures that stipulated by the law, obtaining the necessary licenses for fishing boats in accordance with the requirements and controls set by the law, and effectively implementing administrative penalties for violators of Ministerial Resolution No. (18) of 2012 regarding non-compliance with regulatory decisions related to fisheries, in a way that ensures that tools are not usedFishing prohibited by law.
The government also agreed to “increase the number of coordination meetings between the ministry and fishermen’s cooperative societies, and to conduct field visits to the sites of fishermen’s gatherings to identify the challenges and difficulties in the fishing profession, and to allow the children of underage fishing boat owners to accompany their parents to transfer experience and knowledge.”
While the government agreed to recommendations on the same subject related to the agricultural sector, namely “reviewing and evaluating the role of the General Organization for Marketing Agricultural Production in order to provide the necessary support to farmers and supplying them with fertilizers, seeds, pesticides and agricultural advice, as well as reconsidering Federal Law No. (2) of 1981 regarding ( The General Organization for Marketing Agricultural Production) in light of the review and evaluation of the role of the General Organization for Marketing Agricultural Production, the adoption of a card for national food products in sales outlets through cooperation with the relevant authorities, the preparation of systems and guides on modern farming patterns and sustainable awareness for farmers to preserve water resources, and others.
The recommendations approved by the government in the control and inspection sector and the future of the fisheries, agricultural and animal sectors included “practicing the profession of veterinary medicine and medical facilities, to ensure that the necessary licenses are fulfilled in accordance with the provisions of Federal Law No. (8) of 2017 regarding the practice of the profession of veterinary medicine, and the preparation of a future strategy for the agricultural sectors.” And the implementation of applied experiments with modern technologies and adapting them to suit the environmental conditions of the country, with the aim of raising production capacity, reducing production costs and ensuring food safety, and preparing innovative national projects to implement partnership programs between the Ministry and Minister of State for Food and Water Security, in a manner that ensures the achievement of the goals of the national strategy for food security. And preparing partnership programs with institutions of higher education and scientific research to encourage scientific research in universities and government colleges and use artificial intelligence to achieve state goals and ensure sustainable food security.
The Council of Ministers also informed the Federal National Council that it approved a number of recommendations regarding the Ministry of Justice’s efforts to develop the legal profession, including “accelerating the issuance of a new law regulating the legal profession in a way that keeps pace with the changes in the judicial workflow and economic and social developments in the country, and in particular achieves the following Reducing the overlap in the competencies between law firms and legal advice offices, and allowing citizen lawyers to practice some commercial activities according to the controls set by the Ministry, and issuing a decision by the Minister of Justice to amend some provisions of the executive regulations of Federal Law No. (23) of 1991 regarding the regulation of the legal profession issued By Decision of the Minister of Justice No. 972 of 2017; It includes the following:Amending Article (29) by allowing law firms to benefit from advertising promotions according to the controls set by the ministry, emphasizing the continuity of effective application of Article (35) of the executive regulations of the law regulating the legal profession referred to, and the development by the Ministry of Justice of oversight mechanisms for law firms and the necessity of offering awareness and training programs For new lawyers to reduce the phenomenon of shadow lawyers, activate channels of communication between the ministry and lawyers to inform them of legal developments in the legislation in the country, and develop programs and training courses. and informing them of modern laws and legislations to keep pace with the legislative objectives of the UAE Vision 2071 AD.
The Cabinet directed the Ministry of Justice to seek other recommendations on the same subject, in light of the government's plans and future programs.
The government agreed on a number of recommendations on the subject of “family cohesion and its role in achieving sustainable social development,” including “establishing regulations that legalize the appearance of children in social media programs, to protect and rehabilitate them, and imposing penalties on families that abuse their children by exploiting them, especially with regard to business.” Commercial and child abuse videos to achieve spread, ensuring the protection of children’s rights in all aspects in accordance with the provisions of Federal Law No. (3) of 2016 on the rights of the child (Wadeema), and coordination with the Federal Authority for Governmental Human Resources regarding the amendment of some articles of Federal Decree-Law No. 11 of the year 2008 AD regarding human resources in the federal government and its amendments by Federal Decree-Law No. 9 of 2011 AD, and Federal Decree-Law No. 17 of 2017, represented by the following:Activating Article 54 regarding paternity leave so that an employee who has a live child is granted paid leave for a period of three working days during the first month of the birth of his child, and designing awareness and educational programs, initiatives, and specialized work programs targeting the following: young men and women who are about to marry, to prepare them to assume responsibilities Marriage, raising awareness of the importance of social and psychological compatibility with the other party, and emphasizing the necessity of these programs.
The government also agreed to “train and qualify to face the various variables and challenges faced by some Emirati families, with the intensification of the use of social communication programs and technological methods in order to achieve the foundations of compatibility between spouses and skills to deal with family disputes, and to provide a comprehensive psychological family counseling test through coordination between the concerned institutions.” Before submitting the case to the family guidance committees, and providing programs for social intervention services to families after divorce, to support divorced people and help them overcome the psychological and social crisis, rebuild family ties, motivate economic and tourism institutions to provide facilities and discounts that ease the burdens of marriage on those approaching it, and prepare notes An understanding between the Ministry of Community Development and the institutions concerned with family guidance and the Ministry of Justice, according to which cooperation and coordination will take place to find a work mechanism that enhances their role in solving family problems and disputes by receiving family complaints in the first place fromInstitutions related to family affairs, and trying to address them from a social and psychological point of view before referring them to the family guidance committees in the courts, and establishing programs concerned with coordination between the ministry and other federal and local concerned authorities, to find solutions to custody problems and the consequences thereof according to the interests of the children, in addition to Activating the role of the Social Risk Observatory and linking it at the federal level to monitor and find solutions, and evaluate the impact of risks on the individual, family and society from several specialized points of view, such as:The social, psychological, legal, legislative and economic field, adding any other related specializations, developing the Sheikh Khalifa Center for Social Welfare in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain (Federal) to house and care for children and securing their rights, providing services and programs to protect them and the necessary consultations for them to qualify them for integration into society, and preparing training and educational programs For people of determination who are about to marry each other and for people who are about to marry them, and to allocate places prepared for courses in line with their nature and needs.
Citizens' resignations from the telecommunications sector
The government informed the Federal National Council of its approval of a number of recommendations on the subject of “services provided by a telecom company,” including “accelerating the amendment of Federal Law No. (3) of 2003 regarding the regulation of the telecommunications sector, to keep pace with developments in the telecommunications and information technology sector, enabling The authority is responsible for implementing the state’s strategy, preparing a comprehensive scientific study on the reasons for the increase in citizens’ resignations in companies operating the telecommunications sector, and issuing the necessary decisions to avoid these reasons, while working on attracting national talent and creating a supportive and enhancing environment for them, and providing distinctive and easy-to-use programs and services for senior citizens. Citizens at reduced prices, establishing a special mechanism to deal with complaints submitted by them, obligating companies operating in the telecommunications sector to be transparent and clear when offering offers and services, stating the obligations and rights of their subscribers, establishing a mechanism to quickly deal with complaints, and creating a package of facilities and programs to supportSmall and medium enterprises, investment in information and communication technology, and an increase in the number of scholarships and scholarships through the role of the ICT Development Fund, in addition to raising the efficiency of telecommunication networks and Internet connection networks in remote areas, thus alleviating the suffering of residents in these areas, and the need for operating companies to The telecommunications sector plays its role in social responsibility, such as supporting associations that provide services to people of determination.
• The Council of Ministers is studying an increase in the children's allowance, and an allowance for "newborns to retirees".
• The government agrees to “legalize the appearance of children on social media.”
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