Petra News Agency
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Arab Declaration For Developmental Goals For the Millennium
Cairo, June 30 (Petra)--The Arab Ministers for
Social Affairs and Ministers of Planning declared on Thursday during a meeting
held at the Arab League Headquarters the Arab draft declaration for the
developmental goals for the millennium in the Arab World.
The declaration will be presented in the 2nd International Summit in New York
next September.
Deputizing the Ministers of Planning and Social Affairs, Jordanian Ambassador
Dr. Omar Rifai headed the Jordanian delegation to the one-day meeting.
The Arab declaration includes developmental plans, a number of programs that are
meant to be performed by 2015, and the importance of activating the
International cooperation to achieve all objectives.
The declaration specifies the needed ways of finding resources such as: solving
debts issue, increasing official aid for development and intensifying investment
projects in the Arab countries.