Saqr Ghobash stresses importance of harnessing Arab human resources

KUWAIT, 20th April, 2015 (WAM)--UAE Labour Minister, Chairman of the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO), Saqr Ghobash, has called for better utilisation of Arab human resources to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development that ensures a better future for next generations. The UAE minister made his remarks while addressing the inaugural session of the 42nd Arab Labour Conference, which kicked off in Kuwait yesterday under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, Amir of Kuwait. The opening session was attended by Sheikh Sabah Al Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, Kuwait's Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hind Al Sabeeh, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour and Minister of State for Planning and Development in Kuwait, Director-General of the ALO, Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Affairs at the Arab League and others. Ghobash noted, "The conference is held amid unfolding social, economic and political developments that require ALO to further strengthen Arab cooperation and extend its scope and prospects to meet these challenges and overcome them in the context of a serious and constructive dialogue among social partners at the level of the Arab world." – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395279460267.html