UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs official named chairman of Arab League's Permanent Committee for Legal Affairs

ABU DHABI, 12th March, 2015 (WAM) -- During its ordinary 143rd session, the Arab League Council elected Yaqoob Yousef Al Hosani, Director of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), as chairman of the Arab League's Permanent Committee for Legal Affairs. The Committee provides advice and legal opinion, and also sets rules for cooperation, formulating these in the form of draft agreements to submit them to the Council for appropriate action. It also holds two regular meetings each year, and can hold extraordinary meetings. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395277800205.html