YEMEN, SAUDI ARABIA DISCUSS COMBATING CHILD LABOUR

RIYADH, Jan. 17 (Saba) - Yemen and Saudi Arabia discussed here on
Sunday mutual cooperation in area of combating child labour.

On the sidelines of Arab Forum on Technical and Vocational Training
and Labor Market Needs held in Riyadh, Minister of Social Affairs
and Labor Amat al-Razaq Humad and Saudi Minister for Social Affairs
Yusof Ahmad al-Uthaymeen held talks over cooperation between the two
countries in fields of orphan and disabled people care.

During the meeting, Humad and al-Uthaymeen agreed on submitting a
draft of the memorandum of understanding prepared by the two
ministries to the Yemeni-Saudi Coordination Council scheduled to be
held soon in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The ministers also agreed on activating the follow-up committee
formed by the Yemeni and Saudi Social Affairs Ministries with a
participation of the UNICEF.

Humad made clear that Yemen is currently triggering the role of
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), particularly the ones that
concerned with housing, agricultural and small enterprises in order
to encourage the productive families to contribute in the
development process.

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