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Oman participates in GCC legislative meeting
RIYADH: The Sultanate of Oman took part in the 28th meeting of heads of GCC states' legislative departments held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), on Wednesday.
Oman was represented at the meeting by Dr Yahya bin Nasser al Khusaibi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs.
The meeting reviewed the strategy of the Permanent Committee of Officials of GCC Legislative Departments, in addition to the recommendations of the working group entrusted with listing legislative principles that were issued by GCC legislative departments.
The meeting discussed the recommendations of the GCC Committee of Experts and Specialists about four main draft laws: The draft GCC unified law on the 'Montreal protocol on controlled substances that deplete the ozone layer and their alternatives"; The draft executive regulation on the GCC unified law for the management of plant genetic resources; The draft GCC unified law for organic inputs and products; and The draft GCC unified law on meteorology.
By virtue of the powers assigned to it under Royal Decree No 88/2020, the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs represents the Sultanate of Oman at meetings of the GCC Permanent Committee of Legislative Departments. - ONA
