The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Food Security Department, participated in the first meeting of the Standing Committee for Food Security of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), held via visual communication technology.
Director of Food Security Department at the Ministry of Municipality Dr. Masoud Jarallah Al Marri represented the Ministry in meeting that discussed a number of topics on the agenda related to the duties and competencies of the committee and the memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Organization for Food Security.
The committee formed a working group to prepare a vision for a Gulf guiding strategy for food security in order to coordinate and join efforts to face the challenges, and to strengthen the food security system in the GCC countries.
The Standing Committee for Food Security was recently initiated as a subcommittee of the Agricultural Cooperation and Food Security Committee in the GCC countries (previously Agricultural Cooperation Committee).
The name was recently modified by under a GCC Ministerial Council decision within the framework of emphasizing the importance of food security issues in the GCC countries as one of the important and vital strategic issues.
Source: Qatar News Agency