23 May 2024
On May 29, the Kingdom of Bahrain will host, in cooperation between the Media and Communication Sector of the League of Arab States and the Ministry of Information, the 54th session of the Council of Arab Information Ministers. Preparations will be made for the meetings of the 101st session of the Permanent Committee for Arab Information and the 19th session of the Executive Office, respectively, on the 27th and 28th of this month. The General Secretariat will participate with a delegation headed by Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khattabi, Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the Media and Communication Sector, and the membership of Minister Plenipotentiary Faleh Al-Mutairi - Director of the Technical Secretariat and Mr. Abdul-Moneim Al-Sabai, Member of the Administration, in the presence of the Ministers of Information in the Arab countries and their representatives, and the heads of media organizations and unions with observer status at the Council of Information Ministers. In this context, the Assistant Secretary-General stated that the Permanent Committee for Arab Media will study the draft agenda based on the items included and the constructive contributions of the member states and concerned partners to submit its recommendations to the Executive Office in preparation for their adoption by the Council, noting that this session will be distinguished by reviewing the results of following up on the implementation of the decisions of the 53rd session of the Council in Rabat, and the recommendations of the (18) session of the Executive Office in Tripoli, in light of the results of the preparatory meetings of the teams and committees emanating from the Permanent Committee. The Ambassador announced that at the top of the draft agenda is continuing media support for the Palestinian cause, with occupied Jerusalem at its core, in the context of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the rest of the occupied territories, and following up on the Arab media action plan abroad, including the adoption of the basic system of the observatory and the integrated platform, the Arab Institute for Peace Journalism, and the recommendations of the Arab Committee for Electronic Media. The Permanent Committee will also focus on studying the best ways to implement the interim plan for the joint Arab media strategy to combat terrorism, in light of the adoption of this strategy by the (33) regular Arab Summit in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the adoption of the recommendations of the first forum for influencers and content creators in the field of sustainable development, in addition to taking steps aimed at completing the negotiation file with international media companies, continuing efforts aimed at spreading environmental media culture, enhancing the role of Arab women in the media, and adopting the Arab Media Code of Honor after enriching it with new provisions in line with the initiative of the General Secretariat and the proposals of member states regarding the integration of the electoral dimension in following up on electoral entitlements at the media level.