Arab League, UNDP eye mutual cooperation

The Standing Committee for Legal Affairs of the Arab League held a meeting on Tuesday with the participation of representatives of legal departments in the ministries of foreign affairs of member states to discuss a draft cooperation agreement between the Arab League and United Nations Development Program. Head of the treaties and agreements in the legal department of the Arab League and Minister Plenipotentiary Ehab Makram said that the committee reviewed over the past two days the legal forms of the draft agreement and submitted it to the Arab League Council round at the level of Arab foreign ministers next month for adoption. The project aims to strengthen cooperation between the Arab League and United Nations Development Program in a number of development projects in Arab countries, as part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the UN and the Arab League.