Mohammed Bin Rashid Chairs Cabinet Meeting

MOHAMMED BIN RASHID CHAIRS CABINET MEETING

Emirates News Agency
November 9, 2008 Sunday 5:51 PM EST

WAM Abu Dhabi, Nov. 09th, 2008 (WAM) – The Cabinet held here Sunday
morning at the Presidential Palace a meeting presided over by Vice
President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, attended
the meeting, which endorsed the final accounts and the budget sheets
of many authorities and the federal institutions of the fiscal year
ended December 2007.

The Cabinet approved joining of the UAE to United Nations’ Child Rights
Agreement of year 1990. It also endorsed the cooperation agreement in
the field of tourism between the UAE and Armenia signed in December
last year.

The Council of Ministers discussed a number of issues pertinent to
the services and energising of the performance of public departments
and ministries.