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  Dubai / WAM Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Monday reviewed the results of the fourth Dubai Social Survey conducted by Dubai’s Community Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with Dubai Statistics Centre (DSC). The survey, which sampled 15,165 individuals, including 9,709 Emiratis, measures current levels of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM From April 2015 to November 2016, the United Arab Emirates provided nearly AED6 billion (US$1.6 billion) in foreign aid to Yemen as part of its efforts to provide development, security, stability and peace in Yemen. The assistance, offered in line with the UAE’s humanitarian and development response towards the crisis in Yemen, covered three sectors, mainly ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is currently holding a workshop entitled, “Practical Application of Recent Tax Treaty Developments”, from the December 19-21 in Dubai. Monday’s session was attended by a number of international experts and specialists from economic, tax and exchange of information fields, including Indonesia, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Steps have been taken to certify those employees working in the cosmetics field to assure they have basic knowledge about health issues related to cosmetics. The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council – the authority in charge of developing infrastructure according to quality standards in Abu Dhabi – has launched a conformity programme for personnel services, ...

  Dubai / WAM More steps are being taken in Dubai to closely monitor laws and programmes designed to assure that Dubai and the UAE becomes a leading country in guaranteeing the rights of the disabled. Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Higher Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, reiterated the ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline in the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced on Monday that it will operate the first ever commercial Airbus A380 flight to Morocco and North Africa, when it takes the iconic double decker aircraft to Casablanca on March 26, 2017. The airline’s flagship aircraft will replace the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Due to the dramatic drop in oil prices in 2014, the decline in the emirate’s growth expectations is inevitable, but such decline is expected to be mitigated by the contribution of non-petroleum commodities sectors which will reduce the impact of the decline in oil prices, according to the 2nd Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Report 2016, issued by ...

  Dubai / WAM As part of its efforts to support and protect the interests of Dubai’s business community, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the 2nd roundtable meeting of 2016, which gathered representatives of various business councils and groups operating under its umbrella. During the meeting which was attended by Abdulla Al Maeeni, Director-General, Emirates Authority for Standardisation ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 400 world-renowned Islamic academics, philosophers, dignitaries, thinkers, researchers, youths and opinion-makers on Monday concluded the third Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies where they endeavoured to refute extremist ideologies to rectify the negative image of Islam as well as confront the oppression that many religious minorities face in the world. The two-day ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM The Ras Al Khaimah Courts Department (RAK Courts) has been awarded PAS 99, an international specification for integrated management systems, ISO 9001:2015, which specifies requirements for a quality management system, and ISO 14001:2015, which specifies requirements for environmental management systems, the Department said on Monday. This is the first time a government agency in the ...