PRIZE HIGHLIGHTS PREMIERS EFFORTS AND BAHRAINS OUTSTANDING STATUS
MANAMA, MAR. 5, (BNA) -- THE PRIME MINISTER, SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFAS EARNING OF THE UN-HABITATS 2006 PRIZE OF HONOUR FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENTS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING FIELD COMES IN RECOGNITION OF HIS PIONEERING AND HONOURABLE ROLE IN LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN BAHRAIN.
THE PRIZE, WHICH IS ONE OF MANY OTHERS CONFERRED ON THE PREMIER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD, IS ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ENDEAVOURS TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND IMPROVE CITIZENS STANDARD OF LIVING.
THE PRIZE IS AN APPRECIATION OF THE PREMIERS CONTINUOUS ASSERTION AND UNWAVERING BELIEF THAT THE WELFARE OF CITIZENS ARE THE GOVERNMENTS TOP PRIORITY.
BESIDES, THE PRIZE IS A REFLECTION OF THE WISE GOVERNMENTS SUCCESSFUL POLICIES AIMED AT ENSURING CITIZENS COMFORT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HOST OF COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING, SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT RISE UP TO BAHRAINI CITIZENS AMBITIONS.
THE PRIZE MIRRORS THE INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERABLE APPRECIATION OF THE KINGDOMS OUTSTANDING STATUS AND SUPPORT TO UN-HABITATS PLANS AND EFFORTS WORLDWIDE NOTABLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ AND ITS NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
SHAIKH HUSSAM BIN ISA AL KHALIFA REVEALED IN HIS STATEMENTS TO BAHRAIN NEWS AGENCY (BNA) THAT BAHRAIN IS THE FIRST GCC AND SECOND ARAB COUNTRY WHICH RECEIVED THIS VALUABLE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF SHAIKH KHALIFAS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BAHRAIN.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT TO THE COUNTRYS GROWTH AND OPENNESS IN THE PROSPEROUS ERA OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA ADDING THAT WHERE AND WHEN THE PRIZE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO SHAIKH KHALIFA HAD NOT BEEN FIXED YET BUT CONFIRMED THAT IT WOULD BE LATER THIS YEAR.
ON HIS PART, HEAD OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME BUREAU IN JORDAN, ALI SHBOU, SAID THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CRITERIA UPON WHICH THE PRIZE IS GRANTED.
SOME OF THE CRITERIA ARE ACHIEVEMENTS AND DISTINGUISHED EFFORTS IN THE HOUSING FIELD, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE POOR AND WORKING OUT POLICIES FOR THIS PURPOSE IN ADDITION TO INVOLVING THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SHBOU ADDED.
HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME IS PAYING FIELD VISITS TO GET BRIEFED ON THE PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE VOLUME OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS FIELD AND HOW MUCH THEY PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT THE POOR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HEAD OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BUREAU IN GENEVA, ABDULLAH ABBAS, ASSERTED THAT WHAT CHARACTERIZES BAHRAINS SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS COMPROMISING IT WITH THE KINGDOMS CULTURAL AND CIVILIZATIONAL HERITAGE WHICH IS A REAL FORTUNE AND AN INTERNATIONAL ASSET.
IT IS TO NOTE THAT PRIME MINISTER, SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, RECEIVED THIS MORNING THE UN-HABITAT DELEGATION WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE UNANIMOUS DECISION MADE BY THE UN PROGRAMMES JURY TO GRANT HIM THE WORLD-CLASS PRIZE AND CONVEYED TO HIM A MESSAGE FROM UN- HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANNA TIBAIJUKA.
IN HER MESSAGE, TIBAIJUKA HAILED BAHRAINS SUCCESS UNDER THE SAGACIOUS LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND THE WISE GOVERNMENT, HEADED BY PRIME MINISTER, SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, IN ADOPTING PIONEERING SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AIMED AT EASING THE INTEGRATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION IN THE KINGDOMS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE PREMIER ASSERTED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM ENJOYED BY THE KINGDOM IS AN INCENTIVE TO EXERT FURTHER HONEST AND ASSIDUOUS EFFORTS TO DULY MAINTAIN BAHRAINS GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OUTSTANDING STATUS.
IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE PRIZE OF HONOUR FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 2003, WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO SLOVAKIALS FORMER PRESIDENT, RUDOLF SCHUSTER, KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND, FORMER MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT, JOACHIM ALBERTO CHISSANO, LEBANESE LATE PRIME MINISTER, RAFIQ HARIRI AND KING CARL XVI GUSTAF OF SWEDEN.
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THE PRIZE, WHICH IS ONE OF MANY OTHERS CONFERRED ON THE PREMIER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD, IS ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ENDEAVOURS TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND IMPROVE CITIZENS STANDARD OF LIVING.
THE PRIZE IS AN APPRECIATION OF THE PREMIERS CONTINUOUS ASSERTION AND UNWAVERING BELIEF THAT THE WELFARE OF CITIZENS ARE THE GOVERNMENTS TOP PRIORITY.
BESIDES, THE PRIZE IS A REFLECTION OF THE WISE GOVERNMENTS SUCCESSFUL POLICIES AIMED AT ENSURING CITIZENS COMFORT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A HOST OF COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING, SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT RISE UP TO BAHRAINI CITIZENS AMBITIONS.
THE PRIZE MIRRORS THE INTERNATIONAL CONSIDERABLE APPRECIATION OF THE KINGDOMS OUTSTANDING STATUS AND SUPPORT TO UN-HABITATS PLANS AND EFFORTS WORLDWIDE NOTABLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ AND ITS NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
SHAIKH HUSSAM BIN ISA AL KHALIFA REVEALED IN HIS STATEMENTS TO BAHRAIN NEWS AGENCY (BNA) THAT BAHRAIN IS THE FIRST GCC AND SECOND ARAB COUNTRY WHICH RECEIVED THIS VALUABLE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF SHAIKH KHALIFAS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP BAHRAIN.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT TO THE COUNTRYS GROWTH AND OPENNESS IN THE PROSPEROUS ERA OF HM KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA ADDING THAT WHERE AND WHEN THE PRIZE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO SHAIKH KHALIFA HAD NOT BEEN FIXED YET BUT CONFIRMED THAT IT WOULD BE LATER THIS YEAR.
ON HIS PART, HEAD OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME BUREAU IN JORDAN, ALI SHBOU, SAID THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CRITERIA UPON WHICH THE PRIZE IS GRANTED.
SOME OF THE CRITERIA ARE ACHIEVEMENTS AND DISTINGUISHED EFFORTS IN THE HOUSING FIELD, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE POOR AND WORKING OUT POLICIES FOR THIS PURPOSE IN ADDITION TO INVOLVING THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SHBOU ADDED.
HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME IS PAYING FIELD VISITS TO GET BRIEFED ON THE PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE VOLUME OF ACHIEVEMENTS IN THIS FIELD AND HOW MUCH THEY PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT THE POOR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HEAD OF THE UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BUREAU IN GENEVA, ABDULLAH ABBAS, ASSERTED THAT WHAT CHARACTERIZES BAHRAINS SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS COMPROMISING IT WITH THE KINGDOMS CULTURAL AND CIVILIZATIONAL HERITAGE WHICH IS A REAL FORTUNE AND AN INTERNATIONAL ASSET.
IT IS TO NOTE THAT PRIME MINISTER, SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, RECEIVED THIS MORNING THE UN-HABITAT DELEGATION WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE UNANIMOUS DECISION MADE BY THE UN PROGRAMMES JURY TO GRANT HIM THE WORLD-CLASS PRIZE AND CONVEYED TO HIM A MESSAGE FROM UN- HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANNA TIBAIJUKA.
IN HER MESSAGE, TIBAIJUKA HAILED BAHRAINS SUCCESS UNDER THE SAGACIOUS LEADERSHIP OF HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA AND THE WISE GOVERNMENT, HEADED BY PRIME MINISTER, SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, IN ADOPTING PIONEERING SOCIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AIMED AT EASING THE INTEGRATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION IN THE KINGDOMS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE PREMIER ASSERTED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM ENJOYED BY THE KINGDOM IS AN INCENTIVE TO EXERT FURTHER HONEST AND ASSIDUOUS EFFORTS TO DULY MAINTAIN BAHRAINS GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OUTSTANDING STATUS.
IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE PRIZE OF HONOUR FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN 2003, WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED TO SLOVAKIALS FORMER PRESIDENT, RUDOLF SCHUSTER, KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND, FORMER MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT, JOACHIM ALBERTO CHISSANO, LEBANESE LATE PRIME MINISTER, RAFIQ HARIRI AND KING CARL XVI GUSTAF OF SWEDEN.
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