PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN GENEVA
GENEVA, JUNE 30 (BNA) -- PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA ARRIVED IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, TODAY TO ATTEND THE AWARD-CEREMONY DURING WHICH HE WILL RECEIVE THE 2006 SPECIAL CITATION OF UN HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD FROM UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON IN THE PRESENCE OF UN SENIOR OFFICIALS.
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS WELCOMED UPON ARRIVAL BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN
PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, KNOWN AS UN HABITAT, ANNA TIBAIJUKA,
SWISS MINISTER OF PROTOCOLS, BAHRAIN UN REPRESENTATIVES IN NEW YORK AND
GENEVA, UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGHRAMME OFFICIALS AND BAHRAINI
EMBASSY STAFF IN SWITZERLAND.
IN A STATEMENT ON ARRIVAL, THE PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSED PRIDE AND DELIGHT TO
RECEIVE THE AWARD AS A RECOGNITION OF BAHRAIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE UN
ORGANIZATION, PLEDGING CONTINUITY OF BAHRAIN'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CITIZENS'
LIVING STANDARDS.
HE SAID THE AWARD WAS CAN HONOR TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM WHO
WORKED AND IN HAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO DESERVE IT.
HE ALSO ASSERTED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR HE SAKE OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND TO THE
CONSTANT
UPGRADING OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
TO MEET IN BE IN CONSONANCE WITH UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
HE ALSO THANKED THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND UN HABITANT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR TRACKING, CARING FOR AND REWARDING BAHRAIN'S DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS AND URBANIZATION PROCESS.
MTQ
30-JUN-2007 20:46
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS WELCOMED UPON ARRIVAL BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN
PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, KNOWN AS UN HABITAT, ANNA TIBAIJUKA,
SWISS MINISTER OF PROTOCOLS, BAHRAIN UN REPRESENTATIVES IN NEW YORK AND
GENEVA, UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGHRAMME OFFICIALS AND BAHRAINI
EMBASSY STAFF IN SWITZERLAND.
IN A STATEMENT ON ARRIVAL, THE PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSED PRIDE AND DELIGHT TO
RECEIVE THE AWARD AS A RECOGNITION OF BAHRAIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE UN
ORGANIZATION, PLEDGING CONTINUITY OF BAHRAIN'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CITIZENS'
LIVING STANDARDS.
HE SAID THE AWARD WAS CAN HONOR TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM WHO
WORKED AND IN HAND WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO DESERVE IT.
HE ALSO ASSERTED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR HE SAKE OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND TO THE
CONSTANT
UPGRADING OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
TO MEET IN BE IN CONSONANCE WITH UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
HE ALSO THANKED THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND UN HABITANT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR TRACKING, CARING FOR AND REWARDING BAHRAIN'S DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS AND URBANIZATION PROCESS.
MTQ
30-JUN-2007 20:46
