The Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information, headed by Iraq, in the presence of representatives of organizations and federations practicing media tasks meet in Kuwait today under the umbrella of the Arab League which will continue until March 16.
The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Information, Anwar Murad, said that these meetings come within the scope of following up the implementation of the decisions issued by the Council of Arab Ministers of Information during the 52nd regular session, which was held in September 2022 in Cairo, reports Al-Jarida daily.
She said the meetings give Arab media work more vitality and interaction in support of Arab issues at different levels. She added that the meetings will address many issues of concern to the Arab media, especially in light of global events and developments and the parallel current of the sweeping means of communication, with its social and ethical challenges that require reaching a targeted media strategy commensurate with the size of the risks facing our Arab countries, and in a way that helps to unify visions to reach a higher level of credibility for Arab media policies and confidence in their capabilities.
During the meetings, the Standing Committee for Arab Media will hold its 98th session and the 24th meeting of the Permanent Group of Experts concerned with following up the role of media in confronting the phenomenon of terrorism.
Murad indicated that the meetings will discuss a number of organizational issues, including the Media Excellence Award for the year 2023 dedicated to the topic of environmental media under the slogan “Climate Change and the Future”, sponsored by Kuwait.
She stated that at the end of the meetings of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information, which will coincide with the activities of the Qurain Cultural Festival in its 28th session, a huge theatrical show entitled “Sidrat Al-Pearl” will be presented, documenting the important historical events of Kuwait over the ages, and were recorded by a group of researchers and travelers and Arab and international historians with a dramatic, lyrical, historical vision.
