Pledge to Improve Worker Condition S

BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Iraq make ideal start at AFC U23 INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2 – 8, 30 – 32 COMMENT 28, 29 QNB posts championship REGION 10, 11 BUSINESS 1 – 7, 11 – 16 16,428.36 9,477.09 30.21 ARAB WORLD 11, 12 CLASSIFIED 8 – 11 8% jump in +29.79 -194.77 -1.20 INTERNATIONAL 13 – 27 SPORTS 1 – 12 +0.18% -2.01% -3.82% 2015 profi t Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 THURSDAY Vol. XXXVI No. 9967 January 14, 2016 Rabia II 4, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals PM opens regional conference on human rights Pledge to In brief QATAR | Solidarity improve Emir condoles with Turkish president HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan worker yesterday, expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy on the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist bombing in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district. The Emir “expressed his utter condemnation of the criminal act that aimed at destabilising condition s Turkey’s security and stability and terrorising innocent people”, The Labour Minister hails the entry and exit of expatriates. according to the off icial Qatar abolishing of the kafala system The workshop was aimed at gener- News Agency (QNA). He said the and the issuance of a new law that ating discussion on developing Qatar’s terrorist attack violated all human regulates the entry and exit of fi rst-ever index of expatriate workers’ values and religious principles and expatriates welfare. laws. The Emir reiterated Qatar’s The index will be based on the solidarity with Turkey and its HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and HE the Foreign Minister Dr atar is committed to provide fi ndings of a survey of expatriate people in countering terrorism Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah attending a regional conference on the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for protection to expatriate work- workers to be conducted by Sesri, and its support for actions taken to Human Rights (UNHCHR) in the Arab world at Doha’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. The Prime Minister opened the two- Qers and the best living stand- in addition to other administrative maintain its security and stability. day conference, organised by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human ards, HE the Minister of Labour and data. Page 20 Rights in co-operation with the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI). Speaking at the opening of Social Aff airs Dr Abdullah Saleh Mu- The index will serve as a study on the the conference, NHRC chairman Dr Ali bin Samikh al-Marri pointed to the “serious threats” the Arab region is facing, which barak al-Khulaifi has said. progress of workers’ welfare and safety have heavily aff ected the human rights situation and the performance of civil society and human rights organisations. This, He was speaking at a closed work- in Qatar over time. REGION | Resolution he said, had led to a significant decline in respect of human rights “in an unprecedented way and a manner that can’t be shop organised by Qatar University’s Al-Khulaifi was joined by QU presi- Iran frees ignored or overlooked”. Page 31 Social and Economic Survey Research dent Dr Hassan Rashid al-Derham and Institute (Sesri) to discuss the welfare Sesri director Dr Darwish al-Emadi as US sailors index of expatriate workers in the state, well as ministry offi cials. Also partici- Iran yesterday freed 10 US sailors the offi cial Qatar News Agency (QNA) pating were 25 national and interna- a day after detaining them aboard reported yesterday. tional experts as well as researchers two US Navy patrol boats in the “The Ministry of Labour and Social who developed similar indices in vari- Gulf, bringing a swift end to an Aff airs is working to review its strategic ous countries. incident that had rattled nerves Al Jazeera expands its plan in line with Qatar National Vision The programme agenda included shortly before the expected 2030, which urges establishing the best presentations delivered by Sesri mem- implementation of a landmark environment for labour, underlining bers - head of research Dr Abdoulaye nuclear accord. Iran’s Islamic the role of Sesri in assisting the minis- Diop, research programme manager Dr Revolutionary Guard Corps try to achieve its plan through the in- Justin Gengler and senior policy ana- (IRGC) said it had released the dex,” he stated. lyst Dr Michael Ewers - and Univer- global digital services sity of Michigan research professor Dr sailors after determining they had Al-Khulaifi pointed to some aspects entered Iranian territorial waters that should be monitored through the Michael W Traugott. by mistake. IRGC Rear Admiral Ali l Jazeera Media Network CEO Al Anstey announced that Al work done by the team at Al Jazeera index such as legislation that clarify Topics tacked at the workshop Fadavi said earlier the boats had yesterday announced its in- Jazeera America would cease opera- America has been recognised with the rights and duties of both the em- included “Developing the Overall strayed due to a broken navigation Atention to expand its exist- tion by April 30 this year. nearly every major award an Ameri- ployers and employees and providing Themes of the Guest Workers’ Welfare system. The quick resolution ing international digital services to While Al Jazeera America built can news organisation can receive. health and safety standards at work- Index”, “Constructing the Specifi c El- contrasted with previous cases in broaden its multi-platform pres- a loyal audience across the US and “I greatly respect the unrivalled place, employment laws and compli- ements of the Guest Workers’ Welfare which British servicemen were held ence in the United States. increasingly was recognised as an commitment and excellent work of ance with regulations of appeals and Index”, “Operationalising of the Se- by Iran for considerably longer, in “As audiences increasingly turn important new voice in television our team, which has created great complaints. lected Themes of the Index – Drafting once case almost two weeks. to multiple platforms, including news, the economic landscape of the journalism. We have increasingly “The ministry has taken a number of the Questions”, and “Composing the Page 10 mobile devices, for news and infor- media environment has driven its set ourselves apart from all the rest, measures to improve the conditions of Index”. mation, this expansion will allow strategic decision to wind down its and the achievements of the past expatriate workers, including the de- Dr al-Emadi said: “In conducting US and non-US consumers alike to operations and conclude its service. two-and-a-half years should be a velopment of standards for their hous- this study, Sesri continues in its role to KOREA | Tension access the Network’s journalism Al Jazeera America said it is com- source of immense pride for every- ing, increasing the number of health address contemporary issues that im- Troops fi re at and content wherever and when- mitted to conducting this process in one,” Anstey added. and safety inspectors from 150 to 350, pact the wider community and off ers ever they want,” a statement issued a way that is consistent with its re- The shutdown of US operations limiting work hours during summer sustainable solutions that will contrib- intruding drone by the Doha-based channel network spect for colleagues. comes less than three years after a months and signing agreements with ute to the country’s development and South Korean troops fired at a said. massive investment in a cable news 35 countries of origin to limit the role of progress. suspected North Korean drone that “The expanded digital platform operation aimed at rivaling CNN, intermediary companies,” al-Khulaifi “We look forward to the outcomes crossed the border yesterday, as will augment the Network’s suc- Fox News and MSNBC. said. and recommendations that will emerge President Park Geun-Hye pushed cessful current digital offerings, in- In mid-2013, the channel went The minister hailed the abolishing of from this survey, which will help us en- China to back harsh sanctions on cluding AJ+ (www.ajplus.net) which live after hiring some 850 staff and the kafala (sponsorship) system and the hance guest workers’ living and work- Pyongyang over its latest nuclear has achieved more than 2bn online opening 12 bureaus in the US. issuance of a new law that regulates the ing conditions.” test. The defence ministry said the video views since its inception in The wind down of Al Jazeera drone eff ected a brief incursion, but September 2014. America will not affect the rest of swiftly returned to the North side “The Network’s commitment to the group’s global media operations, when South Korean troops fired a its digital transformation of its glo- the AFP news agency quoted an in- series of warning shots. Page 16 bal operations is consistent with its ternal memo from director general mission to inform and engage au- Mostefa Souag as saying. diences no matter who they are or Al Jazeera acquired its US cable PAKISTAN | Arrest where they are,” it said. channel from Current TV, a group Suspects detained “By expanding its digital content “We recognise the high quality of that included former vice president and distribution services to now Al Jazeera America’s work and that Al Gore and reached some 40mn over airbase attack include the US, the Network will be its journalism was recognised with households. Pakistan has arrested several better positioned to innovate and nearly every major award an Ameri- The new channel hired high-pro- people including the chief of an compete in an overwhelmingly dig- can broadcast and digital news or- file journalists from CNN and other outlawed militant group over ital world to serve today’s 24-hour ganisation can receive, including the networks and began with 14 hours of suspected links to an attack on digitally focused audience.” Peabody, Emmy, and Alfred I Du- news programming.

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