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Council Bureau reviews with Standing Committee Heads, suggested topics for study

The State Council Bureau held its third meeting of the first annual session on Tuesday, chaired by HE.Dr.Yahya bin Mahfoudh Al Manthri, State Council Chairman in the presence of the honorable Bureau members and the Secretary-General of the Council.

The Bureau hosted the Heads of the Standing committees of the Council to discuss the views of the Standing Committees on the proposed amendments to their competences and proposals submitted by them pertaining to topics that they intend to study during the current session.

In addition, it discussed the invitation received from Occidental Oman to the Council’s honorable members to visit the company to attend an introduction program on varied aspects related to the oil sector in the Sultanate. 

The Council’s Bureau reviewed several reports, including the result of the election of the Head and Deputy Head of the Culture, Information and Tourism Committee, the nomination of representatives of the State Council in Arab Parliament and the final report of the Council’s Memory Project. 

Additionally it reviewed a report submitted by Hon.Salem bin Mohamed Al-Riyami and Eng.Rahma bint Hamad Al-Mashrafi regarding the visit of the trade delegation to Hungary and Poland during the period 27-31 October 2019.

The Bureau also briefed on the follow-up report of the decisions taken at its previous meeting, as well as the follow-up report on committee activities for the period between the second and the present meeting, as well as evaluated the third ordinary sitting of the first annual session held on 10 December. It also decided on the agenda items for the fourth ordinary sitting of the current session.