Kuwait renews support to AALCO, urges stronger interaction

Stressing its continued support of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), Kuwait said the organization has a large role to play amid current international state of affairs, and urged stronger interaction and contribution by member states. Addressing the 52nd Annual Session, set for September 9-12, Third Secretary at the Kuwaiti Embassy Abdullah Ahmad Al-Fahad said the country "supported the organization since joining in 1970, out of belief in the need to coordinate and adjust joint regional and international effort and to promote such work through tabling such legal issues of common interest as the deportation of Palestinians and Israeli violations and acts that constitute breach of International Law." Another issue of interest is "Challenges in Combating Corruption: The Role of The United Nations Convention Against Corruption," along with "Law of the Sea" and "Environment and Sustainable Development," he recalled, all to be discussed by the delegates. "Kuwait sought to be an active member since signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1986." The secretary stressed Kuwait continues to back the international effort to enable developing and least developed nations to realize sustainable development through contributions by Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), established in 1961. Al-Fahad noted electing Kuwait for membership in the UN Economic and Social Council for the period 2013-2015 is recognition of its contributions in the field of development and its support of the Palestinian People's right to self-determination and an independent state with Al-Quds as its capital. The Kuwaiti representative expressed gratitude for the care the AALCO awards these issues and hailed its efforts across Asia and Africa as it provides legal counsel, holds seminars, offers workshops, and organizes training programs, in addition to conducting studies and research. The organization was successful in its mission since establishment in 1956, he said, and managed to keep up with accelerating developments across the world and the changing priorities of the member states.