KUWAIT, Dec 1 (KUNA) -- Arab Gulf leaders, in a final communique of the 45th GCC Summit, held in Kuwait Sunday, called for bolstering cooperation amongst Council members on all possible domains as well as addressing numerous challenges facing the region.
The final communique, issued by the Supreme council of the GCC, expressed deep sorrow over the pass away of the late Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, saying that the deceased Gulf leader left a legacy of achievements and accomplishments that would be remembered for years to come by the Gulf, Arab, and Muslim nations.
The council congratulated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on gaining trust of the Kuwaiti people, touting his leadership of the State of Kuwait in addition to contributions to the GCC.
The council expressed gratitude to the Amir of Qatari Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for chairing the previous 44th summit in Doha, commending the numerous important accomplishments that came out of the summit.
It congratulated Saudi Arabia on the successful Hajj Season and stressed that the Kingdom, leadership and people, had done their utmost to serve the pilgrims from all around the globe.
The council lauded the outcome of the extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, which focused on the Palestinian cause and unconditional support to the Palestinian people for a sovereign independent state.
The council touched on the Bahraini initiative to host the intra-Islamic dialogue conference in February of 2025, deeming the event an excellent platform to promote dialogue, understanding, and unity among Muslim nations.
In the final communique, the council congratulated Bahrain on successfully hosting the 33rd Arab Summit on May 16, 2024, commending the excellent preparation and results of the grand Arab event.
The Council also commended Bahrain on the success of the ISF World School Summer Games.
On Qatar hosting of the 2024 the Web Summit, the final communique of the council lauded the Gulf country for organizing the event, which resulted in a pledge of USD one billion to support emerging companies in Qatar and the region, part of the Qatari 2030 Vision for development.
The council lauded the Kuwait-hosted fourth senior-level conference on bolstering global cooperation in fighting terrorism and building flexible mechanisms for border security -- the Kuwait phase of the Dushanbe process on November 4-5, 2024, which supports the UN global agreement on coordinating efforts against terrorism.
The council welcomed the success of the World Governments Summit in Dubai, touting the important items to government work, Development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) quantum computing, and inter-government work cooperation.
The council commended the results of the Summit for the Future, which was held in New York on September 22, which approved the Pact for the Future. The document sets course for security, sustainable development, Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as finding solutions to ailing problems such climate change and the digital gap.
The council reflected on the success of the global Logistics Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 12-14, 2024, which hopefully assist in developing global logistic work and operations to achieve global sustainability.
The council valued the UAE and the World Health Organization (WHO) collaboration to establish a global center for logistic emergencies and also the signing of an agreement worth USD three million between the two sides to support Sudanese refugees in Chad.
The supreme council expressed appreciation toward Qatar's award for combating corruption and the Qatari vision to create a world rid of corruption as part of the international efforts within this task. The award, established in 2016, had become an international platform to celebrating organizations, institutes and individuals who contribution to anti-corruption and good governance.
The council lauded the Third Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit in Doha, which highlighted "Sports Diplomacy" as a tool to bring the globe together in harmony as observed in the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar.
The Supreme Council commended efforts within Cyber Security amongst GCC countries, especially the one led by Saud Arabia within the 2024-28 strategy, which launched its unified platform in this regard.
The Supreme Council congratulated US President-elected Donald Trump on winning the election in November, hoping that the US-GCC ties would go forward during his Presidency.
Meanwhile, the council reviewed the GCC Secretariat's report on achieving the vision of Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz's vision approved in the 36th GCC Summit in 2015, affirming that the council worked effortlessly to bolster economic unity, defense, and security amongst GCC member states to safeguard Gulf interest and bolstering strategic cooperation and coordination regionally and internationally.
The council called on all GCC entities to implement the vision of the Saudi King according to the agreed upon schedule to push forward for overall development, tasking in the process, the GCC Secretariat to work on a report to be forwarded to the council.
On joint GCC cooperation, the Supreme Council viewed efforts, based on the 2015 Saudi initiatives, to transition from the phase of cooperation to unification, tasking the Secretariat to look further into the matter and take the necessary decisions.
The Supreme Council stressed the importance of unifying stances of the GCC members against all challenges via boost cooperation and fending of threats.
The council expressed satisfaction towards what was reached in the 18th regular meeting of heads of parliaments and national councils of the GCC, which held in November of 12, 2024 in Abu Dhabi.
The council was informed on the accomplishment reports of the GCC health cities, the report on implementing international health regulations in the region concerning GCC health emergencies, and the secretariat report on laborers health check.
The Supreme Council approved the unified guidelines to empower individuals with special needs in the GCC in addition to amendments on the unified system for insurance for Gulf citizens.
The Supreme Council expressed appreciation of member states' efforts in anti-corruption, improving transparency via implementing governance on state-owned companies, in addition to providing media and awareness content of GCC anticorruption organizations.
The council also approved the political legislative document of the GCC. (more) kt.eng