The Executive Office of the Arab Ministers in charge of Environment Affairs, headed by Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, the General President of Meteorology and Protection of Environment, called on Arab countries today to forge nuclear emergency plans to face any risks of radioactive leakage from Israel's Atomic Reactor in Dimona, as well as to exchange available information between the member counties and Arab Commission for Atomic Energy.
The Executive Office also urged the international community and institutions to coerce Israel to let its nuclear facilities to be supervised by International Atomic Energy Agency inspection teams and to reveal the locations of its hidden nuclear wastes.
The statement also requested UN programme for Environment to present reports about measures taken to assess pollution spots in Iraq and about the environmental situation of Arab countries affected by the Tsunami, such as Yemen and Somalia, in addition to the environment of the Red Sea and the Aden Gulf.
The ministers also commended the Saudi proposal to establish the Arab Federation for Natural Protectorates and asked the Saudi authorities to prepare the statute for this proposed organization.
The meeting was attended by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, Lebanon, UAE, Morocco and Arab, regional and international organizations.
