Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet's Session 2 Jeddah

discussed a number of reports on the levels of performance of governmental agencies especially those relating to services and the implementation of the infrastructure projects in the sectors of health, transport, education, water and electricity and what should be done to raise the levels of performance and implementation to meetthe goals set for them.

Then the Cabinet reviewed topics on its agenda and took the following decisions: - Having examined the minutes of the Ministerial Committee of Administrative Organization on studying the demand of the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development to approve the formation of the National Committee for Human being Program and Biosphere, the Cabinet decided that the tasks of the currently existing National Committee of Biodiversity shall be the following: 1 - Development of a national strategy to maintain biodiversity to ensure preservation of species and habitats, genetic resources,building basic capabilities and personnel training in this area.

2 - Preparation of the rules of available information on biological diversity in the Kingdom through classification of information, sources, summary of geographical locations, history and the changesthat occurred or might occur to information.

3 - Following up the implementation of all activities of Human being Program and Biosphere in the Kingdom in the areas of conservation of biodiversity, sustainable development and building capabilities ofindividuals and institutions.

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