Majlis A'Shura participated in the videoconference seminar organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today, entitled "Parliamentarians' Response to the Coved-19 Pandemic and Other Topics Related to the Sustainable Development Goals."

   Dr. Abdullah bin Ali al-Omari, Deputy Chairman of Majlis A'Shura, spoke at the seminar that hosted a number of experts and parliamentarians, on the Oman vision 2040 and the goals of sustainable development programs.  He pointed out that the Sultanate is one of the first countries to submit its voluntary report last summer, and that a number of the sustainable development goals have been achieved in the Sultanate, which continues to implement the vision that is consistent with these goals.

   Al-Omari added that the measures taken by the Sultanate to combat the Covid-19 pandemic made it one of the countries least affected by the pandemic, noting that immediately after the start of the pandemic, the Supreme Committee was charged with examining the mechanism to deal with developments resulting from the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid- 19) as well as providing the necessary free health care to every citizen and resident not covered by health insurance.

   In his speech, he talked about the role of Majlis A'Shura in facing this pandemic and the meetings that the Health and Environmental Committee held in this regard, including holding several meetings with officials of the Ministry of Health to follow up on the set mechanism and to inform the members of Majlis A'Shura on the steps taken in combating the pandemic.ONA