Category: General

Bahrain will ban outdoor work during the afternoon in July and August.

The ban on work under direct sunlight and in open places will run from midday until 4 pm, the Ministry of Labour said.

The aim is to protect workers and ensure their safety from heat stress, sunstroke and various summer diseases, and to reduce occupational accidents during the hottest months of the year, the ministry added.

The Labour Ministry has embarked on an awareness-raising campaign, urging everyone to comply with the provisions of the edict. It also distributed brochures, multilingual leaflets and posts that include instructions and information on the impact of high temperatures on workers’ safety and health while performing their duties. It also informed private sector institutions’ health and safety supervisors about the requirements to protect workers from summer-related diseases and occupational accidents.

In a statement, Labour Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, affirmed that Bahrain is a leader in ensuring secure and safe work environment for workers, out of its keenness on their safety and health at various production sites, noting that the implementation of outdoor afternoon work ban is the best means to achieve that goal.

He called on private institutions to step up their efforts to raise workers’ awareness about summer diseases, highlight the risks of overworking under summer heat, provide health care and first aid, as well as find ways to reduce exposure to heat and humidity.

The minister praised the private sector companies’ compliance with the ban over the past years, which, he said, proves the employers’ commitment to ensuring a safe and decent work environment for employees, pledging zero-tolerance against violators.

The minister stressed that work at the existing projects will not be affected by the ban and that they will be completed at the specified times, especially as companies should reschedule the work timings during the ban, Humaidan said.

Under Article (192) of Law 36 of 2012 promulgating the Labour Law in the Private Sector, a jail term not exceeding three months, and/or a BD500-BD1000 fine, is the penalty inflicted on violators.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Members of the Stability Support Agency’s Zuwara office, Ras Ajdir, seized illegal Egyptian immigrants in Zuwara.

The Agency stated in a statement on its SMS page that the immigrants were preparing to immigrate and that most of them were under the age of 18.

The Agency affirmed that all legal measures were taken by referring the immigrants to the Investigation Department and collecting evidence, along with the 58 phones they had.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The Libyan National Security Adviser, Ibrahim Bushnaf, received on Thursday, in the Council’s office in Benghazi, a delegation from the United States Institute of Peace.

A source from the council stated to (Lana) that the meeting discussed a number of issues, including training and qualification, strategic studies, and opening new areas for dialogue between the Libyan National Security Council and the American side.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The Head of the High Council of State (HCS), Khaled Al-Mishri, reviewed yesterday with U.S. Special Envoy Richard Norland, accompanied by Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy, Leslie Ordeman, the results of the 6+6 Joint Committee.

The communication office of the council stated that Al-Mishri submitted a proposal for a road map that will be presented to the House of Representatives and the HCS for revision and approval.

Al-Mishri talked about how the 6 + 6 Joint Committee accomplished its work and the mechanism by which the electoral laws were written.

Norland welcomed these laws and the work that has been accomplished so far, expressing his support for this track, and the work continues in coordination with the UNSMIL to set a road map to hold the elections as soon as possible.

The two sides also discussed the National Oil Corporation, where Al-Mashri made some observations about the way it works, according to the communication office, which noted the convergence of views on many of the issues that were discussed.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The meeting of the GNU Minister of State for Women’s Affairs (Horia Al-Tarmal) with the US Ambassador and Envoy to Libya (Richard Norland) focused on the political and social status of Libyan women, their participation in the elections, and their role in achieving national reconciliation.

Norland expressed in the meeting held on Thursday in Tripoli his support for women’s political representation and their assumption of sovereign positions in the government, stressing his country’s commitment to work with international partners to support the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the UN (Bathily) so that Libya can achieve Successful elections.

Source: Libyan News Agency

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) participated in a UN High-Level side event titled “The Role of Youth in Preventing Violent Extremism Through Sport”, which was held at the UN Headquarter in cooperation with the ‘UN Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and Its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism’.

The session shed light on the importance of promoting international cooperation to make use of sports in preventing violent extremism through the joint efforts of UN member state and agencies as well as the international organizations, athletes and youth who contributed to developing the recommendation of sports policy for preventing violent extremism.

The session also included an interactive dialogue between representatives of the African Sports Confederation Council, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Federation of Professional Football Players, who discussed the “More Than A Game” initiative, launched by the ICSS in cooperation with its partners in the global program during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and led by professional soccer player and UNESCO Ambassador Dr. Nadia Nadim.

Participants launched the Working Document on Policy Recommendations on Preventing Violent Extremism through Sport from a Youth Perspective, which included the outcomes of a series of regional forums between youth leaders and senior policymakers to include youth insights into national action plans to counter violent extremism through sport.

Chief Executive Officer of ICSS Massimiliano Montanari said in a speech that youth are one of the main players in the international efforts aimed at preventing societies from terrorism and violent extremism. He underlined the need to strengthen youth-focused policies and integrate sports into violent extremism prevention initiatives within long-term development programs, in implementation of the sustainable development and peace agenda.

For his part, Executive Manager of Generation Amazing Foundation (GAF) Nasser Al Khouri voiced GAF’s pride in being a part of the Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and Its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism, which eyes deepening cooperation to achieve the common goal of leveraging sport to promote inclusion and social cohesion and build resilience and combat violent extremism in addition to developing and adopting policies and best practices to protect sport and major sporting events from extremist ideologies.

Source: Qatar News Agency