National
Committee of Bio-Security was today briefed during its second meeting for 2015
regarding recommendations of the first meeting, in the presence of members of
the committee and representatives of the federal and local competent
authorities.
Chaired
by Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, the meeting
was held at the Ministry.
During
the meeting, the minister commended the efforts of the work team, stressing the
importance of unifying efforts that contribute towards enhancing a sense of
harmony and strengthening the integration process between the federal and local
authorities in line with the UAE vision 2021 to build an integrated biosecurity
guidelines to strengthen the security and safety of the nation as well as
achieve the Ministry's strategic plan to achieve this vision.
The
participants stressed the importance of developing biosecurity guidelines and
procedures for ports nationwide. They also reviewed the resolutions of the UAE
Second Bio-security Conference, which was a success in terms of the number and
diversity of local and international participants. The resolutions included
upgrading capacity building, periodic training to ensure a state of
preparedness and expeditious response, and the need for uniform biosecurity
policies and procedures as well as focusing on enhancing awareness in the
community. –End-
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