Palestinians expect reactivated US role. Governors review environment protection efforts. British envoy welcomes Iraq-UN deal. Egypt s efforts on Somalia lauded at OAU meetings. New agricultural cooperation law in the making.
Study proposes Arab integration to withstand competition in maritime services.
Environment Affairs Agency vows to get tough with environment-polluting facilities. Egypt to attend Germany s fair of environmental technology. The recent Iraqi crisis has taught us important lessons, the most significant of which is the need to respect international resolutions, particularly those passed by the UN and the Security Council. Also, it was the UN which brought the crisis to its peaceful conclusions when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan interfered, a fact which revives confidence in a possible repeat in the case of the Palestinian question and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The time for peace is here.