level committee consisting of experts and specialists, tasked with thoroughly studying the union issue and refer their recommendations to the foreign ministers then to the leaders. Sheikh Sabah said the GCC was also facing key challenges amidst drop of oil prices "which have been influencing our income and development programs." He called for further strengthening of common economies in order to counter these challenges and to enable "us to confront any negative developments harming our economies." On Syria, the Emir of Kuwait regretted the international community's failure to stop the killing and destruction in Syria, as well as displacement of millions of people in and outside the countries, in addition to threatening the regional and international peace and security. "We are before a historic, moral, humanitarian and legal responsibility that compel us to double the efforts with the international community to put an end to this humanitarian crisis, and preserving international peace and security," Sheikh Sabah added.
