The Shoura Council held a regular session here today under the chairmanship of the council's chairman Dr. Salih bin Homaid. During the session, the council approved some recommendations concerning ways of improving the work of the Real Estate Development Fund, the general secretariat of the council said. Also during the session, the council approved a draft memorandum of understanding among governments of member countries in the current work group of the region of the Middle East and North Africa for combating money laundering, the secretariat said.