Presided over by its Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Abdullah bin Homaid, the Shoura Council approved in its session here today the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and resolution number 3/1 concerning the amendment of the Basel protocol. In a press statement to the Saudi Press Agency, the Council's Secretary General Dr. Salih Al-Malik said that also during today's session, the council discussed reports on performance of some governmental departments and made recommendations to enhance their performance. Dr. Al-Malik added that also during today's session, the chairman of the council briefed the members on his meeting here on Wednesday with the Danish ambassador to the kingdom Hans Klingenberg who expressed his government's apology over a Danish newspaper-published cartoons blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him. During the meeting, the chairman reiterated Muslims' denunciation of this insult and demanded form the Danish side to contain the crisis and clarify the apology by the newspaper.
