Presided over by its Chairman Dr. Salih bin Homaid, the Shoura Council approved in its session here today the 44-article draft regulation of cooperative associations. 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 continued discussion of the draft regulation of Saudi men of letters and writers and decided to vote on the articles of the draft regulation in a future session.