AT ITS SECOND SESSION IN THE THIRD YEAR OF ITS FOURTH SESSION, THE SHOURA COUNCIL, WHICH WAS PRESIDED OVER BY ITS CHAIRMAN SHEIKH SALIH BIN ABDULLAH BIN HOMAID, DESCRIBED THE FORTHCOMING 19TH ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH, DUE ON WEDNESDAY, AS THE SUMMIT OF SOLIDARITY. ADDRESSING THE SESSION, BIN HOMAID WELCOMED ARAB LEADERS IN THE LAND OF ISLAM AND PEACE, HOPING THAT THE MEETING WOULD YIELD IN WHAT LEADS TO THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF ARAB WORLD. CONVENING THIS MEETING IN THIS CRITICAL TIME IN SAUDI ARABIA IS YET ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF THE INTEREST THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ IS ATTACHING TO THE UNIFICATION OF THE ARAB UMMAH, BIN HOMAID SAID. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY FOLLOWING THE MEETING, AHMED BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-YAHYA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL, SAID THE MEETING THEN DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC ISSUES, INCLUDING REPORTS ON THE SHOURA COUNCIL'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE PARLIAMENTARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GCC MEMBER STATES, PERFORMANCE OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN STANDARDS ORGANIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1424-1425 AND 1425-1426 H., AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE GENERAL PRESIDENCY OF YOUTH WELFARE FOR 1425-1426 H. DISCUSSION ON RESEARCH ETHICS ON LIVING CREATURES BILL WILL BE COMPLETED IN A FUTURE SESSION, AL-YAHYA SAID.
