Bahrain to host Arab Lawyers assembly

Manama, Mar. 8 (BNA): Under the auspices of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa the Prime Minister, Bahrain Bar Association (BBA) will be hosting the Congress of Arab Lawyers Union (ALU) assembly meeting titled "Arabian Gulf security is part of pan-Arab security" . The meeting on March 23-25 will discuss the Permanent Office's literary and fiscal report, and will also hold a seminar pertaining to professional women working in the fields of law, according to BBA's chairperson Huda Rashid Al Mehzaa. BBA has invited all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) associations to join the Arab Lawyers Union (ALU), Al Mehzaa said. The conference will also discuss the Sultanate of Oman Lawyers Association membership application presented by the ALU's General Secretariat, she added. The Arab Lawyers summit in Manama will declare the Sultanate's membership. The Arab Lawyers Union Congress meeting was held in Bahrain for the first time in 2001.