Arab officials have rejected a UN proposal to set up a regional environmental training center in the Middle East because it would include Israel, a Saudi official said Wednesday. Prince Turki bin Nasser, Saudi official in charge of environmental affairs said the United Nations should establish an Arab-only environment training center instead.
"Arabs do not need training from Israel," Turki said following one-day discussions of Arab League nations' environment ministers in Cairo. He added the Arab governments would discuss the proposal further with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. It is unclear when the United Nation’s environment program proposed the center. Its office in Cairo was closed after working hours Wednesday. Arab officials met at the Arab League headquarters in the Egyptian capital and discussed environmental challenges the region faces due to climate changes. (Jerusalem Post)
Who knew, those Stewards of Sand, already know how to make the desert bloom and just choose not to?
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