Weekly Cabinet Meeting

Weekly Cabinet Meeting

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today chaired the weekly Cabinet Meeting at Gudaibiya Palace. The Cabinet directed government agencies to follow up on the recommendations in the National Audit Office (NAO) Annual Report 2020-2021 and take the necessary measures to develop the management of public funds as well as their administrative and financial performance. The Cabinet decided to refer the report to the Government Executive Committee to supervise the application of the recommendations contained therein in accordance with the mechanism followed during the review of previous reports of the NAO. The Cabinet expressed its thanks to all ministries and government agencies that did not draw any substantive observations in this year’s report, highlighting the role played by the NAO in strengthening governance to achieve correct practices in this field. The Cabinet announced that the Kingdom of Bahrain aims to reach net zero emissions by the year 2060 in order to face the challenges of climate change and protect the environment. The Cabinet welcomed the launch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s first package of “Green Saudi Arabia” initiatives, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King