Civil Society in Missan calls for conf. during Arab summit

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Civil Society organizations in Missan on Tuesday called for organizing a conference during the Arab summit with the participation of local and international organizations from Iraq and abroad to present a working paper on reforms in the Arab World. “A group of Civil Society organizations in Missan asked the Arab League secretary general to allow them to organize the conference during the Arab summit to present the working paper,” Hakim Fakher, chairman of the Ahrar society for human rights, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The paper includes some economic and social reforms, human rights issues and democracy in Iraq and the Arab World,” he added. Amara, the capital of Missan, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. SH (TP) 1018