Organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, a number of Women’s Ramadan Councils continued on Wednesday evening across the UAE; attended by a number of male and female journalists, along with a large crowd of people from the Media and Cultural sector and police officers.
The Wednesday evening Women’s Ramadan Council tackled the “Role of media organizations in supporting the Law Respect Culture”, through four main topics, namely; the concept of law respect culture and its religious, social and legal importance; the role of the media organizations in instilling the law respect culture; expression between freedom and responsibility; and as a fourth topic, some “legal highlights”.
Discussions focused on the councils’ main objectives, praising the Ministry of Interior’s keenness to achieve confidence and communication with community members, by establishing social-oriented departments, which seek to develop the sense of societal responsibility among individuals, and acquaint them with the vital role they play to support state institutions in discharging their duties, based on interaction and exchange rather than receiving and implementing orders.
The Councils’ sessions also included an overview of the establishment of the Law Respect Culture Bureau , the General Secretariat of His Highness Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior; based on the fact that acquainting individuals with the laws that apply to them, make them more efficient and contributory to achieve their security and the security of others. For this end, the Bureau has sought to educate individuals on provisions of the law and their significant importance in their lives. Following the successful mobile legal Ramadan tents that roamed the various emirates last Ramadan; and as per the instructions of the police leadership to make the legal meetings friendlier and closer, it was decided to hold the Ramadan councils in citizens’ homes this year.
Journalist and Director Mrs. Fatima Mohammed hosted the Ramadan Council at her home in Khalifa A City in Abu Dhabi. Aisha Sultan / journalist with Al Ittihad newspaper led the discussions, in the presence of a large crowd of people from the Media and Cultural sector.
Addressing the gathering, Director Mrs. Fatima Mohammed expressed her sincere thanks and appreciation to Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, on the initiatives launched by the Ministry of Interior. Moreover, she stressed the importance of the Ramadan Councils, organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau at the Ministry of Interior, which represent a unique opportunity to reach out to all citizens and listen to their views and ideas, with a view to enhance cooperation between the ministry and other institutions in the UAE society. She also extended her thanks and appreciation to the Law Respect Culture Bureau for its diligent efforts to organize and hold such councils in citizens’ homes.
For her part, Journalist Mrs. Aisha Sultan praised the importance of the Ramadan Councils’ initiative carried out by the Ministry of Interior; under the generous patronage of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. She commended the choice of topics raised and discussed at these councils: “The UAE society has been making significant strides forward towards progress. Being an open multicultural and multinational society, the UAE society cannot coexist and function properly without a well-advised and well organized law that governs its actions, and maintains the level of security achieved by the State,” she noted.
Mrs. Aisha Sultan added that the level of security, safety and stabilit