All countries must join hands
The World Food Day, which was celebrated on Oct 16th, should not just remain an annual event. On this day, we should call on everyone to work together and put an end to hunger all over the world. As per Food and Agriculture Organization’s report, nearly one billion people all over the world are suffering from food shortage in 2010. This shows that there is need for serious cooperation in this field, especially since climate change and the recent financial crisis have also played a role.Until all countries join hands and help people in need through the United Nations’ organizations, food shortage will remain a never-ending tragedy and will be source of misery for several children all over the world.The wealthy countries can help their poorer counterparts by financing and providing technology to develop agricultural field and minimizing food shortage, which is the prime cause for the increase in prices of foodstuffs. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s recent announcement regarding the establishment of a 100 million dollar fund to provide food to the needy people in the Islamic world makes Kuwait a leading example and it will no doubt reflect positively on peace and security in the world, especially since all efforts in the east and west are directed towards elimination of poverty and hunger around the world.
Email: Labeed.abdal@gmail.com
By: Labeed Abdal - Attorney at Law
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/161330/reftab/96/t/Put-end-to-food-shortage/Default.aspx
Sunday 31 October 2010
Sunday 24 October 2010
Laws needed to protect people from Net abuses
Kuwait should take decisive steps and sign int’l agreements
Google, Youtube, Facebook, iPod, iPhone and iPad have become a vital part of our life. They are playing the role of mother and father in guiding us and in helping us make the right choices. The Time Magazine, in its May 2010 issue, stated that there are over 500 million Facebook users, and added that if Facebook were a state, it would have been the third most populous country in the world.President Barack Obama can be called the first e-president. He used the Internet extensively, especially Google, Youtube, Wikipedia and his website ‘Change’ in his presidential campaign. The first signs of e-war were noticed during the conflict between Russia and Georgia, where the latter’s air defenses were hacked and crippled from doing their role. Georgia lost the war as a result.Everyone has the right to have unlimited knowledge and there are no restrictions on how to use this information. However, we must maintain some limits to ensure privacy.In Kuwait, we need to e-reevaluate our legislation as we still do not have well structured laws to protect individuals from Internet abuses, fraud, threats, embezzlement, copy right infringements etc. Kuwait should take decisive steps and sign international agreements to provide right protection to its e-government projects and its data. It will also help in maintaining citizens and expatriates’ security, rights and freedoms.
Labeed.abdal@gmail.com
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/RSS/tabid/69/smid/414/ArticleID/161026/t/Laws-needed-to-protect-people-from-Net-abuses/Default.aspx
Google, Youtube, Facebook, iPod, iPhone and iPad have become a vital part of our life. They are playing the role of mother and father in guiding us and in helping us make the right choices. The Time Magazine, in its May 2010 issue, stated that there are over 500 million Facebook users, and added that if Facebook were a state, it would have been the third most populous country in the world.President Barack Obama can be called the first e-president. He used the Internet extensively, especially Google, Youtube, Wikipedia and his website ‘Change’ in his presidential campaign. The first signs of e-war were noticed during the conflict between Russia and Georgia, where the latter’s air defenses were hacked and crippled from doing their role. Georgia lost the war as a result.Everyone has the right to have unlimited knowledge and there are no restrictions on how to use this information. However, we must maintain some limits to ensure privacy.In Kuwait, we need to e-reevaluate our legislation as we still do not have well structured laws to protect individuals from Internet abuses, fraud, threats, embezzlement, copy right infringements etc. Kuwait should take decisive steps and sign international agreements to provide right protection to its e-government projects and its data. It will also help in maintaining citizens and expatriates’ security, rights and freedoms.
Labeed.abdal@gmail.com
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/RSS/tabid/69/smid/414/ArticleID/161026/t/Laws-needed-to-protect-people-from-Net-abuses/Default.aspx
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