Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Public debt in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Like other countries members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a political and economic alliance of six Gulf countries, Kuwait criminalizes criticism of other countries.

Communications concerning the Gulf Cooperation Council

Fiscal surpluses in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries rose to new records, and internal debts were attenuated.

Other Gulf Cooperation Council countries are on a more moderate expansionary path in their budgeted expenditure projections.

Gulf Cooperation Council at its fourteenth session,

Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council

The six Arab countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have called for a UN imposed no fly zone.

Ongoing economic reforms and liberalization contributed to healthy demand expansion in most Gulf Cooperation Council countries during 2004.

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This initiative was supported by our sister countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as well as by Arab and by other friendly countries.

In the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the priority is developing human resources among nationals to match private sector skill requirements.

What was taking place in Saudi Arabia was also taking place in the other countries that were members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and constituted a practical example of cooperation among developing countries.

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be able to absorb only limited numbers of surplus workers from labour exporting countries owing to current work nationalization policies.

It also required the application of advanced technology that many countries, including Saudi Arabia and other member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, did not possess.

Statement by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Continuing economic diversification policies have made it possible for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to channel oil gains into expanding domestic demand.

Yemeni officials have also requested admission to the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Not all Gulf countries have been impermeable to change.

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries witnessed record growth rates offering them an opportunity to be the engine of economic growth that fosters region wide development.

The overall gains were reflected in government revenues, particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, resulting in a historically high level of fiscal surpluses there.

In general, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries maintain low or modest external debt stocks and debt to GDP ratios and have accumulated substantial foreign assets.

Bahrain is also one of the founding members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

(e) Middle East Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC).

77. The gulf between the rich and poor countries had widened.

Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf,

In line with the revenue increases forecast, most Gulf Cooperation Council countries took prudent stances for their 2005 budget formation, boosting demand without overstretching their budgets.

In the Gulf countries, environmental management and control need to be improved.

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Eighty six per cent of the exports were from the Gulf Cooperation Council, which also accounted for 70 per cent of all imports into ESCWA member countries.

The Gulf Cooperation Council's initiative in all it's modified forms did not address Yemenis aspirations.

The Gulf Cooperation Council attaches great importance to a number of regional and international issues.

In this context, the Kingdom of Bahrain has continued its domestic efforts and its efforts in the Gulf Region with its partner Gulf Cooperation Council countries to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa geographically, and on the security cooperation level, politically and practically.

developments affecting least developed countries (such as the Gulf War, which led to

For these reasons, my delegation welcomes the recent statement of the Gulf Cooperation Council declaring an end to economic sanctions imposed on countries which maintain trade relations with Israel.

These countries will remain dependent on oil imports from an increasingly unstable Persian Gulf.

Our partners in the Caucasus, in Central Asia, the Mediterranean Dialogue countries, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the contact countries, such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand   have often contributed to our operations and thus constitute a considerable portion of our capacity.

Final declaration issued by the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council at its eighteenth special session

Of course, other countries in the Gulf also have some stunning accomplishments to their credit.

Under this arrangement, ASEAN Foreign Ministers have met their counterparts from the Rio Group, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Economic Cooperation Organization and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

The more diversified economies and the Gulf Cooperation Council enjoyed an upturn in real GDP levels (see table).

At its eighteenth special session, the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council issued the following press release

Persian Gulf

The Gulf countries, which have no citizens working in Libya, were the first to denounce Qaddafi.