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69. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL . 271

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

Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

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

It seeks to acquire legitimacy through religion or ethnic identity and its aim is not just the liberation of a given area, but also the triumph of their particular ideology.

Public debt in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

The GCC countries new spending packages are likely to perpetuate public sector hypertrophy.

In 1996, India took the initiative for a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.

Furthermore, Saudi Arabia, in keeping with a long standing tradition, together with other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council continues to donate substantial assistance towards the reconstruction of Lebanon.

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

India has played an influential role and has participated actively in the debates in the UN in shaping international opinion.

Most recently, Bahrain, together with other member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council, had signed a special convention on combating terrorism.

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

Given the above realities, it is clear that terrorism has to be fought along several fronts, with different tools and by adopting different postures First the posture Terrorism can never be fought defensively at a strategic level.

Its gates are shut on its residents and visitors. Our children are stuck in their schools.

In addition, India has a wide range of extradition arrangements with a number of countries included extradition treaties, treaties on mutual judicial assistance in criminal matters, and agreements providing for cooperation on issues concerning terrorism such as organized crime and illicit trafficking in narcotics and drugs.

Address the realities that underpin terrorism the huge stocks of weapons, the availability of funds, the trafficking of narcotics, and the large reserve base of recruits, which have clear extra regional and global dimensions.

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.

The GCC can and must assume that role.

On the issue of Arab boycott of Israel, my delegation is gratified to note that in September of this year the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council announced a virtual end to its practice.

Indeed, the GCC has offered generous aid, totaling roughly 160 billion so far, to countries swept by the Arab Spring.

They are the U.S.A., other Western countries going across in those triangles and a few Gulf states in there actually.

India strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on September 11 in the USA and has welcomed all counter measures in the UN, particularly UN Security Council Resolution 1373.

In fact, the Yemeni population exceeds the population of all six GCC members combined.

As a first step in this direction, the League of Arab States could adopt the decision taken by the Gulf Cooperation Council.

It is time for the GCC, anchored on Saudi Arabia's power, to take up that role.

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

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The public sector is by far the largest employer of GCC citizens in Saudi Arabia, the government employs 80 of the indigenous workforce in Kuwait, the figure is 93 .

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are also sending arms to Syrian opposition groups, but the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council are paralyzed.

Since the current situation is expected to continue, the Gulf Cooperation Council economies are expected to grow by 5.3 per cent in 2005.

WIPO also assisted the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the formulation of a uniform patent law for the States concerned and proposed the necessary implementing regulations.

Bahrain is one of two GCC countries to have a native Christian population the other country, Kuwait, also has Christian population but in smaller numbers, with less than 400 Christian Kuwaiti citizens.

But the GCC members failure to open their economies which are always in need of guest workers to Yemen s young men is short sighted.

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.

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

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

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

Several members of the Gulf Cooperation Council have already expressed an interest in working together with NATO, so we are off to a good start.

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.

We are encouraged by some steps that have been taken to lift economic boycotts steps such as the decision of the Gulf Cooperation Council to lift the secondary and tertiary boycott against Israel.

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.

While the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is strengthening the internal cooperation among its member States, Saudi Arabia is also gradually building up economic ties with the newly independent central Asian Republics.

Indeed, Yemen s population exceeds that of all six GCC members Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia combined.