Arab League's statistics committee holds 39th meeting in Cairo

CAIRO– 25 October 2017: The Arab League’s permanent technical committee on statistics started Wednesday its 39th meeting at the AL headquarters in Cairo.

The two-day meeting, chaired by Morocco, is attended by representatives of statistics’ bodies in Arab countries.

The committee is set to discuss a number of items related to the Arab joint statistical action, including surveys, censuses as well as national and economic statistics, said the meeting's chairman Abdullah al Suqrati.

Suqrati, who also serves as the deputy manager of Morocco’s statistics body, underscored the importance of Arab cooperation in the statistics field via the Arab League, where there is a department for statistics and database.