Day: March 7, 2024

Amman: The personnel at Jordan’s Field Hospital Gaza/77 in northern Gaza persist in their medical and humanitarian duties amid the ongoing Israeli aggression.

Since deployment, the medical teams have conducted various surgeries and admissions and provided essential medications to those in need. Their unwavering commitment aims to mitigate the impact of the bloody war on the Gaza Strip, now in its 153rd day.

To date, the hospital has treated 20,213 cases since the onset of Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: As part of the international efforts made by Jordan to mitigate effects of the bloody war on Gaza Strip and under Royal directives, Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF)- Arab Army on Thursday carried out 9 airdrops, in partnership with Arab and friendly countries targeting a number of sites in northern Gaza.

Aircrafts from Egypt, the United States, France, the Netherlands and Belgium participated in carrying out the operation with Royal Jordanian Air Force, according to a JAF statement.

This step comes within the ongoing Jordanian efforts to send more medical, relief and food aid to people in Gaza, aimed to alleviate effects of the war and compensate the severe shortage of food and medicine triggered by the continuing Israeli war on the coastal enclave, the statement said.

The JAF affirms continued operations to send aid via an air bridge to deliver humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza, through aid planes dispatched from Marka Airport towards El Arish International Airport, or through airdrops on the strip,
or ground aid convoys.

Since beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the JAF carried out 29 Jordanian airdrops, 23 airdrop operations carried out by JAF, in cooperation with Arab and friendly countries.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Amman: Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernization, Nasser Shraideh, said approval of the Kingdom’s new Human Resources Bylaw that will govern work of Jordan’s public sector is “imminent,” stressing that performance and efficiency have become the rule.

Shraideh made the remarks Thursday at the graduation ceremony of the participants in Government Leadership Qualification Program, which is run by Government Leadership Center at Institute of Public Administration, in presence of Interior Minister, Mazen Faraya, Director of Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Roxane Weber, and Italian Ambassador, Luciano Pizzuti.

Shraideh said the program, funded by Italian government through AICS and implemented by European Public Law Organization (EPLO), is considered a “new beginning,” adding that work is underway to develop it in the coming stages to contribute to achieve the desired goals and create more human resources leaders in Jordan’s public sector.

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he minister also affirmed seriousness of changing performance in the Kingdom’s public sector to be “more effective and adequate” in serving the citizen.

“The public sector aims to provide the best services to citizens, which requires a different approach to work,” he said, stressing that the Institute of Public Administration has begun to witness development to serve this basic goal, aimed to qualify Jordan’s human resources to keep pace with global developments in various fields.

Middle management, he affirmed, will receive the required attention and multiple related standards and requirements will be reformulated and dealt with more firmly for its importance for public work.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The President of the High Council of State, ‘Mohamed Takala,’ met on Wednesday evening, accompanied by his second deputy, ‘Omar Al-Obaidi,’ the American ambassador and envoy to Libya, ‘Richard Norland,’ and the embassy’s charge d’affaires, ‘Jeremy Brent,’ and their accompanying delegation, at the Council’s headquarters.

The media office of the High Council of State said on its Facebook page that the meeting, which was also attended by the rapporteur of the High Council of State and the head of the Council’s Political Affairs Committee, discussed aspects of the Libyan political crisis, the initiative of the UN envoy, and efforts aimed at supporting the democratic path, stability, and the success of the electoral process.

Source: Libyan News Agency

Amman: Following the deposit of its document of membership to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US government in Washington, DC, Sweden became the newest member of NATO on Thursday, March 7, 2024. NATO currently has 32 nations as members as a result of Sweden’s entry.

“Today is a historic day,” stated Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO. Sweden will now occupy its proper seat at the NATO table and have an equal voice in determining the organization’s policies and choices.

Source: Jordan News Agency