State of Israel Ministry of health Date: June 16, 2001 Ophthalmic Health Conference, Held at Finland Votes for the Palestinian Medical Relief to be a Member of the Regional Committee Palestinian Medical Relief Committee was elected as a permanent member in the regional committee of the Middle East and North Africa in the international ophthalmic Health Conference that was held in Finland recently. This was during the conference which was held at the Finnish capital city, Helsinki.This was the first Arab representation which the Medical Relief has in such a committee which the Arab countries have been absent from its membership since the previous long period. Mrs. Khayria Al-Kharoof was the representative of the Palestinian Medical Relief Committee in the conference in which she delivered a word before the attendants of the conference. She asserted in her speech the distinguished role, which the Palestinian Medical Relief Committee has played since its establishment in 1979 throughout concentrating on offering First Aid and medical services to the citizens almost for free. She confirmed as well the role of the PMRC in developing the health systems, which have become an example of the countries, which got a benefit from these systems. Mrs. Khayria added that the PMRC would supervise a work program with the World Health Organization deals with fighting blindness on the international and local levels. Electing the PMRC as a member in the regional Committee in the Middle East and North Africa becomes as an award to the PMRC for gaining the WHO Prize for the year 2001, which it received last month. Date: June 14, 2001 Palestinian Citizen martyred, and Other Three Injured Few Hours After Israel Declares Cease-Fire Few hours after Israeli minister of defense, Benjamin Ali-Aizer, declared the beginning of carrying out Cease-Fire between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a terrorist Jewish group opened fire yesterday towards a Palestinian lorry near Hezma area at Hebron. The Jewish settlers shooting resulted in killing 45-year-old Awni Abdel-Ra'of Ali Hada, of the passengers of the lorry, and injuring other three. Israeli sources said yesterday night that a fanatic Jewish group calls itself "Shelhaneet Gela'ad" declared the responsibility of the shooting accident. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
