Abu Dhabi, Dec 01st, 2008 : Ministery of Labour has declared three days as Eid-al-Adha holidays for the private sector, starting from Sunday the 7th December
2008. The work in the private sector will resume from Wednesday the10th December.

A circular issued by the Minister of Labour HE Saqar Gobash today said that all the firms, establishments and companies in the private sector will observe the holidays.

Abu Dhabi, Dec. 01st, 2008 (WAM)--President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, received today at Al Bateen Palace in presence of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahraini Speaker Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dharani and the delegation accompanying him.

Sheikh Khalifa welcomed the Bahraini official and lauded progress being experienced by Bahrain Kingdom in all fields under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Eisa, of Bahrain Kingdom.

He stressed the played by the parliament in Bahrain and depth of the historic relations between the peoples of the UAE and Bahrain, as well as ways of upgrading them.

Abu Dhabi, 1st Dec. 2008 -- HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Representative of the Ruler in the Eastern Region, said the historical achievements of the UAE during 37 years of the Federation do speak for themselves.

"The proclamation of the UAE federation stands out as the most important landmark in the history of the nation", he added.

"December 2nd is the greatest day in the history of the UAE because it marks the real birth of our country and the great epic which yielded a great solid federation", he noted.

Abu Dhabi, 1st Dec. 2008 -- H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, made the following statement to Dir? Al Watan magazine on the occasion of the UAE's 37th national day.

ABU DHABI, Nov. 29th, 2008: UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri is leading the UAE delegation "The Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" which started today in Doha, Qatar.

ABU DHABI, Nov. 29th, 2008: Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Kin-moon today warned against social unrest and political instability arising from the current
global financial crisis and are likely to exacerbate all other problems facing humanity.

The financial crisis, which has hit all nations and "has brought an abrupt end to a long era of global growth, compounds other major threats: climate change, food insecurity,
the terrible persistence of extreme poverty," remarked Ki-moon.