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'GCC
summit an opportunity to relaunch itself in Arab world'
Sunday December 05, 2010 05:40:40 PM,
Rahul
Dass, IANS
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Abu Dhabi:
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit "is a chance for the
organisation to relaunch itself as a force in the Arab world", a
leading daily said Sunday.
The Gulf News in an editorial said: "The GCC has been drifting for
some years. It is a potentially important international
organisation, but it has failed to make its mark on regional or
global affairs."
The daily said the GCC's individual member states have tackled
international issues with skill and influence, "but as a group the GCC remains invisible, even if the GCC says that it does not want
to be a passive group".
The two-day GCC summit that begins in Abu Dhabi Monday "is a
chance for the organisation to relaunch itself as a force in the
Arab world. The summit will have to spend some time on economic
union, and try to resolve the impasse on currency union, but there
is a lot more to think about".
On the issues that are likely to be taken up at the summit, the
editorial said: "Iran will need careful attention as the present
US-led sanctions drift into eventual failure. Iraq is still not on
the way to full recovery, and needs support from its neighbours."
"Palestine is getting more and more difficult by the day, and the
looming catastrophe in Sudan is approaching very quickly with the
hotly disputed referendum due in January. Yemen desperately needs
well intentioned help, where the GCC is well placed to build on
Qatar's noble start, and make a substantial impact in heading off
a further drift to chaos in Yemen."
It wrapped up by saying that there was a "lot to do in the region,
and the GCC member states are well placed to make a substantial
difference, if they can find the political will to act together".
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