Al-Amn Magazine

he Counc i l of Arab Inter i or Mi n i sters d i d we l l when i t dec i ded , dur i ng i ts 42nd sess i on he ld at i ts headquar ters i n Tun i s i a , to grant Hi s Ma j est y Ki ng Hamad b i n I sa Al Kha l i fa , the Ki ng of Bahra i n , may God protec t and preserve h im, the Pr i nce Nayef Meda l for Arab Secur i t y of the Exce l l ent Cl ass . Th i s meda l i s usua l l y awarded to l ead i ng f i gures at the l eve l of heads of state and governments who have presented or cont r i buted to p i oneer i ng work that l ed to secur i t y and peace . I t i s no secret that Hi s Ma j est y the Ki ng , s i nce assumi ng power, has been ca l l i ng for peace and harmony and coex i stence , to l erance and d i a l ogue between re l i g i ons and count r i es , wh i ch spreads rapprochement and to l erance and e l imi nates d i f ferences . Dur i ng the Arab Mi n i ster i a l Meet i ng , the speech of Hi s Exce l l ency emphas i zed th i s roya l approach when , address i ng h i s Arab counterpar ts , he ca l l ed for the adopt i on of an Arab st rategy for publ i c safet y, wh i ch i s one of our pr i or i t i es , and i s based on t ra i n i ng and qua l i f y i ng c i v i l i ans nat i ona l l y and Arab- wi de by prepar i ng the necessary cadres of t ra i ned vo lunteers to ensure a human base t ra i ned i n ma i nta i n i ng order, f i rst a i d , and rescue work . The techno l og i ca l deve l opments tak i ng pl ace i n the wor ld , and the keenness to empl oy modern techno l og i es i n secur i t y f i e lds , have never been far f rom the contents of Hi s Exce l l ency ’ s speech . Hi s Exce l l ency cons i dered “expand i ng the use of ar t i f i c i a l i nte l l i gence appl i cat i ons i n secur i t y f i e lds and tak i ng i nto account the l eg i s l at i on requ i red to accommodate them” . Hi s Exce l l ency proposed ass i gn i ng an Arab exper t team concerned wi th i nformat i on techno l ogy cr imes to study th i s mat ter and work on deve l op i ng a gu i de to be re l i ed upon i n the opt ima l use of ar t i f i c i a l i nte l l i gence appl i cat i ons i n our secur i t y programmes . The speech of Hi s Exce l l ency came wi th c l ear Arab d imens i ons and he st ressed the impor tance of st rengthen i ng and deve l op i ng j o i nt ac t i on i n the secur i t y f i e lds and every th i ng re l ated to publ i c safet y. T Pr ince Nayef Medal honour for Hi s Ma j esty and Bahra in EDITORIAL