VOL. XXXIX

No. 35

27-May-1996

UAE

UAE Adopts Permanent Constitution

The UAE Federal Supreme Council (FSC), the highest policy making body in the UAE which groups together the rulers of the seven emirates in the federal state, on 20 May decided to confer the status of permanency on their constitution, which had hitherto been considered as provisional, and to designate Abu Dhabi as the capital of the state. To this effect, the FSC has approved a draft amendment which will be referred to...