Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, inaugurated on 15 December the 16th Arab Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, convening from 15 to 19 December at the Dead Sea in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The conference is organised by the Arab Atomic Energy Agency in collaboration with the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, with the presence of His Excellency Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, Jordan's Minister of Energy.