Tuesday 01 October 2019
Led by H.E Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, the NDC Supreme Council held a meeting on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the NDC headquarters. The meeting was attended by H.E Lieutenant General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, H.E Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Director General of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, H.E Professor Mohammed Albaili, Vice Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University, H.E Brigadier Mohammed Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the Office of H.H the Minister of Interior, H.E Saif Mohammed Al-Ariani, Director of Military Affairs at the Supreme National Security Council, H.E Major General Staff Pilot Rashad Mohammed Al Saadi, NDC Commandant, and Naval Staff Brigadier Tareq Khalfan Abdullah Al Zaabi, NDC Deputy Commandant.
The NDC Supreme Council discussed during its current session the most important results of the scheduled actions of its previous meetings and methods of implementation by the members, as well as explored the most important results with regard to the amendment of certain provisions of the decree issued by Federal Law No. (19) of 2016. The council also examined the activities of the Seventh NDC Course 2019-2020 currently held by the College.
The Council also considered methods that would contribute to support the nomination procedures of the candidates for the Eighth NDC Course, and discussed all preparations of the next NDC course in order to achieve the objectives and mission of the College.
During the meeting, the academic program excellence standards and the NDC Course’s scientific research results, which were discussed in previous meetings, have been approved in order to enable the College to complete the activation of its plans and focus on the strategic plan.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Supreme Council issued a set of recommendations that serve the mission and vision of the National Defence College and its strategic objectives in order to achieve a fully satisfactory level of leadership and integration.