Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired the third meeting of the Supreme Population Council today, Sunday, during which the preparations underway to conduct the general population and housing census next November were discussed and followed up. During the meeting, according to a statement from his office, Al-Sudani was briefed on a comprehensive presentation of all the efforts made, the report submitted by the Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authority in the Ministry of Planning, and the observations that must be addressed in preparing to implement the population census process. The meeting approved a set of decisions that facilitate the preparation and training process for conducting the census, as follows: 1- Imposing a curfew in all Iraqi governorates on November 20 and 21, to conduct the population census. 2- Addressing the requirements with the Kurdistan Regional Government regarding training statistical cadres for the numbering and enumeration process. 3- Supporting the Minist ries of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research for the statistical process by preparing classrooms for training, as well as youth centers through the Ministry of Youth and Sports. 4- Expedite the transfer of financial requirements and allocations to finance the census project. 5- Hosting the Chairman of the Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authority in a meeting of the Higher Committee for Coordination between the Governorates. According to the statement, the meeting approved the study of amending the Compulsory Education Law No. 118 of 1976, as well as supporting the executive body for literacy in the governorates, and providing it with the required financial allocation. It was also decided to adopt a report on the overall procedures and indicators achieved by the sectoral ministries concerned with implementing the recommendations issued by international conferences and national commitments on population issues, issued by the Statistics and Geographic Information Systems Authori ty in the Ministry of Planning, provided that the report includes appendices that include the most important statistical indicators resulting from the general population census, the social and economic survey of families in Iraq, and the multiple-indicator survey. Source: National Iraqi News Agency