The group estimated there are 400 women in prison having been accused or convicted of offences including "running away."

In September Kuwaiti court convicted a man for insulting Gulf rulers and posting inflammatory sectarian comments on social media.

The initiative is meant to strengthen commitments on human rights, energy, environmental and security commitments.

The Commission proposed to make the center part of Europol, the European police agency headquartered in The Hague.

The talks carry hopes of defusing a tense international showdown over Iran's nuclear activities that has sent oil prices soaring.

Abbas submitted Palestine's official application for recognition as an independent state in the UN in September 2011.

“Making use of safe, low-cost and environmentally-friendly energy resources is the focus of our development strategies,” Erdoğan said.

Heads of all districts of Javakhk, representatives of NGOs, youth and cultural organizations were invited to the meeting.

At the moment, the countries' payments into the fund will be spread out in 5 installments, the first 2 of which will come this year.