Al-Khober, Saudi Arabia, Sha'ban 28, 1439, May 14, 2018, SPA -- A conference to discuss Ethics of Science and Technology in the Arab World has been held in the Saudi Arabian eastern city of Al-Khober, co-organized by Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University and UNESCO, it was reported today. The conference, which was held yesterday, aims to forge an ethical framework to direct science and technology towards the correct orientation away from non-ethical and detrimental practices to humans and environment. A number of academic and scientific experts from different Arab countries, led by the Rector of the university Dr. Isa bin Hasan Al-Ansari and Regional UNESCO director Dr. Ghaith Fraiz, discussed a host of ideas and proposals to draw the broad lines of a draft charter for ethical sciences and technology in the Arab world. --SPA 18:45 LOCAL TIME 15:45 GMT 0029 www.spa.gov.sa/w688302