RIYADH: GCC ministers of social development affairs attended the ninth ministerial meeting to discuss a unified development strategy to safeguard the authentic values, family cohesion and unity of GCC societies. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi attended the meeting, reported SPA in Oman. The meeting highlighted the need to develop a unified policy that would strengthen the cohesion and stability of Gulf societies while working on enhancing concepts of citizenship and Arab and Islamic identity. During the meeting ministers discussed unified guiding laws to empower people with disabilities in GCC countries, and laws to guide a “joint charitable work” in Gulf Cooperation Council countries.  A strategy was outlined to unify efforts to empower women in GCC.