Almotamar.net, Saba - In its weekly meeting, the cabinet approved to delay the study in all schools of the Sana'a city and Sayon district of Hadramout province because of growing affected swine flu cases in these cities.

The cabinet delayed the study in these regions as the secondary schools would be opened by 10th October and from 7th class to 9th class of primary schools by 24th October.

The rest classes would be opened by 31st October. Regarding other provinces, the cabinet approved starting the study next Saturday (3rd October, 2009).

Such measures have been taken to give time to the ministry of health to control the new swine flu affected cases, the cabinet said.

According to the report of health ministry, some 202 swine flu affected cases were registered until now and 171 cases have been recovered.



The cabinet approved in its meeting on Tuesday a memorandum of Transport Minister on Yemen's accession to Montreal Convention 1999 based on protecting the passengers of air transportation.

The cabinet directed the concerned ministers to complete the necessary constitutional procedures for the accession to the convention.

The Montreal Convention is a treaty adopted by a Diplomatic meeting of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) member states in 1999. It amended important provisions of the Warsaw Convention's regime concerning compensation for the victims of air disasters.

It protects passengers by introducing a two-tier liability system and by facilitating the swift recovery of proven damages without the need for lengthy litigation.

Montreal Convention was brought about mainly to amend liabilities to be paid to families for death or injury whilst on board an aircraft.

As of August 2009, there were 92 signatories to the Montreal Convention, including the United States, European Union (EU), Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea and Mexico.