15 YEARS - Zain

Regional Cable NetworkAlliance (RCN)SustainabilitySustainability ManagementSustainability ReportingUniversal Service ObligationAn alliance of regional telecommunication companies to construct and maintain a multi-terabit cable system extending from theUAE to Europe, passing through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. The project aims to provide alternative and additionalroutes for internet services, and spans participation from partners in the Middle East and Europe.The definition is derived from the definition of Sustainable Development; development that meets the needs of the presentwithout comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.The integrated management of economic, social, and environmental performance.The practice of publicly reporting to stakeholders on an ongoing basis, the organization’s economic, environmental and socialperformance including the issues most relevant to all of its key stakeholders.The Universal Service Obligation is an obligation which can be imposed upon the dominant telecom operator (usually theincumbent). This obligation includes a demand to meet any request for provision of a particular telecom service to anybodywithin the country. The purpose of having such an obligation is to ensure national coverage of a particular telecom service also inremote rural areas, where provision of telecom service may become less profitable.UNRWAThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East provides assistance, protection andadvocacy for some 4.8 million registered Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territory,pending a solution to their plight. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN member states.77