(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)

POLITY AND SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION

1.United Arab Emirates was established on 2 December

1971.

2.The country is a federation of seven emirates (equivalent

to principalities).

3.UAE has a high income economy, which ranks as the

world's nineteenth highest in terms of GDP per capita

(nominal).

4. Emirates oil reserves is ranked as the seventh-largest in

the world, along with the world's seventeenth largest natural

gas reserves.

1. GEOGRAPHY1. The United Arab Emirates is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is in a strategic location along southern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil.

2. UAE shares a 530 kilometer border with Saudi Arabia on the west, south and southeast. And 450 kilometer border with Oman at southeast and northeast.

3. The largest emirate, Abu Dhabi, accounts for 87% of the UAE's total area (67,340 square kilometers (26,000 sq. mi)

4. The climate of the U.A.E is subtropical-arid with hot summers and warm winters. The hottest months are July and August, when average maximum temperatures reach above 45 °C (113 °F) on the coastal plain.

2. GOVERNMENT

1.United Arab Emirates is a federation of absolute hereditary monarchies. It is

governed by a Federal Supreme Council made up of the seven emirs of Abu

Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Qaiwain.

2. Although elected by the Supreme Council, the presidency and prime minister

ship are essentially hereditary: The emir of Abu Dhabi holds the presidency, and the

emir of Dubai is prime minister.

3. The UAE's judicial system is derived from the civil law system and Sharia law.

4. The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates confers equality, liberty, rule of law,

presumption of innocence in legal procedures, inviolability of the home, freedom of

movement ,freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of communication, freedom of

religion, freedom of council and association, freedom of occupation, freedom to be

elected to office and others onto all citizens, within the limit of the law.

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is the President of UAE and the ruler of Abu Dhabi

3. British Rule(1892-1971)1.The United Kingdom and the Trucial Sheikhdoms established

closer bonds in an 1892 treaty, similar to treaties entered into by

Britain with other principalities in the Persian Gulf.

2. The sheikhs agreed not to dispose of any territory except to

Britain and not to enter into relationships with any foreign

government other than the United Kingdom without its consent.

MID-20 CENTURY UAE

Zayed bin Sultan Al

Nahyan was the first President

of UAE

4.INDEPENDENCE 1. By 1966 it had become clear the British Government could no longer

afford to administer and protect what is now the United Arab Emirates.

2.The British army were outstretched to the point they were dangerously under reequipped to protect the Sheikh.

3. The ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, fearing vulnerability, tried to persuade the British to honor the protection treaties by offering to pay the full costs of keeping the British Armed Forces in the Emirates. But the offer was rejected by the British.

4. When the British-Trucial Sheikhdoms treaty expired on 1 December 1971, UAE became fully independent.

5. The rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai offered the other five Emirates to join them. And in December 2nd the constitution was written.

5.ECONOMY1. UAE has the second largest economy in the Arab world (after Saudi

Arabia), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $377 billion (AED1.38 trillion) in 2012.

2. Since independence in 1971, UAE's economy has grown by nearly 231

times to AED1.45 trillion in 2013.

3. Dubai International Airport was the Busiest airport in the world by

international passenger traffic from January to May 2013, overtaking

London Heathrow.

4. UAE and India are each other's main trading partners, with the latter

having many of its citizens working and living in the former. The trade

totals over $75 billion (AED275.25 billion)

6.UAE BUDGET 2014

Abdul Rahman Saleh Al Saleh, Director General of the Department of Finance (DOF) in

Dubai, indicated that Dubai has succeeded in reducing the gap in the budget of 2014

between public revenues Dh37,000 million and public expenditures Dh37,882 million, by

41% compared to fiscal year 2013.

7. GOVERNMENT REVENUE 2014

Revenue figures show the success of the Dubai government to increase public revenues for the fiscal year 2014 by 13% compared to revenue for the financial year 2013.

The expected increase of fees- representing 67% of the total government revenue - by 24 per cent compared with 2013, reflects the expected growth of the emirate and the development and diversity of government services and this is clearly shown through the policy of not raising any government fees in the emirate since the economic crisis. This rise however, is due to real economic growth that will persist according to the Department of Finance.

The tax revenue increased by 1% representing 21% of total

government revenues and includes customs and foreign

banks taxes. This increase indicates the development of the

performance of customs which explains the Emirate’s

economic growth. Moreover, the development and increase

of bank taxes are good indicators of the evolving economic

situation in the emirate.

The net oil revenue accounted for only 9% of government

revenues of the emirate.

8. EXPO 2020

Expo 2020, is a Universal scale Registered Exposition time

slot sanctioned by the Bureau of International

Expositions (BIE), Paris on 27 November 2013. Dubai in

the United Arab Emirates won the right to hold Expo 2020.

PARAMETERSAs a Registered Exposition it may be a maximum of six

months in length and adhere to a wide universal theme that

applies to all humanity. Past themes of Universal

Expositions include "Man and His World" Montreal Expo 67,

and "Discovery" Seville Expo 92.

Bids and biddingOnce one city had lodged a bid with the BIE other cities had

six months to respond. The earliest allowed time to lodge a

bid was 2011, and the latest 2014. With an early 2011 bids

to the BIE, Izmir of Turkey and Ayutthaya of Thailand

initiated the six-month window for other cities to bid. This

window closed on 2 November 2011, at which point 5 cities

had lodged their bids with the BIE, with Dubai making a last

minute entry. The BIE voted on the winning host city on 27

November 2013. Dubai had made a last minute entry.

THE FOLLOWING CITIES PARTICIPATING WERE:

1.Izmir, Turkey

2. Yekaterinburg, Russia

3. São Paulo, Brazil

4. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai had won the bid. UAE selected the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the

Future”.

"In today’s highly interconnected world, a renewed vision of progress and development

based on shared purpose and commitment is key. While a single human mind, an

individual country, or a specific community is both unique and remarkable, it is by working

collaboratively that we truly advance." Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al

Maktoum said in support of the bid.

The World Expo in Dubai in 2020 will be the first to be held in the MENA & SA (Middle East

and North Africa & South Asia) region.

As a result the following changes were promised:

1. The staging of the world fair and the preparations leading are up to it are expected to

result in 277,000 new jobs in the UAE

2. Increase in tourism of at least 25 million and up to 100 million.

3. Around $1 trillion worth of projects that have been under execution, allow UAE to

continue as the Largest Projects Market.

Tourism

1.Tourism acts as a growth sector for the entire U.A.E economy. U.A.E is

ranked first in its tourism sector as one of the world's most sustainable

sector, according to the World Economic Forum's annual Travel

& Tourism Competitiveness Report.

2. Travel & tourism sector's contribution to the U.A.E’s gross domestic product (GDP) is

said to reach up to 8.5 per cent this year with a 4.5 per cent year-on-year rise to AED

122.6 billion. U.A.E’s travel and tourism sector is also expected to create 245,000 jobs

directly by 2023, registering an annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent, according to the latest

research analysis released by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Analyses

found have said there would be a rise in capital investment annually by an average of 4.5

per cent to reach AED 143.4 billion in 2023. This would further increase travel and

tourism’s share of the U.A.E’s total private investments to about 23.2 per cent, up from

22.8 per cent in 2013.

9. TOP 5 MAJOUR COMPANIES IN UAE

1. ETISALAT

2. FIRST GULF BANK

3. NATIONAL BANK OF ABU DHABI

4. DP WORLD

5. EMAAR PROPERTIES

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