The office of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will begin issuing monthly reports about the president's activities and achievements, Morsi spokesman Yasser Ali announced at a Tuesday press conference.

The initiative, he said, aimed at keeping the Egyptian public apprised of Morsi's progress on a host of pressing domestic issues.

Ali went on to say that, since taking office in June, Morsi had been working to implement his presidential programme, which revolves around several main points. These include human rights, his 100-day plan, national cohesion, poverty alleviation, economic revival, education, scientific research and foreign policy.

Ali added that Morsi planned to hold monthly meetings with media figures to discuss how best to deal with citizens' demands and grievances and to provide details of the president's activities.

He also said Morsi had ordered the formation of a committee mandated with discussing the status of civilians tried in military courts and collecting information about those injured and killed during and after last year's Tahrir Square uprising.

Last month, at the beginning of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, Morsi ordered the release of 572 civilians detained by the military in the wake of the uprising. More releases are expected in the coming period.