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| H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH DECLARED THE BIRTH OF THE /ARAB FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY/ |
 H.H. THE EMIR AND H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH ATTEND DEMOCRATIC FORUM CLOSING SESSION
DOHA, MAY 29 (QNA) - H.H. THE EMIR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI AND H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER AL-MISNAD ATTENDED THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE 2ND FORUM ON DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL REFORM, HELD AT THE SHERATON DOHA HOTEL AT NOON TODAY.
THE SESSION WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY H.H. SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI, THE PRIVATE ADVISOR TO H.H. THE EMIR.
THE SESSION WAS ATTENDED AS WELL BY H.E. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF ENERGY ABDULLAH BIN HAMAD AL-ATTIYAH, A NUMBER OF THEIR EXCELLENCES SHEIKHS, MINISTERS, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL S SPEAKER AND THE FORUM S GUESTS.
DURING THE SESSION H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER AL-MISNAD GAVE A SPEECH IN WHICH SHE UNDERLINED THAT REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN BACKED BY PREACHERS CAPABLE OF PROVING THE WORTHINESS OF ITS DEMANDING.
SHEIKHA MOZAH ADDED THAT THE MESSAGE OF DEMOCRACY WAS BEING CARRIED BY GUIDERS CAPABLE OF ENLIGHTENING PEOPLE ABOUT ITS SIGNIFICANCE.
SHE ADDED //I DON T THINK THAT THE RESULTS YOU REACHED DURING THIS FORUM WERE CONCEIVED ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT, BUT WERE RATHER AN ACCUMULATION OF PREVIOUS ENDEAVOURS THAT BELIEVED IN THE ARAB MANS POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE WHENEVER ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS HIMSELF AND GIVE VENT TO HIS POTENTIALS.
SHEIKHA MOZAH SAID OUT ARAB HOMELAND IS IN BAD NEED FOR EXPLOITING AND REVITALIZING HIS LIVE AND DORMANT POWERS SO THAT ALL COULD CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGING HIS CONDITIONS TO THE BETTER.
SHE STRESSED THAT DEMOCRACY IS A DEMAND WHICH WE ALL SHOULD EXERT EFFORTS TO FIND THE METHODOLOGY REQUIRED FOR ITS ATTAINMENT SAYING //WHILE UNDERLINING, IN THIS RESPECT, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AS PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STRUCTURES AND TOOLS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION, IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOVING HARDSHIPS AND IMPEDIMENTS FACING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.//
DURING HER SPEECH H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH DECLARED THE BIRTH OF THE /ARAB FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY/ WHICH WILL BE THE MEANS OF ENCOURAGING THE REGION TO ENHANCE THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY AND TO ADOPT IT AS THOUGHT AND PRACTICE.
IN THIS REGARD, SHEIKHA MOZAH SAID //WE IN OUR ARAB HOMELAND ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND CAPACITIES, BUT WE
ARE IN NEED TO BUILD FURTHER CONFIDENCE AMONG ALL WHO CARE FOR PLANNING PUBLIC MATTERS AND TO POOL EFFORTS AND VOLITION IN ORDER TO SET THE SOUND VISIONS VIS-A-VIS THE FUTURE WHICH WE ACCEPT FOR OURSELVES.//
AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION H.H. THE EMIR PRESENTED EACH OF FORMER SUDANESE PRESIDENT GENERAL ABDUL RAHMAN SWAR ED-DAHAB AND FORMER MAURITANIAN PRESIDENT COLONEL ELY MOHAMED VALL WITH THE MEDAL OF INDEPENDENCE IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR SUPPORT TO DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD.
THE MEDALS PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER AL-MISNAD THE CEREMONY WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY H.E. THE CHIEF OF THE EMIRI DIWAN SHEIKH ABDUL RAHMAN BIN SAUD AL-THANI AND H.E. THE CHAIRPERSON OF QATAR MUSEUMS AUTHORITY SHEIKHA AL MAYASSA BINT HAMAD AL-THANI.
H.H. THE EMIR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI AND H.H. SHEIKH MOZAH BINT NASSER AL-MISNAD MEANWHILE ATTENDED A LUNCHEON BANQUET HELD IN HONOUR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DEMOCRACY GENERAL FOUNDATION.
CONCLUDES SESSIONS
DOHA, MAY 29 (QNA) - PARTICIPANTS AT THE 2ND FORUM ON DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD HAVE THE DECLARATION OF H.H. SHEIKHA MOZAH BINT NASSER AL-MISNAD FOR THE DEMOCRATIC ARAB ESTABLISHMENT THAT AIMS AT CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB REGION AT THE LEVEL OF THOUGHT AND PRACTICE.
THEY ALSO LAUDED SPEECH H.H. THE HEIR APPARENT SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL-THANI GAVE AT THE FORUM S OPENING SESSION IN WHICH HE UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING WAYS RELATED TO ENHANCING, ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND ITS RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS CAME IN A FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY AT THE CLOSE OF THE FORUM WHICH WAS RED OUT BY H.E. THE CHAIRMAN OF QATAR S HUMAN RIGHTS NATIONAL COMMITTEE DR KHALED BIN MOHAMED AL-ATTIYAH. THE PARTICIPANTS STRESSED THAT THE PROCESS OF REFORM IN THE ARAB WORLD IS AN INTERNAL ISSUE THAT IS BASED ON NATIONAL CONCORDANCE, AND WHICH IS BASED ON THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL BODIES-GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL- THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH REAL AND SERIOUS REFORM WHICH MEETS THE ASPIRATIONS OF ARAB PEOPLE IN ADVANCEMENT,DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY, PEACE AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
THEY EMPHASIZED THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PROCESS OF REFORM SO AS TO HELP IN TRANSITION OF DEMOCRACY.
THE PARTICIPANTS CALLED ON THE ARAB GOVERNMENTS TO DEEPEN FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND EXPANDS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL FIELD AND PUBLIC DOMAIN, WITHIN THE FRAME OF RULE OF LAW AND REALIZING JUSTICE AND EQUALITY AMONG CITIZENS, AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ESTABLISHES COMPONENTS OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE ARAB WORLD.
IN THE FINAL STATEMENT THE PARTICIPANTS STRESSED THE NECESSITY OF ENHANCING THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETIES IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MAKING AVAILABLE A LEGAL FRAME THAT IS SUITABLE FOR SUCH INSTITUTIONS, SO THAT THEY SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND STATE INSTITUTIONS.
THEY EMPHASIZED THAT THE LEGAL STATE THAT FIGHT ONE-MAN RULE IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY SYSTEM, ENHANCING VALUES OF FUSTICS, SECURING DECENT AND FAIR TRIBUNAL, ESTABLISHING FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AND RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
THEY ALSO URGED THE TREATMENT OF THE IMPACTS EMANATED FROM THE SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FASHION THAT ENHANCES AND RECONCILIATION AND ENSURES JUSTICE PRINCIPLES IN THE MANNER THAT PROMOTES WORK FOR DEMOCRACY.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIGHT OF ARAB CIVIL SOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO MONITOR THE ELECTION PROCESSES.
SPECIAL CARE MUST BE DEDICATED TO CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH BEING THE STRONG AND WIDE FOUND ACTION OF ARAB COMMUNITIES, AND TO ANTENNAS SUPPORTING TO ENCOURAGING THE ROLE OF WOMAN TO ARAB COMMUNITY AND TO BOOST HER POSITION AND ROLE THERE IN TO APPRECIATE HER ROLE IN
PROMOTING COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ACHIEVE AND PROMOTING COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ACHIEVE AND EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND POLITICAL, SOUL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS.
ASSERT THAT DEMOCRACY DOESN T CONTRADICT OF RELIGIONS AND NEITHER DO THE FALTER.
UPHOLD THE VALUES OF TOLERANCE MODERATION AND TO ENHANCE THE CULTURES OF DIALOGUE AND TO GIVE UP HATRED OF WHATSOEVER AND TO SPREAD VALUES OF SOLIDARITY AND CO-EXISTENCE AMONG PEOPLES AND NATIONS.
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