HE the Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and the State of Qatar’s candidate to the Post of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari arrived yesterday in the Tunisian city of Sousse to take part in an international symposium on promoting peace and dialogue values, due to kick off today.
The two-day symposium is organised by the Tunisian Education Ministry in co-operation with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), and the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO).
Dr al-Kuwari will deliver a speech on the symposium topic during the first session which will be chaired by President of Malta Marie Louise Coleiro Preca. He will also chair a session on the symposium’s second day dealing with challenges to peace in the region: violence, terrorism, migration, illegal drug trafficking and arms smuggling.
The symposium is part of contribution to the global effort to cultivate peace and dialogue and security in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa, and to further enhance the Tunisian experience in peaceful dialogue and democratic reform.
Items on the agenda will feature Maghreb and European countries and the geostrategic changes in the Sahel region: various approaches; peace challenges in the region: violence, terrorism, migration, drug and arms trafficking; regional co-operation in all its dimensions to establish peace in the Euro-Mediterranean area, the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa; democratisation and political dialogue: a strategic choice for peace; efforts of international and regional organisations towards promoting values of peace and dialogue across the world; and the Tunisian experience in promoting peace and dialogue values.