By Mohammad Al-Kandari
VALETTA, March 2 (KUNA) -- The World Forum for Culture of Peace, organized by the Kuwaiti Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation, is due to kick off on March 3.
Sponsored and attended by Maltese President George Vella, the forum, themed "leadership for just peace," will see three sessions, said the foundation secretary general, Abdulrahman Khaled Al-Babtain, in remarks to KUNA on Wednesday.
The forum is held at a time the world is in dire need for peace and co-existence among nations, he said, noting that elite figures will lecture during the event about various topics such as role of leaders, international organizations, parliamentarians and NGOs.
The Maltese president will kick off the forum with a keynote speech, he said, adding that the opening session will witness an address by the Kuwaiti parliament speaker Marzouq Ali-Ghanim, the foundation chairman, UN Secretary General Anotnio Guteress and the UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid (a videotaped statement).
On the forum sessions, Al-Babtain said the first session would be headed by the Maltese president, adding that the lecturers during it would be Albanian President Ilir Meta, the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu and the former Croatian president Stjepan Mesic. One of the key topics during this session would be means of launching an international platform for leading just peace, an aspired mechanism to avert strifes and mediation in emergency situations.
In the second session, Al-Babtain said, includes lectures by President of the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, Regional Representative of the UN Refugee Affairs Commission Khaled Khalifa, ISESCO Director General Salem Al-Malek. representative of the Arab League Mohammad Al-Shafee and rector of Malta University Dr. Alfred Vella.
Subjects to be examined at the session would include setting priorities for culture of just peace. The third session would be chaired by Maltese parliament speaker Dr. Anglu Farrugia, and also addressed by the Kuwaiti parliament speaker, his counterpart of the Maldives, deputy parliamentary speaker of Estonia, member of the advisers council of Morocco Abdul Salam Labar and a member of the European Parliament.
Participants in the third session will talk about parliaments' role for just peace leadership.
The final session will be addressed by Al-Babtain and the Maltese president. (end) mak.rk