His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal has recently participated in the 12th Bosphorus Summit in Turkey, which brought together politicians, intellectuals, academics and experts from 47 countries for a discussion on global transformations and challenges.
In his keynote address, Prince El Hassan emphasized the importance of regional cooperation and adopting an integrated approach that promotes creative commons if the world is to successfully address global challenges like migration, asylum, and climate change.
His Royal Highness called for “using regional meetings to think together and listen to each other, so that we can reach common solutions that enable us to overcome humanitarian and environmental crises.”
He emphasized the importance of a new global human order that prioritizes human dignity, makes the law work for everyone, and recognizes code of conducts as a tool for policy formulation and crisis management.
Prince El Hassan emphasized the importance of setting priorities and assessing the social and humanitarian impacts of decisions, particularly in the overlapping development spheres of water, energy, food, and the environment, in order to ensure a better future for future generations.
He said that the region’s river and water basins have served as meeting places for different cultures for centuries, and that now is the time for a new renaissance in the East that emphasizes the region’s cultural diversity and human dimension.
His Highness reaffirmed the need for the creation of a global institution for Zakat and solidarity in order to further the ideals of altruism and human dignity and advance development goals.
Prince El Hassan met with the president of the International Forum for Turkish-Arab Dialogue and accepted the Forum’s honorary presidency.
The Secretary-General of the Forum, Arshad Hormuzlu, lauded the efforts of His Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal and his regional and global initiatives, the most recent of which is his call for the universalization of Zakat.
His Highness stated that Istanbul, with its ancient history and cultural diversity, provides an opportunity for intellectual discourse and constructive civilized dialogue, and that he hopes that this forum will provide a space for dialogue where everyone can meet.
Prince El Hassan emphasized the need for cooperation between the forum and Arab and Turkish research centers in order to deepen intellectual and university-level dialogue.
Source: Jordan News Agency