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UAE sets up committee for tolerance
The committee will work towards achieving the goals of the ‘Year
of Tolerance’ in the UAE in 2019
A new committee for tolerance has been set up by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, the UAE’s Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai’s ruler in
line with the country’s plan to observe 2019 as the ‘Year of Tolerance’.
The committee will be chaired by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and will include
ministers and representatives from UAE civil society organisations as its
members.
Ministerial members include: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, minister
of Tolerance; Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, minister of Culture and
Knowledge Development; Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, minister of Human
Resources and Emiratisation; Hessa Essa Buhumaid, minister of Community
Development; Jameela Al Muheiri, minister of State for Public Education, Dr.
Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, minister of State and chairman of the
National Media Council; Ohoud bint Khalfan Al Roumi, minister of State for
Happiness and Wellbeing; Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, minister of
State for Youth Affairs; and Zaki Nusseibeh, minister of State.
The committee will also comprise of Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the
World Council of Muslim Communities; Dr. Ali bin Tamim, director-general of
Abu Dhabi Media Company; Dr. Hamad Al Sheikh Ahmed Al Shaibani, managing
director of the International Institute for Tolerance; Dr. Sultan Faisal Al
Rumaithi, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Elders; Yasser Hareb,
Emirati writer and media personality; Sunny Varkey, founder of GEMS
Education and Varkey Foundation; Isobel Abulhoul, CEO and trustee of the
Emirates Literature Foundation, and Dr. Najat Makki, Emirati conceptual
artist, along with representatives from executive boards within the country.
The committee’s mission will be to consolidate values of tolerance within
the UAE community, and spread the model worldwide, Sheikh Mohammed said.
Sheikh Mohammed urged the members to work on a comprehensive framework for
the Year of Tolerance, formulating a strategy to serve the main objectives
behind the year, and to monitor its implementation.
He also directed the committee to develop a plan of action in partnership
all segments of society, using initiatives that will have a direct, positive
impact on the UAE community as a whole.
He also called for the formation of local committees in coordination with
relevant authorities across each of the emirates, within a framework
bringing together local and federal efforts towards attaining the primary
objectives behind the Year of Tolerance.
Read: UAE President declares 2019 as ‘Year of Tolerance’
“We want the UAE to be the global reference point for a tolerant culture,
via its policies, laws and practices,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
The ‘Year of Tolerance’ will be an extension of the current ‘Year of Zayed’,
which celebrates the values of the country’s founding father Sheikh Zayed
bin Sultan.
It will seek to highlight the UAE’s role as a global capital for tolerance
through “various legislative and policy-oriented goals” designed to instil
the values of co-existence and peace.
It revolves around seven pillars including tolerance in the community,
education, workplace, culture, legislation, media and the UAE model of
tolerance.
December 18, 2018 |
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Courtesy Gulf Business
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