Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says the worldwide neighborhood ought to work to resolve forgotten and ignored conflicts.
The emir of Qatar has urged the worldwide neighborhood to provide as a lot consideration to resolving the forgotten and ignored conflicts on this planet, stressing specifically the Israel-Palestine battle, because it has to the battle in Ukraine.
Addressing enterprise leaders on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani stated that whereas “laser focus” is rightly utilized to discovering a diplomatic resolution to the Ukrainian disaster, assist and solidarity needs to be given to victims of “each race, nationality and faith”.
“Probably the most obvious instance is in Palestine, which has been an open wound for the reason that institution of the United Nations,” he stated. “These households have been occupied for many years with no reduction in sight. The escalation in unlawful settlement aggression has been relentless and the identical goes for the continued assaults towards the Palestinian individuals.”
“I preserve praying that the world wakes as much as the injustice and violence and at last acts,” he stated.
He talked about the case of Shireen Abu Akleh, the veteran Palestinian-American Al Jazeera correspondent who was killed by Israeli forces earlier this month within the occupied West Financial institution.
“Her dying was simply as horrific because the seven journalists killed in Ukraine since March of this yr, and the 18 different journalists killed in Palestine since 2000, and lots of different journalists killed within the line of responsibility in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen,” the emir stated.
He stated there needs to be no tolerance of assaults on journalists, and urged these in attendance to not settle for a world the place governments have double requirements concerning the worth of individuals based mostly on their faith, area or race.
“We take into account the worth of every European life to be simply as valuable as somebody from our area,” he stated.
Sheikh Tamim identified that the Davos discussion board is of “distinctive significance” as it's held amid financial challenges and geopolitical turmoil.
“Earlier than we will hope for financial prosperity, we should first look at, restore and implement our framework for peace,” he stated. “And we have to ship a reassuring message to individuals all over the world: solely by way of unity, we will overcome the battle that divides us. Our united efforts have to be based mostly on rules already agreed on and the constitution of the United Nations, worldwide legislation, and respecting one another’s sovereignty.”
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