‘Promoting peace essential to sustainable development’
NCUSAR awards prize to Al-Babtain
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9, (KUNA): The Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation said Thursday that promoting a culture of peace around the world is essential for attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Foundation has dedicated its efforts toward promoting intercultural dialogue based on understanding, respect, and peace, Chairman Abdulaziz Al-Babtain said at the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York.
Such efforts are also geared toward achieving a sustainable peace among people of the world, he added.
Plan
Creating peace in the world is a main potential of the foundation’s plans with its international partners, notably IPI, Al-Babtain added.
We have already created a work plan for 2017-2020 that includes various activities in several world countries, he said.
The Kuwaiti cultural activist also mentioned that he is to address the joint plan to the UN General Assembly, reiterating commitment to exert all his efforts toward promoting peace around the globe.
Meanwhile, Al-Babtain has also pointed out his participation in a high-level forum on promoting international peace culture, held earlier at the UN headquarters.
The event, entitled “Seeds of Peace”, is a milestone and necessary step toward boosting the culture of peace around the world, and serving humanity as well, he said.
Meanwhile, the National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) has bestowed its Global Humanitarian and Business Achievement Award upon a prominent Kuwaiti poet and activist for his work to promote the Islamic faith. The award was given to Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain fresh off a key speech he delivered before the International Peace Institute (IPI) in New York, read a statement by the Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation on Saturday.
NCUSAR’s founding president and CEO Dr John Duke Anthony granted Al-Babtain the award as a token of appreciation for his diligent efforts to share Islamic culture and teachings with the rest of the world, the statement noted.
As he addressed the IPI, AlBabtain outlined a plan to incorporate the principles of peace into global school curriculums as a strategy to ensure a safer and better tomorrow.
Founded in 1983, the National Council on US-Arab Relations is an American non-profit, non-governmental and educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world.