UNAOC High Representative Praises Qatari Organization

Doha, December 12 (QNA) - High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Jorge Sampaio has hailed the Qatari efforts in organizing the fourth UNAOC forum. In remarks at the end of the high ministerial dialogue session, Sampaio praised the sincere efforts of HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah who stated that the event took almost one year of preparations. Sampaio said that UNAOC is neither the Security Council nor the General Assembly and it can't work miracles. "What we can do through the forum could affect activities of the region and beyond," Sampaio added. The UN official who was pointing to Arab-Israeli conflict called on all the parties to help in achieving the goals of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations that it works on along with other international organizations and civil society.(QNA)