QatarDebate Holds Debate on Global Cooperation on Margins of Davos Forum

Doha, January 20 (QNA) - QatarDebate Center held a debate on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos in collaboration with The New York Times under the theme of global cooperation and whether it becomes obsolete.
The debate session featured the participation of a contingent of industry experts, businesspeople, thought leaders, decision makers and high-ranking officials headed by HE Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, alongside representatives of QatarDebate Center, a statement of the center reported.
President and chief executive officer of The New York Times Meredith Kopit Levien and president, International of The New York Times Company Stephen Dunbar-Johnson delivered inaugural remarks before the session.
Outreach Programs Manager at QatarDebate Center Abdulrahman Al Subaie also addressed the session in which he underscored that the debate included an elite of speakers to open constructive discussions and enlightenment ideas about the focus on enhancing global cooperation for a sustainable future in a though-provoking dialogue that leads to change and understanding, notwithstanding the events transpiring in the world.
Today QatarDebate Center proves to the world that it has succeeded in conveying its message after these years which witnessed milestones and expansion in building cooperation bridges with global institutions of more than 80 states, in addition to engaging tens of thousands of young people in initiatives and programmes, Al Subaie added.
Organized by QatarDebate Center, the debate was squarely convened before a jury, as per Oxford method, with the participation of international speakers in a variety of fields and moderated by Climate Change and the Environment correspondent at New York Times David Gelles.
The debate features open discussions between those who supported the laid-out issue and those who rejected it that primarily revolved around ways to restore confidence in global organizations that started to crumble, as well as programming them to be more effective.
The debtors also touched on the significance of converging the perspectives of active parties and attendees through offering the state-of-the-art evolutions in science, industry, and society.
The jury committee included former US Vice-President Albert Arnold Gore, HE Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, alongside former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland Andrew N. Liveris, the statement read.
Female speakers in the debate included Director, Program Advocacy and Communications, Health at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Alaa Murabit, Country Manager for GAYO Uganda Betty Osei Bonsu, Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Rachel Kyte, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London Prof. Mariana Mazzucato, Co-President of the Club of Rome. Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, alongside CEO and Chief Change Catalyst for The B Team Halla Tomasdottir.
In conclusion, the debate wrapped up by unanimously voting for the conviction that global cooperation does still exist and has not become obsolete, but through enacting some laws on reforms. (QNA)