00:00And so if you think about the great mediators throughout history, this is really Cutter's moment.
00:13Justice in action beyond promises to progress isn't just a theme, it's a challenge.
00:18From the opening ceremony of this year's Doha Forum, there was a palpable drive to turn big ideas into real world results.
00:26Leaders from around the world gathered in Doha to take on the most pressing global challenges,
00:31from conflict resolution and economic inequality to humanitarian crises and a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.
00:38What gave me hope is to see all those policymakers in one room, in Doha Forum, discussing these kinds of pressing issues.
00:48And this is what we are trying to promote and to encourage everyone to do,
00:55is to meet, to have dialogue and to go out of this Doha Forum with very good results and continue their partnership in the future.
01:07Well, this is my first forum here in Doha.
01:10And I'm positively impressed by, first of all, the size of the event is one of the biggest I have ever been to,
01:20but also the quality of participants.
01:24I think it's important in these global events that you have different angles coming in.
01:31And clearly, Doha is a hub for bringing together different viewpoints.
01:38And I'm very happy to contribute to the European viewpoint of the whole business.
01:42Many senior diplomats and international officials praise Qatar's growing reputation as an impartial mediator,
01:48grounded in international law, focused on protecting civilians, and paving the way for negotiated solutions.
01:55We see Qatar's growing role in the Middle East as well.
01:59I mean, all the international mediation that they're doing when it comes to Sudan, but also Gaza,
02:08also Ukrainian children, for example, or the Great Lakes.
02:12So we see that we have a lot of things where we can work together.
02:17Of course, not only on peace and security matters, but also other matters like trade, economic relations,
02:25innovation, technology that we can build up.
02:28During the forum, the Qatar Fund for Development announced 18 new strategic agreements
02:33worth nearly half a billion euros to support development programs
02:37that will benefit more than 4.7 million people worldwide.
02:41The big gap is 88% of Africa don't have electricity.
02:45This is not acceptable.
02:46You know, we cannot create a good economy.
02:49We cannot create, you know, for our cultures, how to supply waters without electricity.
02:53We cannot have good education, good health.
02:56You know, there are major things that we need to tackle, you know,
02:58on the big-scale infrastructures that we can support it.
03:02And additional to that, you know, how can we work on the subs-component, education, health, economic empowerment.
03:09This is our focus now.
03:10The future is looking for how we can support these major things on the electricity and energy,
03:16you know, because this needs a lot of support, you know, from our partners.
03:20For the first time, the forum also hosted a live on-stage podcast produced by Doha Debates,
03:26a global platform focused on constructive dialogue using mudslash-style conversations to find common ground.
03:33So when people think of debate, they actually now think of the talking heads on TV who yell at each other
03:39and who try to score points against each other.
03:41It's like a boxing match.
03:43It's a gladiator fight.
03:44Doha Debates is entirely against this.
03:46We're based on the medjlis style of debate.
03:49The idea is to seek truth.
03:51So you and I may disagree.
03:52We may have very, very, very existential disagreements.
03:56How are we going to address those?
03:57We're going to address them by respecting each other as human beings and having a meaningful,
04:03deep-seated conversation that explores the topic from multiple issues.
04:09Much of this year's discussion centered on the Gaza conflict and Qatar's mediation efforts,
04:15with several speakers calling for deeper recognition of Doha's role
04:18and greater engagement from European institutions.
04:22With all the conflicts that we had, with all the events that we had during the year,
04:27this Doha Forum basically just bring us the solutions, bring us the conclusions.
04:37And yeah, I do believe that the partnerships that we signed this year with the European Union
04:43could be a successful one.
04:46From mediation tables to development pledges, the message here is clear.
04:52Progress only happens when conversations turn into commitments.
04:57And yes, do such a few events, you will haveiement of the space forachtet and
05:09your embedded engagement 처음.
05:10So let's start from Perkins' time to take the process and to a new project,
05:16it's time to update things and attach all the activities together.
05:21So let's watch the process.
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