Children from 17 nations detail plans at international meeting

Childhood Cultural Center opened the second annual edition of ‘International Conference of the Future Generation’ at Qatar National Conventional Center yesterday under the title ‘We realize the issues of the world’.
The aim of the conference is to be the first in terms of quality and impact to transfer from the world of simulation into the world of reality. The conference is inspired by Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and its four pillars that seek to build up he children's future and the community at large.
The conference also seeks to be a formal international forum for children “The World Conference on the Future Youth” that stimulates and ensues from the United Nations (UN) in terms of its structure. The members will be from youth who will have a role in the process of decision-making and a greater one in leading their respective countries in the future based on leadership skills they gain through global forums.
The 17 countries participating in the conference are Qatar, Jordan, United States, Iran, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia, Sudan, Syria, Philippines, Palestine, Finland, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, India and Yemen.
Mansoor Al Saadi, Manager at Childhood Cultural Center, said: “We came to this conference to listen not to talk, it is a real international conference far away from the political sensitivities and interests. All who are present at the conference are unofficial representatives of their country.”
“We promise all the participants to carry their recommendations to ambassadors of their countries because they represent 70 percent of the world population,” he added.
Amal Al Mannai, CEO at Qatar Foundation for Social Work, said: “Today we meet here to refrain our commitment to enhance children's prosperity and ensure their promising future. "
“We in Qatar have proved our achievements in areas of supporting children and youth by adopting initiatives that strengthen the right of children from local and international levels and supporting children who suffer from lack of shelter, security and schools,” she added.
A young Qatari representative said in his speech: “Programs like ‘Teach a child’, ‘Education for all’ and ‘Granting scholarships to Arab intellects’ are evidence of Qatar’s support of childhood issues. Qatar believes that investment in human beings is the noblest investment especially childhood programmes. This comes in alignment with Qatar’s National Vision 2030.”