The extraordinary meeting was attended by around 1,500 global economic, political, academic and religious leaders as well as media representatives from 65 countries, who engaged in various and diverse debates in the pursuit of launching new and hopeful initiatives for the Middle East.
The extraordinary meeting was held under the theme: "Visions for a Shared
Future."
His Majesty King Abdullah inaugurated the first ever-extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum urging Palestinians, Israelis and the international community to stay the course of Middle East peace.
"The friends of peace within the region and around the world must stay the course," King Abdullah told The WEF community.
His Majesty King Abdullah also stressed the need to seize opportunities offered by the World Economic Forum
(WEF) meeting and another by the Mideast Quartet convened at the Dead Sea to advance the cause of peace.
Noting that the forum opens new horizons for cooperation between Jordan and international organizations, HM King Abdullah said in his meetings that dialogue and partnership constitute the basic confidence amongst world nations.
The King acquainted his guests with Jordan's experiment based on economic and political reforms that are prone to help the country proceed with its development plans.
During the three days of the conference, 71 sessions were held on the future of the Middle East and implementation of the roadmap for peace, challenges to the social, political and economic reconstruction of Iraq, the rehabilitation of the Palestinian economy and Middle Eastern business climate, as well as global economic trends.
The quartet representatives - US Secretary of State Colin Powell, EU foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana, UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan, and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov participated in the conference. Other participants in the summit include Ambassador Robert
Zoellick, Ambassador Paul Brember III and a US Congressional delegation. Afghan President Hamid
Karzai, who delivered a special address, Austrian President Thomas
Klestil, Malta's President Guido de Marco and Latvia's President Vaira
Vike-Freiberga, also attended the meeting.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Secretary General Lord Robertson, former Israeli Premier Shimon Peres, Arab League Secretary General Amr
Musa, and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohammad Al Baradei all attended the conference. Moreover, among the intellectuals taking part in panels during the event is celebrated Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho.
Visit WEF's
website to view the main
highlights of the Extraordinary Annual Meeting (Meeting
Report) which represents the
collective memory of the Meeting and summarizes the key
discussions, actions and achievement that took place during
this exceptional event (www.weforum.org/annualmeetingjordan/highlights)
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