Global Security Forum in Doha Resumes on Its Second Day

Doha, March 14 (QNA) - The Global Security Forum (GSF), held in Doha, resumed its work on its second day, by shedding light on some of the challenges that threaten security and peace in the world, and ways to overcome them, in addition to the role assigned to regional and international institutions in this field. In two dialogue sessions, the forum hosted HE Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of Singapore Teo Chee Hean, and HE Chairperson of African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat, within the framework of monitoring the repercussions on the global arena in light of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its repercussions on various regions around the globe, including Asia and Africa. His Excellency Hean addressed the changing dynamics on the world from Singapore's perspective, in light of the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and the repercussions of Sino-American relations on Asia and the Pacific, pointing out the consequences of these crises, wars and conflicts on security and development in the world. In recent years, the world has faced many crises that affected the energy and food security, such as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic crisis, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the climate crisis, alongside many other crises, he added. Hean expressed his belief that the world needs three elements to face the current challenges, which are: pluralism at the global level, strengthening resilience, and building sustainability, adding that these three approaches will help us face challenges and build a safer world. HE Singaporean Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security stressed the importance of strengthening the role of international institutions as multilateral frameworks to build global partnerships to meet the challenges, enhance resilience and achieve sustainable development. For his part, His Excellency Mahamat addressed the challenges that African countries have been facing, including terrorism, conflicts, political crises, development challenges, good governance, and the nature of the important contributions made by the African Union to international peace and security through its missions and partnerships with the United Nations. His Excellency affirmed that Africa has its own plan to build a new Africa that meets ambitions, aspirations and hopes, in addition to its insistence on strengthening infrastructure and opening up to the world, warning of the threat of terrorism, which poses a challenge and requires international cooperation and support to confront it on the African continent. HE Chairperson of AUC pointed out that Africa is still absent from global decision-making platforms, as it is excluded from some international institutions such as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the World Bank Group (WBG), expressing his belief in the necessity of reforming the United Nations. His Excellency also pointed out that Africa has taken many steps to move towards the path of peace, in light of the need to achieve the principle of accountability, social justice, economic development and development goals. The agenda for the second day of the forum includes several sessions and dialogues with officials and decision-makers representing countries and regional and international organizations, as well as researchers and those interested in global peace and security issues. In its fifth edition, the Global Security Forum, which is being held under the theme 'Reshaping the Global Order: Conflicts, Crises and Cooperation,' focuses on the international approach to conflict and crisis management and cooperation, and includes discussions on topics such as the global energy crisis, approaches to promoting sustainable economies, great power competition culminating in the war in Ukraine, as well as the role of UNSC. The participants in the forum will also discuss topics of combating international terrorism, emerging threats, far-right networks and their financing, and the risks of disinformation and fake news. The forum is witnessing high-level participation that brings together a number of government leaders, ministers, heads of security agencies and government policy makers, in addition to specialized experts, academics, journalists and private sector leaders from the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Indian Ocean and the Far East. The outcomes of the forum, which concludes tomorrow, will be combined into an in-depth report, to provide an overview and strategic assessment of security issues with policy proposals needed to address global security challenges in 2023. (QNA)