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| Kingdom to Host World Conference on Human Rights |
| 2003-07-02 |
| Saudi Arabia will host an international conference on human rights on Oct. 14, the first conference of its kind to be organized with the help of the Saudi government. To see the Saudi government do anything for human rights would be a first. The announcement comes against the background of steps in the Kingdom to set up two human rights commissions. A commission, that'll do it! Two will be even better! Saudi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) official Abdullah Al-Hazza, who is also the conferenceâs secretary-general, said the event was being organized in cooperation with the Ministries of the Interior, Justice and Foreign Affairs. Al-Hazza said a number of international organizations would participate in the conference, whose theme is âhuman rights at the time of peace and war.â The conference will also shed light on the Islamic approach toward human rights. Must...control...self..maintain.......Bwahahahahahaha The SRCS official said invitations had been sent to many local and international organizations. A number of universities, the Shoura Council, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the King Faisal Foundation, the International Red Cross Society, the Muslim World League (MWL), the Italy-based International Institute for Human Rights and some UN organizations including UNESCO and UNICEF have been invited to attend. Got to have the UN, I mean, look what a good job they have done promoting human rights, right? The conference, the SRCS sources said, seeks to promote Islam as the religion of peace, tolerance and love. Islam is the first to acknowledge the rights of human being â a fact, which can be substantiated by historical evidence, they said. Fish - Barrel - go for it. |
| Posted by:Steve |