JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has adopted seven awards in three branches for the Makkah Cultural Forum to compete with their creative initiatives held under the slogan “How to be a Role Model.”
The three branches are the institutional creative initiatives, the individual creative initiatives and the personality of the year. The awards will be awarded at the forum’s first edition in Shabaan.
The announcement comes at a time when the Forum’s general secretary started to receive nominations under the forum’s slogan under two mechanisms. The first is under the umbrella of governmental agencies or the foundations related to the participant. The second umbrella is directed by the individual themselves through the general secretariat for developing the youth sector at the governorate “Tharwa.”
Saad bin Mohammed Mareq, adviser of the Makkah governor, said the forum’s secretariat aims to support the initiatives and programs to develop and make them sustainable. It is suggested to encourage parties to prepare for their ideas and focus on improving the quality and positive impact of such initiatives.
He added that the forum has limited each private or public party to one nomination only per branch.
He said the forum has placed a number of standards for evaluating each award: The initiative’s impact on humans and locations; finding new ways for creative implementation; the sustainability of such initiatives; unique, and inspiration and its ability to create an impact on different areas.
He also said the personality of the year award will be chosen based on two standards: Its relevance to the year’s slogan and its efforts in the formula goals.
The forum is following up on the implementation of 235 initiatives implemented by 61 private and public parties in 17 areas in Makkah.
Prince Khaled adopts 7 awards in Makkah Cultural Forum
Prince Khaled adopts 7 awards in Makkah Cultural Forum
Saudi deputy FM attends OIC ministers’ meeting on Somalia situation
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji has reaffirmed the Kingdom’s full support for Somalia’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, while strongly rejecting any actions that undermine the country’s stability.
Speaking at an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers from member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Elkhereiji condemned the declaration of mutual recognition between Israeli occupation authorities and the Somaliland region, describing it as a unilateral separatist move that violated international law, the UN Charter and the OIC Charter.
He stressed the Kingdom’s categorical rejection of any attempts to impose parallel entities that contradict Somalia’s unity and territorial integrity, or that seek to divide or diminish its sovereignty. Elkhereiji also reiterated Saudi Arabia’s support for Somalia’s legitimate state institutions and its commitment to preserving the country’s stability and the security of its people.
Elkhereiji called on the OIC and its member states to adopt a firm and unified Islamic position rejecting any recognition of, or engagement with, separatist entities in Somalia. He urged coordinated action in international forums to affirm Somalia’s unity and prevent what he described as dangerous precedents that could threaten the sovereignty of OIC member states.
He further called for holding the Israeli entity fully responsible for any political or security consequences resulting from such actions, and for rejecting any cooperation arising from the declaration of mutual recognition.
During the meeting, he also reiterated the Kingdom’s position on the Palestinian cause, emphasizing its centrality and Saudi Arabia’s support for efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. He said this would enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination and establish an independent state along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
