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Thursday 26 Nov 2015 - 16:57 Makkah mean time-14-2-1437
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Paris, (IINA) - The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday officially received the flag as the host of the next world's largest expo in Dubai on 2020 during a grand ceremony in the French capital of Paris, WAM reported.
President and Director of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the governing body of World Expos, presented the baton for Expo 2020 Dubai to Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum, chairman of the Emirates Group, and chairman of the Supreme National Committee for Expo 2020 Dubai.
Expo 2020 Dubai, themed 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future', has identified three sub-themes around which the global community will gather to sign new collaborations, in order to find solutions to essential matters and to leave a mark of a high social and economic cooperation around the world.
UAE Minister of state Reem Al-Hashemi delivered a speech in which she condemned the act of terror that took place recently in Paris.
Al-Hashemi pointed out that Expo 2020 Dubai aims to "blend the thoughtful with the thought-provoking", emphasizing that humans' "most basic drives lead us to bond together in communities to find collaborative solutions to common challenges".
She said that Expo 2020 Dubai has three sub-themes, which are 'Realizing Opportunity', 'Mobility' and 'Sustainability'. According to Expo 2020's website, Opportunity sub-theme aims at unlocking new possibilities for people and communities to become successful contributors to the future. Mobility sub-theme aims at creating smarter and more productive physical and virtual connections. Sustainability sub-theme discusses pursuing hopes of progress without compromising the needs of future generations.
In her speech, Al-Hashemi uncovered that the UAE sought the opinions of almost 700 young people via a program named" YouthConnect" in order to design the agenda for Expo 2020 and choose the speakers and presenters. According to her, the youths expect Expo 2020 to provide opportunity and hope towards a more decent global civilization.
She also pointed out that the UAE engaged with young entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises in order to ensure that they understand their vital role towards further prosperity. She said that her team is also meeting with business leaders from many countries via the forum of the International Business Councils in order to "monitor the global pulse", noting that the business leaders presented to the board the best they could bring from areas such as architecture, artificial intelligence, climatology, and culture.
The minister stressed that the UAE and her board aim to make Expo 2020 seen as genuinely meaningful, impactful and enjoyable as well. Al-Hashemi concluded that the UAE is working to achieve a comprehensive 'Master Plan' that brings all the different threads into a coherent program, noting that the plan will be showcased in next year's June Assembly.
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