PM HOSTS DINNER BANQUET IN HONOUR OF BAN KI-MOON
GENEVA, JULY 2 (BNA) -- PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA HAS EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON TO VISIT THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.
MOON TIPPED BAHRAIN AS A MODEL COUNTRY WORTH EMULATING IN THE REGION AND BEYOND FOR ITS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS IN DEVELOPING VILLAGES AND FIGHTING POVERTY LAUDING IN PARTICULAR THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE PRIME MINISTER WHO LEFT CLEAR POSITIVE FINGERPRINTS ON THE KINGDOMS STEADY STEPS TOWARDS ADVANCEMENT.
THIS CAME DURING A DINNER BANQUET, HOSTED IN GENEVA ON MONDAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONOUR OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND WAS ATTENDED BY UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, UN DIRECTOR GENERAL IN GENEVA, ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL, LITHUANIAN PREMIER, UN UNDERSECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN HABITAT, PRESIDENT OF UNS ECOSOC AND A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FIGURES.
THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE A SPEECH ON THE OCCASION, EXPRESSING THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE TIPPED A GLITTERING HONOURING CEREMONY DURING WHICH HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD.
HE ALSO LAUDED THE EFFORTS AND ROLE OF THE UN AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES IN REINFORCING PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMONG MANKIND.
HE HAILED THE CEREMONY AS AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH IMPORTANT FIGURES WHO ADDED TO THE FAVOR AND IMPORTANCE OF THE OCCASION.
THEN, BAN KI-MOON, GAVE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE CALLED ON ALL WORLD COUNTRIES TO EMULATE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HAD PUT ALL ITS POTENTIAL AND CAPABILITIES AT THE DISPOSAL OF DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID, BAHRAIN, THE TINY ISLAND IN SIZE, IS NOW BIG WITH ITS ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW FAMILIAR AND THANKS TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN PROPELLED TO SUCH AN ADVANCED POSITION.
HE PRAISED THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STEPS TAKEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY THROUGH WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS SUCCESSFUL POLICIES.
MTQ 02-JUL-2007 23:13
MOON TIPPED BAHRAIN AS A MODEL COUNTRY WORTH EMULATING IN THE REGION AND BEYOND FOR ITS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS IN DEVELOPING VILLAGES AND FIGHTING POVERTY LAUDING IN PARTICULAR THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE PRIME MINISTER WHO LEFT CLEAR POSITIVE FINGERPRINTS ON THE KINGDOMS STEADY STEPS TOWARDS ADVANCEMENT.
THIS CAME DURING A DINNER BANQUET, HOSTED IN GENEVA ON MONDAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN HONOUR OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL AND WAS ATTENDED BY UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, UN DIRECTOR GENERAL IN GENEVA, ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL, LITHUANIAN PREMIER, UN UNDERSECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN HABITAT, PRESIDENT OF UNS ECOSOC AND A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FIGURES.
THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE A SPEECH ON THE OCCASION, EXPRESSING THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE TIPPED A GLITTERING HONOURING CEREMONY DURING WHICH HE RECEIVED THE SPECIAL CITATION OF THE UN HABITAT SCROLL OF HONOUR AWARD.
HE ALSO LAUDED THE EFFORTS AND ROLE OF THE UN AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES IN REINFORCING PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMONG MANKIND.
HE HAILED THE CEREMONY AS AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH IMPORTANT FIGURES WHO ADDED TO THE FAVOR AND IMPORTANCE OF THE OCCASION.
THEN, BAN KI-MOON, GAVE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE CALLED ON ALL WORLD COUNTRIES TO EMULATE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HAD PUT ALL ITS POTENTIAL AND CAPABILITIES AT THE DISPOSAL OF DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID, BAHRAIN, THE TINY ISLAND IN SIZE, IS NOW BIG WITH ITS ACHIEVEMENTS THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW FAMILIAR AND THANKS TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN PROPELLED TO SUCH AN ADVANCED POSITION.
HE PRAISED THE POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STEPS TAKEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY THROUGH WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS SUCCESSFUL POLICIES.
MTQ 02-JUL-2007 23:13
