Global Council for Tolerance & Peace

GCTP 2020
Promote , Evolve, Act, Cooperate, Endure
Global council for Tolerance and Peace
GCTP 2020

GCTP 2020
GCTP 2020
 Contents

04 General Council for Tolerance and Peace

International Parliament for Tolerance

11 and Peace

General Assembly for Tolerance and

26 Peace

35 International Visits and Meetings

57 Agreements

60 Awards

67 Projects

GCTP 2020
 Constituent Council

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H.E. Ahmed Al Jarwan Amb. Sam Zakhem Dr. Fatlinda Tahiri

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Dr. Hersh Chadha H.E. Dr. Mufeed Chehab Mr. Hugo Barabucci

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H.E. Bourhane Hamidou Dr. Yenny Zannuba Dr. Joseph Ellul

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 GCTP President

President of
GCTP (2017)

President of
the Arab
Experts Union
(2018)

Former President of
the Arab Parliament
for two rounds
(2012- 2016)

Goodwill
H.E. Ahmed AlJarwan Ambassador

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 It’s Time to

Become United
(To cherish peace
and work for its
establishment)

Take on new
strategies and
new methods (
Global Level)

Act.

By GCTP President, H.E. Ahmed AlJarwan

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 GCTP
General Information

GCTP 2020 4
 GCTP Values

Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (GCTP) is dedicated to make

significant contribution to tolerance and peace through its values

Integrity

Diversity

Quality

Commitment

Respect
Solidarity

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 GCTP Competencies

Based on the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace’s members

expertise, knowledge, skills and abilities focusing on

Communication

Innovation &
Creativity

Sharing Knowledge Influencing

Collaboration & Empowerment

Partnership

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 GCTP Objectives

Promote and instill the value of tolerance

Develop the rules of international law to suit

the needs of the international community.

Strengthen international peace and

security.

Combat all forms of

discrimination, racism and
intolerance

Encourage initiatives that provide

a decent life for all

Promote a culture of respect for human

rights and freedom

Increase ways of sustainable development and

humanitarian assistance to developing nations

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 GCTP Structure

GCTP

IPTP GATP
International General Assembly
Parliament for for Tolerance and
Tolerance and Peace Peace

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 GCTP Timeline

GATP, 1st meeting

January 2020, Portugal

IPTP 1st Session 2020

July 2018, Malta
IPTP 2nd session

2018
November 2018, Malta

IPTP 3rd session

June 2019, Argentina
IPTP 4th session
2019
November 2019, Ethiopia

GATP Declaration
September 2019, NY.
2019
GATP 1st Academic Meeting
October 2019, Malta
GCTP Launch
November 2017, Malta
2017
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 GCTP – the Launch

Launched on Nov. 2, 2017, at the invitation of the United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Malta.

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International Parliament for
Tolerance and Peace

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

IPTP is composed of 66 countries listed below (up to March 2020)

Albania Argentina Austria Bangladesh Belize Benin Brazil Burundi Cameroon

Cape Verde Central Chad Chechnya Chile Colombia Comoros Croatia Democratic
African republic of
Congo

Dominican Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Ethiopia Gabon Greece Haiti Honduras

Republic

India Indonesia Italy Ivory coast Kenya Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Maldives

Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Nepal New Niger Nigeria Pakistan

Zeeland

Panama Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Republic of Romania Russia Senegal

Congo Guinea

Serbia Seychelles Slovenia Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand

Tonga United Arab Zambia

Emirates

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International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

1st Session – 6th of July 2018

The first founding session of

the International Parliament
for Tolerance and Peace
(IPTP), in Valetta, Malta.
Attended by :
- Speaker of the Maltese
Parliament, Angelo
Farrugio,
- 50 parliaments members
from around the world

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

During the first session the first president of IPTP was selected.
By alphabetical Order , Albania won the presidency of the
International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP)

President: Mr. Taulant Balla

An Albanian Socialist Party politician and Member of

Parliament (MP) for Durrës. He was first elected MP in the 2005
general election and then for two other legislatures successively
as a member of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

During IPTP 1st session, five committees was established and

chairmen were nominated and announced

Women & Youth Sustainable Development

H.E. Dr. Marianne Azar. H.E. Mrs. Gina Sanzi

International Affairs Cultivating Peace

H.E.Mr. Papa Sanna Mbeye. H.E. Mrs. Aziza Chagaf

Legal Affairs
H.E Mr. Ike Mando.

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International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

The 2nd Session was held in Albania on 26th of Nov 2018

Under the Patronage of HE Ilir Meta, the President of the Republic
of Albania, with the participation of most of the members.
The five committees have met and discussed different issues, then
presented their recommendations during the main session.

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

Declaration of Tirana 2018

- Spreading the values of tolerance is the duty of parliament
members, which are deep-rooted in many religions and cultures. It
is also the duty of many executive institutions especially
educational institutions, media institutions, and cultural
institutions
- Spreading the values of tolerance in poor societies will not pay off
without full commitment to fighting poverty, illness, hunger, and
raising the standards of education. These steps are considered the
initial procedures to establish peace for all members of the society
- Establishing peace among all requires making an all-out effort to
ensure the respect of human rights. Moreover, to ensure justices
for individuals, justice in the law business, defending one’s dignity,
achieving equality without discrimination as to sex, religion, race,
color, language, or any other status
- Empowering women and youth and allowing them to be effective
in their societies is one of the best ways to solve many economic,
social, and cultural issues
- Developing national laws to fight discrimination, racism,
sectarianism, and violence is a must
- Establishing international peace and spreading the culture of
tolerance and peace through media, requires developing the
international media law to ensure independent, honest, neutral,
and impartial media
- Accomplishing the sustainable development goals that address
challenges facing the world will help to the creation of a better
sustainable future for all

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

IPTP Activity: International Day of Democracy

The President of the International Parliament for Tolerance and
Peace (IPTP), Mr. Taulant Balla, participated in the International
Conference “EU Leadership for Democracy”, organized by the
European Parliament, on the occasion of the International Day of
Democracy, along with political leaders, representatives of
parliaments, activists working in the field of democracy support in
the European Union and other countries, EU policy-makers, society
organizations civilians, academics, etc.

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

All committees Meeting-IPTP

Headed by H.E. Ahmed AL Jarwan , and composed of the Head of
IPTP committees
§ Women and youth
§ Cultivating peace
§ International affairs
§ Sustainable development
§ Legal affairs

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International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

The 3rd Session was held in Argentina on 27th of June 2019

Received and attended by H.E. Mr. Emilio Monzo . Hugo Barabucci,
founding member and current member of the Board of the Global
Council; and the general director of parliamentary diplomacy, Juan
de Dios Cincunegui.

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

The 3rd Session was held in Argentina on 27th of June 2019

The standing Committees have met and discussed different issues
related to their designated assignments

Some issues that have been discussed :

• Human fraternity document and ways of supporting it by the
national parliaments
• Rohingya issue
• New Zeeland , and Sri Lanka terrorist actions
• Workshops
• Tolerance Charter
• Many others

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

During the third session the second president of IPTP was selected,
by alphabetical Order, Argentina won the presidency of the
International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP)

President: Mr. Walberto Allende

A national deputy, specialized in Consumer Defense; Family,

Woman and Minority; Mining; Prevention of Addictions

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International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

Inauguration of the office of the IPTP in San Juan – Argentina

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International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

4th Session – 26-28th of October 2019

Under the Patronage of

H.E.Mr Tagesi Gavu ,
president of the Ethiopian
parliament.
In presence of 35 members
of IPTP .
The 5 committees have met
and discussed urgent issues .

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 International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace

Membership of IPTP – IPU

On the 14th of October 2019, the inter- Parliamentary Union has
declared the membership of IPTP. Disclosed by Mr. Martin Chungong
the IPU Secretary General.

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General Assembly for
Tolerance and Peace

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 General Assembly for Tolerance and Peace
The General Assembly (GA) is one of the main organs of GCTP.
It is composed of different entities ( universities, Non-Governmental
Organizations and individuals) working together to discuss, propose
and solve world issues by promoting and building Tolerance and
Peace. It aims to build and implement the roadmap of Tolerance and
Peace.

Universities & Think Tanks

CSO

Individuals

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General Assembly for Tolerance and Peace
Declaration
Declaration on the 13th of September 2019
At the UN, Head Quarter – New York
During the UN High Level Forum on Peace.

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General Assembly for Tolerance and Peace
Declaration on the 13th of September 2019
At the UN, Head Quarter – New York
During the UN High Level Forum on Peace.

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 Academic Trends in Higher Education for Tolerance

9th and 10th of October 2019

At the University of Malta, Valetta Campus.
Under the Patronage of HE President of Malta, Dr. George Vella
Attended by 35 representatives of 30 universities from all over the World

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Academic Trends in Higher Education for Tolerance

9th and 10th of October 2019

At the university of Malta, Valetta Campus.

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General Assembly for Tolerance and Peace
First meeting

17th and 18th of January 2020

At the Science Academy of Lisbon, Portugal

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 General Assembly for Tolerance and Peace

30 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) were Participating in the

Frist General Assembly meeting

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Defining Tolerance

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International Visits and
Meetings

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 GCTP National and international meetings
GCTP meetings were headed by the president H.E. Ahmed Al-Jarwan
Accompanied by Delegation composed of different members of IPTP
and GCTP
The Objectives of those meetings are :
o Briefing the achievements of GCTP
o Collaborating on Organizing Academic and international activities
and events
o Praising the role of the visited country in spreading tolerance and
peace and the importance of its geographical position .
o Introducing GCTP & IPTP activities
o Discussing all current affairs and building strong relationships

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by Admiral António Reception by H.E. Tajyka

Silva Ribeiro, Chief of Shabdanova, President of
General Staff of Foundation for Tolerance
Portuguese Armed Forces International

Reception by H.E. Dastan Reception by H.E. Fernando

Jumabekov, Speaker of the Negrao, Vice President of the
Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan Portuguese Parliament,

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E Francisco de Reception by H.E. Armin

la Torre Prados, mayor of Sarkesian , President of
Malaga Spain Armenia

Reception by HE. Aarat

Reception by H.E. the president
Mirzoyan, speaker of the
of Malta, Dr. George Vella
Armenian Parliament , Armenia

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by HE. Moustapha

Reception by H.E. the president
Niasse, President of the General
Macky SALL, Senegal
Assembly – Senegal

Reception by H.E. Helene Reception by Trevor Mallard,

Quilter, Secretary of defense , Speaker of the New Zealand
New Zealand House of Representatives

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E. Maria Juliana

Reception by H.E. Nancy Patricia,
Ruiz, First lady od the republic of
minister of interior , Colombia
Colombia

Reception by H.E. Emilio Monzo

Reception by Senator Ricardo
speaker of the Argentina
Monreal , Mexico
Parliament , Argentina

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by Gobierno Jalisco, Reception by H.E. Parlatino,

Mexico Panama

Reception by H.E. Marcelo Reception by H.E. Olga Sanchez

Ebrard , the secretary of Foreign Cordero, Secretary of interior ,
affairs , Mexico Mexico

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E. Irma Amaya,

Reception by H.E. Marti Batres ,
President of Parlacen, El
president of the Senate , Mexico
Salavador

Reception by H.E. Reynaldo Reception by H.E. Isabel de Saint

Cardoza, committee of Foreign Malo, Vice president of foreign
relations, EL Salvador affairs, Panama

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E. Alejandro C.

Reception by Prof. Roger Arias
Chacón, president of the house
University of EL Salvador
of Representatives, Colombia

Reception by H.E. Emilo Monzo, Reception by H.E. Francisco

Speaker of Congress, Argentina Chahuan, Senator Chile.

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E Emilio Monzo,

Reception by H.E. Norman
President of the Argentine
Quijano,Mayor , ELSalvador
Parliament

Reception by H.ECarlos Montes,

Reception by H.E. Sergio Unac,
Speaker of the Chilean
Governor of San Juan, Argentina
Parliamen, Chile

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by H.E. Ilir Meta, Reception by H.E. Alejandro C.

President of the Republic of Chacón, president of the house
Albania, of Representatives, Colombia

Reception by His Excellency

Reception by H.E. Colombian
president of the Parliament of
Association of Capital Cities
Albania Gramoz Ruci

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by HE Demetris
Reception by HE. Mr. Andriy
Syllouris, Speaker of the House
Parubiy, President of Verkhovna
of Representatives of the
Rada (Parliament of Ukraine),
Republic of Cyprus

Reception by SE Pío García

Reception by Her Excellency
Escudero, president of the
Senida Mesi Deputy Prime
Spanish Senate in his office in
Minister of Albania
the Spanish capital Madrid

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by The President of

Reception by HE Mr. Pío García-
the Senate of Kazakhstan,
Escudero, President of the
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in
Spanish Senate
Astana, the Kazakhestan

Reception by Prince Jaime de Reception by Ms. Michelle

Bourbon, Senior Advisor to the Bachelet, United Nations High
UN High Commissioner for Commissioner for Human Rights,
Refugees at their headquarters in Geneva

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by HE Theresa
Reception by the former
Vacconosilos Kiairo, Deputy
Portuguese President, HE George
Speaker of the Portuguese
Sampaio,
Parliament, Portugal

Reception by The Minister of

Reception of H.E. Gjorge Ivanov,
Foreign Affairs of Malta, Mr.
President of Macedonia
Carmelo Abella,

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by the former

Reception by HE President Joko
Portuguese president, Jorge
Widodo of the Republic of
Sampaio helping Syrian students
Indonesia
in Portugal

Reception by Mr. Mahara

Reception of Nicolas Loebel
Balghrouan Speaker of the
member of bundestag, Germany
Nepalese Parliament -Nepal

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 GCTP Meetings

Reception by Grand Imam of

During the visit of Pope Francis
AlAzhar

Reception by Bechara Betros

During the Launch of GCTP
ALRahi

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Conferences

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Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together

H.E. Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Jarwan, President of GCTP , Speaker at

the Human Fraternity for world Peace and living Together event on
the 27th of February 2020 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Human Fraternity document, and the role of United Arab

Emirates by H. E. Ahmed Al Jarwan,
In a world where Social injustice, corruption, inequality, moral decline,
terrorism, discrimination, Extremism and violence have spread;
It is time to become united, to cherish peace and work for its
establishment, It is time to take in new strategies and new methods at
the global level, It is time to act.
A new milestone in the history of mankind, has been achieved on the 4th
of February 2019, the day where the Human Fraternity document has
been released and signed by His Holiness Pope Francis and The Grand
Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the land of
Tolerance.

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Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together

Being the beacon of tolerance

and peace, since its foundation
by Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan
AlNahyan, UAE was chosen to
host this historical event.

UAE has been founded on the concepts of Tolerance, Intellectual

exchange and cultural & Economic Openness, it promotes acceptance
and understanding as its core values. UAE is considered as a symbol
of peace and security specially that it is located in a region shaken by
wars, discrimination and conflict.

UAE Extols the virtue of

tolerance as it comes from
intrinsic part of the Islamic
culture, that calls all people
to consider Islamic ethics as
a model in which mercy,
tolerance and peace can be
practiced in their life.

A. AlJarwan,(2020), Human Fraternity document, and the role of United

Arab Emirates , Paths to a culture of Tolerance and Peace, River Publishing

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 Arab Investor Symposium -UNESCO

H.E. Ahmed Al Jarwan, President of GCTP , Speaker at the Arab

Investor Symposium 18th of September 2019, UNESCO – Paris, during
the session of the investment in Social responsibility.

Alarmed by barbaric terrorist attacks have been designed to weaken

the fabric of ‘living together.’
Envisioned by the international work that seeks to spread the culture
of tolerance and peaceful coexistence
Noting the highest need of society to tolerance and peace
Resolving to make the necessary to promote tolerance and peace at
all levels in our communities and societies,
Tolerance and Peace are a necessity.
by H.E. Ahmed AlJarwan

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 United Nations High Level Forum for Peace

GCTP Organized a Side event entitled “ Best Practices in the

Promotion of Tolerance and Peace”
Panel was composed of:
- H.R.H. Princess Fahdah Bint Fahib Bint Khaled Bint Nasser Bint
AbdelAziz-Saudi Arabia
- H.E. Gabriela Cuevas Barron , President of the Inter-Parliament
Union
- H.E. Walberto Allende, President of IPTP
- H.E. Martha Bissman, Vice president of IPTP
- H.E. Papa Sagna Mbaye, member of IPTP
- H.E. Saud AlShamsi, Deputy permanent Representative of UAE
at UN

Presided by H.E. Ahmed AL Jarwan , President of GCTP

13th of September 2019

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 GCTP in conferences

Sixth World Congress of Leaders

7th Gulf Education Conference –
and Traditional Religions, held in
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
the Kazakh capital of Astana

International leadership United Nations High Commissioner

conference – Seoul Korea for Refugees, Geneva- Switzerland
Protection and solutions
in urban areas: working
with cities

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Agreements

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GCTP Agreements

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GCTP Agreements

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 Awards

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 Recognition of the President of GCTP

Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2020

On January 25th, H.E. Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Jarwan,

President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, has
been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2020,
at the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Expatriates in New
Delhi, during the thirty-ninth International convention of Non-
Residents Indians (NRI) on the eve of the republic Day of India

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 Recognition of the President of GCTP

Investment in Social Responsibility Award

H.E. Ahmed Al Jarwan, awarded the Investment in Social Responsibility prize,

At the UNESCO, Paris. On 17th of September 2019

Delivered By H.E. Prof. Farouk Al Baz, Space Scientist – Boston University.

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 Recognition of the President of GCTP

Medal from the Science

Academy of Lisbon, Portugal for
his great great achievements in
promoting Tolerance and Peace.

Order of the "Service of Russia"

first class , August 2019

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 Recognition of the President of GCTP
Award the order of Democracy- Colombia- March 2019

President of the Camara Colombia

Alejandro Carlos Chacón, Awarded the
award to H.E. Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al
Jarwan, the Order of Democracy in the
Extraordinary Grand Cross degree, for his
great efforts in building a world of Peace

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Recognition of the President of GCTP

Awarded the key of Tirana, the first

medal in the Republic of Albania,
by HE. Mr. Eryon Villaye, Mayor of
the Albanian capital

Honored by The governor of Beirut,

Judge Ziad Chbib, Beirut Lebanon

Goodwill Ambassador , by Kosovo

M. Hashem Thaçi

Ambassador of Peace granted by

The President of the Universal
Peace Federation (UPF) Dr. Thomas
Walsh

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Recognition of the President of GCTP

Awarded the President of the Arab

experts union

Albert Nelson Lifetime

Achievement Award

Honorable Doctorate in Peace

Guest of Honor by the Governor

Sergio Unac

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Projects & Initiatives

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 Master and Doctoral Program in Tolerance

Education, one of the main pillars of Tolerance and Peace, should

continuously be worked upon through development of quality
specialized program at the higher education level. These programs
should be designed to meet the society needs from economic,
cultural and community engagement perspectives.
Teaching Tolerance, as new discipline in higher education becomes
vital to nurture and equip graduates with the needed knowledge and
skills meeting the community requirements in order to live together
in harmony and stability. Without tolerance, peace of societies
cannot be maintained, loyalty and acceptance for each other cannot
be established.
So, Higher education has a key role to play in preparing
changemakers, leaders, entrepreneurs, problem solvers, critical
thinkers, and decision makers, ready to face and respond to the
challenges of the multi-cultural present such as violence, terrorism,
aggressive nationalism, racism, exclusion, marginalization and
discrimination.

The program is directed, to professionals in the areas of Human and

Social Sciences, Education, Economic and Administrative,
Communication, and other related, interested in deepening the main
themes of the program, willing to address theoretical and practical
approaches that transcend the disciplinary areas and require inter
and trans-disciplinary approaches.

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 GCTP Book – First Edition

Paths to a Culture of Tolerance and Peace

Scope of the book
We are living today in multicultural world, surrounded by people
from different backgrounds, cultures and religions. Establishing
tolerance and peace has become very crucial and important.
Without these qualities, Social Stability and communal harmony are
threatened; and acceptance of each other remains elusive.
Spreading the culture of tolerance and peace is essential in order to
address the issues of contemporary world peace, we should reflect
the importance of refusing violence and adopting peaceful means
for resolving disagreements and conflicts;
We should forge the feelings of openness, and respect toward
others, solidarity and sharing based on a sense of security in one's
own identity and a capacity to recognize the many dimensions of
being human in different cultural and social contexts.

Topics of Interest:
This book solicits contributions which include the fundaments of
building a culture of tolerance and peace by case studies, practical
examples and tools.
Each chapter is expected to cover an in-depth Presentation of building
a culture of Tolerance and Peace.

Targeting : Politicians, academicians, researchers, undergraduate and

postgraduate students.

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 Coronavirus Pandemic - GCTP Response
Establishing Coronavirus Task Force

H.E Pedro H.E. Gustavo H.E. Mark

Fabricio Jacome Acosta Mitchel
(Ecuador) (El Salvador) (New Zeeland)

Senator Ike Hon. Mboni

Ekweremadu Mohamed
(Nigeria) (Tanzania)
Members of the taskforce will:
- Work closely with the other IPTP members to propose, and develop
creative ideas to fight the virus to be applied in their own country
- Work closely with the appropriate community, governmental and
non-governmental entities in their own country
- Represent the IPTP/GCTP in their own country in any issue related to
the coronavirus pandemic
- Implement the proposed ideas in their own country and report the
feedback
- Transfer the real image of the current status in their own country
related to the coronavirus to the taskforce
- Work within the framework and guidelines of the GCTP & WHO
- Distribute the awareness materials in their own country by different
means.

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 Coronavirus Pandemic – GCTP Response

GCTP opens channels of collaboration with UN and WHO

In the name of the GCTP, H.E. Ahmed AlJarwan, sent a solidarity and
collaboration letter to the United Nations (UN) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). In his letter, the president of GCTP expressed his
deepest sympathy, sincere solidarity and heartfelt gratitude for all
the efforts done by the UN and the WHO regarding the COVID 19
Pandemic. He mentioned that the world is threatened by one
invisible enemy; all our efforts, and all our battles should be directed
to fight COVID-19. Furthermore, we should support and recognize
those new fighters on the front line of this battle, the medical staff
and researchers, and equip them with medicines, ventilators, and
medical equipment as their effective weapons. It is vital, now, to join
forces to stop wars, conflicts, discrimination, and racism, to help the
vulnerable, the disabled and the elderly and to support and
encourage our new frontline fighters. We should all act with faith,
solidarity, tolerance, and wisdom. This is our actual role as tolerance
advocators and peace builders.

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COVID-19 Pandemic – GCTP Response
COVID 19 an opportunity to a global Tolerance and Peace

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 COVID- 19 Pandemic – GCTP Response
Coronavirus Heroes, Words Can not Convey our Gratitude

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 COVID- 19 Pandemic – GCTP Response
Happy Labor Day, from the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace.
By H.E. Ahmed Al Jarwan,
President, Global Council of Tolerance and Peace
Happy Labor Day ! From Global Council for Tolerance and Peace
1st of May, the international Labor Day or May day, is
celebrated all over the world to remind us of the sacrifices
of the workers who laid their lives for their rights, and to
acknowledge the importance of workers and their role for
the economic development of any country.

But this year, it is different!

It is celebrated in a special way: digitally via the internet,
the modified approach to life that had become familiar
during the COVID-19 crisis.
It is celebrated in a strange way: many workers are risking
their job, health and living environment because of the
huge risk that coronavirus has posed.

During COVID-19 Pandemic new heroes have showed up on the frontlines, side by side
with the health and medical workers , those are the Transport and Taxi drivers, grocery
store staff, delivery drivers, maintenance workers, cleaners, fire workers, protective
workers, farmers, chefs, sanitation workers and many others risking their lives to help and
support us.
It is very essential to thank those workers involved in maintaining the everyday services
required by society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the other hand, the spread of COVID-19 had serious implications not only on the health
but also on the economy. The closure of the business companies, factories, and industrial
establishment has made some workers more vulnerable than before.
Employers and employees should show great understanding and support for each, while
the community is striving to turn a crisis into an opportunity for progress. They should hold
hands during this time, by offering some sacrifice to keep business going and so that more
jobs can be saved. Those workers will remember and return the kindness, serve loyally
and help their businesses survive. They will be in a better position to rebuild when the
economy begins to recover.
It is the responsibility of each one of us to maintain community stability and work on
boosting the conditions for the post COVID-19 Pandemic economic recovery by
responding immediately to the global socio-economic call of action focusing on
epidemic- relief initiatives, recovery plans and programs, and sustainable development
programs.
Let’s Support Businesses, Invest in our workforce, Take care of our people, and Don’t drop
our manpower from the first sign of trouble. Let’s Stay Together and United to Conquer
COVID-19.
Happy Labor Day!

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 COVID-Nurses,
19 Pandemic – GCTP
the Stars of the COVID-19 Response
Pandemic
on the International Nurses Day.
By H.E. Ahmed Al Jarwan,
Nurses, the Stars
President, Global of COVID-19
Council for TolerancePandemic
and Peace

Every May 12, the world celebrates the International

Nurses Day, to highlight the importance of nurses and
present its gratitude for their incredible work. As
Nurses continue to work on the front lines of the
COVID-19 pandemic, providing high quality and
respectful treatment and care, International Nurses Day
has been celebrated differently this year. Furthermore,
the World Health Organization (WHO) has considered
this year as the International year of the Nurse and
Midwife, under the theme of “Nurses: A Voice to Lead
-- Nursing the World to Health”.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses along with the other health-care workers have
been battling COVID-19 from the frontline, putting their lives on the line, working hard
to save the life of thousands of infected people. They prove to be the lifesavers and the
real heroes of this battle by not only treating patients with COVID-19 but also by
offering other essential health services. They are managing selflessly and tirelessly an
extraordinary workload, by prioritizing infection prevention and control among
patients, visitors, and healthcare providers across all the units of the hospital. They are
risking their own health and too often sacrificing time with their family by putting in
12 to 20 hours per day to help those suffering from COVID-19. While caring for
COVID-19 patients, many nurses get exposed and need to be quarantined, which is an
additional mental and physical toll on them. Those Nurses are working tirelessly to aid
the patients irrespective of all the fears and shorthand of resources.

Nurses, today, are in the spotlight! This pandemic has revealed the importance of their
work! They are the stars of this pandemic across the globe for their exemplary courage,
dedication, and perseverance.

On this day, The Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, recognizes the Nurses for
their wonderful and vital job. Our heart goes out to those nurses and their families for
keeping the world in good health. They have crowned their work with their bravery,
compassion and commitment to patients and to community. Without them, we will not
be able to win the battle against outbreaks. Therefore, it is essential that governments
support, protect and invest in their nurses. We have to reinforce the need for investment
in Medicine, Nursing, Education, Research, Science and Leadership.

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GCTP has offered Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as a gesture

of solidarity, to its country members who already replied to the
official support letter sent by the president of GCTP on 15th of April
2020 and that was dedicated to the presidents of the seventy
parliaments members. Those countries are Albania, Spain, Greece,
Portugal, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, North Macedonia, Columbia, and
Egypt (Hospital 57357).

The gifts have been distributed as follows:

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GCTP has run an awareness campaign

under the theme :
“ United , We Conquer Coronavirus”

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