GCC faces unprecedented challenges: Secretary-General
Riyadh: Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) HE Dr Nayef Falah Mubarak Al Hajraf has underlined that the GCC had been facing many challenges during the past four decades, and has witnessed many achievements made in several areas and on more than one level, and the Council was able to overcome these challenges and preserve the achievements for the good, development, security and prosperity of the countries and its citizens.
In a speech on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the GCC, which falls on May 25th, His Excellency warned that GCC, which is on the eve of the fifth decade of its existence, faces unprecedented challenges, and today requires more than ever collective thinking and cooperation to counter these challenges and deal with its repercussions.
The Secretary-General stressed that the Gulf dispute, which is approaching its third year, constitutes a challenge to the march of GCC as it represents a common concern for all the countries of the Council.
His Excellency noted that the dispute is being addressed by the Amir of Kuwait, HH Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah since the first day, and His Highnesss efforts have received Gulf and international support.
His Excellency added that the other challenge facing the Council is what the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic imposed on all aspects of life and affected all humanity, which requires the cooperation system to enhance joint action and collective preparedness to deal with the post-Coronavirus world, with its economic, health, social, security, labor and strategic dimensions, to protect the peoples of the GCC states, safeguard their achievements, and enhance their blessed march and a guarantee their future.
His Excellency pointed out that the world after Coronavirus and the great changes that it is experiencing requires the Council to extrapolate the new global scene and prepare as a system to deal with its data and challenges, in order to ensure and enhance the GCC strategic position and protect and safeguard the achievements of its countries and peoples.
His Excellency said that GCC countries and peoples will overcome these challenges more stronger, determined and more powerful, preserving the gains of the Council, and renewing its ideas, and developing its working mechanisms to ensure the sustainability of its effectiveness and leadership.
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