Algeria joins world in celebrating int'l day of living together in peace: Algerian President

ISLAMABAD: President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika said that Algeria, in unison with the rest of the world, celebrates for the first time the "International Day of Living Together in Peace", this celebration takes on a particular dimension for several reasons.

Addressing on the occasion of “International Day of Living Together in Peace he said firstly the proclamation reflectes the international community's recognition of our country's patient and successful efforts to promote a culture of peace, dialogue, mutual respect and tolerance among its own citizens.

The text of the speech of Algerian President was released by the Embassy of Algeria here in Islamabad.

The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed last December 8, this day of living together in peace, the initiative was of the International Sufi Association Alawiyya, the NGO chaired by Sheikh Khaled Ben Tounes, with the support of his country Algeria, he added.

Secondly he said that this initiative is driven by the moral, cultural, social and human values to which our moderate people are fundamentally attached. It expresses just as much the strong commitment of our people that these universal values take the place that should be theirs in the relations between the Nations and the people of the whole world.

Thirdly he said, this proclamation represents a commitment of our country as well as the will of the international community to work more to promote the culture of peace and dialogue both within societies and between Nations, at a time where breaking lines and the factors of division multiply.

He further said that at the international level, starting from this same base, and with the correctness of its conviction, our country joined its efforts with those of other countries to prevail between peoples the culture of peace, solidarity, tolerance and dialogue.

It is in this spirit that our country was among the first to advocate for the strengthening of the dialogue of civilizations, cultures and religions and to promote the culture of peace, actively participating in bringing the international community to confront, more and more, troublemakers of conflicts and dissension between the people, he added.

Thus, the Algeria never stopped, on the international level, to promote the principles, ideals and objectives of the UN Charter in international relation and this as well in the settlement political conflicts in the introduction of more balanced economic relation, he said.

President Abdelaziz said in this regard, our people can be proud of their country's foregoing five decades of global dialogue aimed at building more equitable and integrated economic relations between developed and less affluent nations during an extraordinary general assembly convened by the UN.

He said that we need to incorporate the constitutional definition, with clarity and precision, of the components of the national identity of Islam, Arab and Amazigh identity and the need to exclude them from exploitation of political operations and politicians, the promotion of economic, social and cultural policies driven by the requirement of inclusiveness and social justice, as well as territorial development strategies guided by an equitable distribution of opportunities, national wealth and generated prosperity.

President Abdelaziz said it is the path that constitutes our choice and which makes us inscribe the dynamic of promoting our young democracy in that it contributes to anchoring in the minds and behaviors of men and institutions the intrinsic values of living together, by strengthening the rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

In the end, he said that the profound reform of the national education system, whose role in the formation of the citizen rooted in its country's millennial history, is anchored in the authentic values of its people, the Citizen attached to work and sacrifice to preserve the independence of its country and build his prosperous future, the Algerian school is today called to spread more values of living together in peace among the millions of students.