AlQa'dah 30, 1433, Oct 16, 2012, SPA -- Deputy Chairman of Executive Board of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the organization Dr. Ziad Al-Drees said that education is a main pillar in the course of the organization towards making the world more peaceful, just and harmonious. In the speech of Arab states he delivered at the 190th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO, which has been held recently in the presence of Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon and Director General of UNESCO Irina Bokova, he noted that in the Arab world, education is the way toward democratic development and to confront hate causing provocations like the most recent film against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Saudi representative to UNESCO highlighted the initiative named "Education First" and wished it success. The Saudi representative to UNESCO underlined the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's adoption of the initiative of young scouts in the service of peace in cooperation with the King of Sweden. --More
