Al-Nasser receives excellence in Leadership Award 2013

The UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations HE Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Global Thinkers Forum for the year 2013, in recognition for his vision and leadership in the promotion of tolerance, intercultural dialogue, and peaceful co-existence. Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA) after arriving in Doha, Al Nasser said he was pleased to receive this award, adding that the Forum's sessions were attended by eminent thinkers diplomats and businessmen from around the world. High Representative Al Nasser had addressed the Global Thinkers Forum by delivering the keynote speech on "Leadership and Collaboration". Participants at this year's forum held in Athens on December 3-4, sought innovative answers to some of the worlds key challenges in government, business, arts and technology. Al-Nasser stressed that intercultural dialogue starts with each nation's leaders. He said it is the responsibility of leaders to protect those whom they lead and that inability to do so, would mean that they had ultimately failed their people.