In the context of preparing for the establishment of the International Peace and Development Alliance

Maat signs a cooperation protocol with the National Forum for Human Rights (Yemen)

In the context of activating the call launched by the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights (Egypt) this October to establish the International Alliance for Peace and Development, both of Maat Foundation (Egypt) and the National Forum for Human Rights (Yemen) Cooperation protocol, as part of a series of protocols being signed with a number of non-governmental organizations in several countries, including Tunisia, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Italy, the United States of America, Morocco, Lebanon, Kuwait, Yemen, Sudan, Sweden, Palestine, Iraq .

This comes in the context of the Maat Foundation and the National Forum for Human Rights agreeing to work together to establish the "International Alliance for Peace and Development". The protocol includes the intention of both parties to implement activities aimed at achieving the goals of the coalition, which are to improve human rights conditions and confront attempts to undermine peace, violence, terror and intimidation, And work effectively through international, regional and national forums and mechanisms to stop the spread of those practices that are against human values and threaten world peace, and to call for improvement of public policies related to supporting peace and countering violence, terrorism and extremism.

The National Forum for Human Rights is one of the non-governmental organizations in Yemen, working in the field of human rights, peace building, and the promotion of democratic participation in society.

Ayman Aqil, President of the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights stated that the signing of the bilateral cooperation protocols is the first operational step for establishing the alliance, which will be followed by the holding of the founding conference of the coalition at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva in the first quarter of 2018, where the statute will be approved and the board of trustees elected. The remainder of the year 2017 will witness the signing of a large number of cooperation protocols between Maat and the organizations that have expressed their desire to join the coalition from several European, Arab and American countries.

Mr. Khaled Ayesh, the forum’s president, stated that the signing of the protocol for cooperation and coordination between the National Forum and the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights comes within the framework of the steps for establishing the “International Alliance for Peace and Development”, which in turn will enhance cooperation, coordination, integration and joint action between civil society organizations in various countries for the sake of Contribute to achieving peace and development.

And kicks off International Peace and Development Alliance From the ground of the moral responsibility of civil society organizations in peacemaking, and the human rights values agreed upon by the world since 1948 and included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then expressed in detail a set of human rights conventions and covenants adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in turn, and the coalition will include organizations interested in peace and democracy issues Human rights and countering extremism and terrorism across the world.