UNGA Conference

by The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF)

  • Home
    • About Us
      • The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF)
      • Contact
  • UNGA Conferences
    • UNGA Conference 2020: Five Years of Action Towards the SDGs
      • Concept Note
      • Program
      • Booklet
      • Declaration & Resolution
    • UNGA Conference 2019: Inclusive Social Development for All
      • Declaration
      • Concept Note
      • Program
      • Booklet
      • Conference Proceedings
    • UNGA Conference 2018: Transforming Our World
      • Concept Note
      • Program
      • Registration
      • Booklet
      • UNGA 2018 Conference Proceedings
    • UNGA Conference: UN Post 2015 Development Agenda
      • UNGA Reception
        • Summary
        • Concept Note
      • UNGA Conference
        • Summary
        • Concept Note
        • Speakers
          • Panel 1: Contributions of Civil Society
          • Panel 2: Contributions of the Private Sector
          • Panel 3: Perspectives from the UN Member States
          • Panel 4: The Way Forward
    • UNGA Reception: Education for Sustainable Development
      • UNGA Reception
      • Interviews
      • Videos Gallery
      • Speeches
  • PIONEERS in SDGs
    • About Pioneers in SDGs
    • Call for Projects
    • Awards
      • 2020
      • 2019
  • United Nations
    • Functions and Subsidiary Organs
    • Main Committees
    • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Honorable Speakers
    • UNGA 2019
    • UNGA 2018
    • UNGA 2015
    • UNGA 2014
  • Partners
    • Partners
    • General Information
    • Become a Global Partner
  • Media
    • Photos Gallery
    • Videos Gallery
    • Previous UNGA Conferences
  • Registration

H.E BESNIK MUSTAFAJ

December 1, 2015 By Web User

 
PANEL 1: Contributions of Civil Society
 
Panel-1-3-Mr-Sello-Hatang-2   Besnik Mustafaj
President, The Albanian Forum for the Alliance of Civilization (Albania)

Besnik Mustafaj served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania between 2005-2007. He is one of the co-founder of the Albanian Democratic Party. In the first free elections, he was elected as a member of the Albanian Parliament and was re-elected three times. Between 1992-1997 he served as an Ambassador of Albania in France and as an Ambassador to UNESCO. He is the co-founder of the Albanian’s PEN club also co-founder of the Albanian Helsinki Committee. After resigned politics, he founded the Albanian Forum for the Alliance of Civilizations where currently he holds the chair of President. As an intellectual he is active in the dialogue between cultures and civilizations. He is member of the Advisory Board of Anna Lindh Foundation and President of the Euro-Mediterranean network of ONG “EuromedinCulture (s)”.

 

H.E BESNIK MUSTAFAJ, President of The Albanian Forum for the Alliance of Civilizations and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Albania, delivered a speech that addressed the difficult birth of the civil society in the post communist societies. He said that the fall of the communist system left behind a total void. In parallel to constructing a state abiding by the rule of law and structuring an economy according to the principles of free market, H.E. Mustafaj said that “it was also emergent to bring into being the civil society.”

However, he added that the difficulties were numerous. Some of which that he mentioned were, firstly, that neither the common people nor the political rulers believed in the utility of the nongovernmental organizations or the civil society. Secondly, the society lacked the human resources and the will to dedicate them to the civil society. Thirdly, financing is missing. Lastly, the “voluntary work” under the communist regime was, in fact, another obligation and another mean to exploit the individual. H.E. Mustafaj ended his speech by reflecting on his experience as a politician and a member of the civil society for a quarter century, and used his knowledge to bring illustrating examples.

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: Panel 1

 

unga-logo-mini

   

CONTACT US:

 
gyv logo
 

56W 45th St. 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036

   
Phone:
+1 (646) 838-4882
   
E-mail:
info@jwf.org