Dr. h.c. Fouad Al Ghaffari

Greetings, from Sana’a, Yemen

This is the edited transcript of greetings to the conference from Fouad Al Ghaffari in Yemen, read by moderator Dennis Speed to Panel 2, “Peace Through Development,” of the Schiller Institute’s Nov. 22 conference, “For World Peace—Stop the Danger of Nuclear War: Third Seminar of Political and Social Leaders of the World.”

Dr. Al Ghaffari is the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Yemen for BRICS Countries’ Affairs. He is also President of ALBRICS, the Youth Parliament in Yemen.

The full proceedings of the conference are available at the Schiller Institute website.

Greetings, from Sana’a, Yemen!

I send this greeting to your peace conference as the threats from U.S., UK, and NATO’s interventions in Ukraine are increasing, and U.S.-British involvement in the war on Yemen continues, leading to increased suffering of the Yemeni people from eight years of barbaric Saudi aggression, siege, and occupation backed by the Western powers.

We did not see any of the Western community’s humanitarian support for Ukraine anywhere in Yemen. While the West tries to intimidate the world through Russia’s position in Ukraine, it tries the same concerning Yemen. However, the real government in Sana’a has sent messages of reassurance for eight years now that it is not only the protector of Yemeni territories and waters but also the protector of the New Silk Road. The fact that both Russia and Yemen are in a confrontation with the U.S., this fact brings Yemen, Russia, and China together around the same project.

And while the Saudi Crown Prince appears to be willing to join BRICS, on October 14 a statement by the President of South Africa invokes the Russian and Chinese roles in curbing the aggression against Yemen. In the coming weeks, the Prime Minister of Yemen, Professor Abdel-Aziz ben Habtour, will be celebrating the annual BRICS Day ceremony, confirming Yemen’s readiness and commitment since 2015 toward the BRICS principles as elaborated by the international Schiller Institute as early as 1996 for the right to development, economic justice, and common economic security. All of these are the appropriate guidelines for preventing global nuclear war, and a mission of humanity to use peaceful nuclear energy in the service of peace and prosperity for real development.

I end my greetings to you all with this concept from the “Declaration of Current and Former Legislators of the World: Stop the Danger of Nuclear War”:

The common good of the One Humanity is the obligatory premise for the good of each and every nation. In that way, among all the nations of the world we will be able to help build an organization of citizens in collective global action, and establish ourselves that way as a force to influence the international policy debate.

Thank you.