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At the invitation of the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unite Nations Global Compact Ms. Liz Kingo, IBC Deputy Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji and IBC Director General participated on Monday and Tuesday June 15th and 16th 2020 in the virtual Summit of the leaders of the Global Compact which was held by the United Nations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations declaration of the principles of the Global Compact.

A number of world leaders participated in the virtual Summit including the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Guterres, dozens of senior executives and heads of United nations Agencies in the world, in addition to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Global Compact Mrs. Liz Kingo.
The Summit addressed response of the private sector around the world to three unprecedented global crises; health, inequality and climate change, whereas international, regional and local sessions were held in the virtual Summit over 26 hours of continuous virtual programming.

The Summit was the largest, most comprehensive and sustainable United Nations meeting for business leaders where over twenty thousand business and sustainable development leaders from over 180 countries participated under the title “Better Recovery, Stronger Recovery and Recover Together”.

The importance of cooperation and partnerships between the public and private sectors to achieve goals of sustainable development was also highlighted.

The Summit aimed at enhancing awareness of the public sector in the global impacts imposed by the outbreak COVID-19 pandemic, and discussed how the public sector responded and interacted to contain the repercussions of this pandemic and ensure the continuity of its functioning.

During the Summit, the United Nations Global Compact launched business standards, which included an initial set of business standards for best practices to measure whether corporate activities aim at the necessary level of aspiration to achieve the goals of sustainable development (SDGS).

This declaration comes within the framework of “Aspiration of Sustainable Development Goals” Initiative, which aim at enabling the world leading companies to integrate the goals of sustainable development into the core business management.
During the Summit, Ms. Liz Kingo, President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Global Compact, stressed that the United Nations Global Compact is an invitation for companies to align their strategies and operations with ten global principles relating to human rights, work, environment, countering corruption, taking actions that promote societal goals and implement goals of sustainable development (SDGS) through involving thousands of companies of various sizes and sectors all over the world, which work to mobilize a truly global movement of responsible institutions that integrate sustainability into their core strategies and operations, not only for the benefit of their communities, but also for their own benefit.

Among the activities of the Youth Committee (Future Leaders – Entrepreneurship Business Incubators), IBC, and n cooperation with Shabab 21 Foundation for Community Development, held on Wednesday and Thursday November 14th – 15th 2018 on IBC Hall / 3rd floor a two-day training course entitled (Citizenship Embracing Cultural Diversity). A group of Iraqi youth members of IBC – Jordan Youth Committee (Future Leaders) participated in the training course which included training on the concept of citizenship and acceptance of others.  Trainer Sarah Al-Khashab supervised the training course.

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council is based on the common desire generated by a number of elites. Those who are Iraqi investors and businessmen on the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan unanimous in the importance of creating economic reference for them, as well as for those who wish to join them in order to maximize Iraq’s investment in Jordan, as well as to contribute actively to Iraq’s construction and reconstruction.

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council was well-founded and blessed by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Accordingly, the approval of the competent Jordanian authorities was commended for launching the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

The one who carried out the mission of founding is an elite of Iraqi businessmen of recognized competence and abilities. and since the Council’s inception in late 2006, members have worked towards efforts to support Iraqi investments in Jordan. as well as coordination and cooperation with official entities, to find solutions and proposals to overcome obstacles and constraints facing investors s economic, investment and trade cooperation between Jordan and Iraq.

President of the Palestinian – Iraqi Friendship Society and members of the Palestinian National Campaign delegation supporting Libraries of Mosul University honored on August 14th, 2018, during their visit to IBC yesterday, IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji with the Award of Excellence and Contribution for the efforts exerted by IBC to support the Campaign.

During the meeting, Dr. Saedi commended efforts of the Palestinian Authority headed by President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and organizers of the Palestinian National Campaign to support Libraries of Mosul University and reviewed the most important economic, cultural, humanitarian and academic IBC activities and achievements on all levels and the programs launched by IBC to support Iraqi refugees.

On his part, President of the Palestinian – Iraqi Friendship Society and Head of the Palestinian National Campaign to Support Mosul University Libraries Mr. Saad Khalil gave a brief about the Campaign announcing that during the first phase of the Campaign about 10,000 quality books were collected, 5,000 of which were handed over to the Iraqi Embassy in Jordan.

The delegation also announced that there would be a complementary campaign adopted by the Palestinian government and the Palestinian Ministry of Education under the title “the Quarter Million Books Campaign” which is going to be launched at the beginning of the next semester to support Iraqi Universities and Research Centers in all Iraqi governorates.

Mr. Saad Naji also spoke about the programs launched by IBC within its social responsibility, being a member in the United Nations Global Compact which serves the local community, stressing the responsibility of the private sector to provide support and assistance to Iraqi refugees in Jordan and other countries.

He also reviewed IBC initiatives including donating 350 books and children magazines (benefiting children between 4 – 18 years of age) to the school of Iraqi refugees in Marka, in addition to other future campaigns.

The delegation of the Palestinian National Campaign elaborated on earlier campaigns that targeted vulnerable Iraqi families and other future campaigns to alleviate the suffering of Iraqi refugees.

During the meeting, members of the delegation also discussed means of cooperation in the economic and investment fields between Iraqi businessmen and the Palestinian Authority, whereas agreement was reached to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the competent economic authorities in Palestine and IBC to facilitate and promote economic cooperation between the two sides.

The delegation of the Palestinian / Iraqi Friendship Society chaired by its President Mr. Saad Khalil, the Society Secretary General Mr. Assad Al-Nassir, Foreign Relations Officer Mrs. Nasra Qabalani, Treasurer Mr. Ahmed Abu Al-Jees and the Society Board members; Mr. Issa Tamim and Mr. Anwer Siyaer visited on Thursday December 7th, 2017 IBC offices.

The delegation arrived from Ramallah and was received by IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji.  During the meeting, which was attended by the representative of the Palestinian President Mr. Mahmood Abbas (Abu Mazin) and a crowd of Palestinian officials, the visiting delegation discussed the launching of the Society in a large ceremony held at the Martyrs Cemetery in memory of the Iraqi martyrs who had fallen on the land of Palestine.

The President of the Society praised the victories achieved by the Iraqi Army over Daesh evil forces.  The delegation also expressed its desire to strengthen the Iraqi – Palestinian relations.

For his part, Mr. Saad Naji extended IBC congratulations on the establishment of this Society, expressing IBC readiness to support its activities including hosting an Iraqi Art exhibition in Ramallah and participation of the Society in the events hosted by IBC.

It is worth mentioning that the Palestinian – Iraqi Friendship Society takes the city of Ramallah as its headquarters, represents all Palestinian cities, all its members are graduates of Iraqi Universities and maintain good relations with the Iraqi society.  At the end of the meeting the delegation honored IBC with its shield.