 I will now give the floor to His Excellency Muhammad ibn Abdul Salam. He is the General Secretary of the Muslim Council of Elders. He has many other responsibilities. I will only mention two. He is a member of the Alhazard Center for the Interreligious Dialogue. As you all know, Alhazard is one of the main centers of the Sunni world. He is also the personal advisor to His Eminency, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Professor Ahmad Al Tayyab. It is very important to underline this. Your Eminence, you will speak with a particular authority about a problem that is very important to us this morning. In the name of God, the All-Merciful. Good morning everyone. May Allah's peace and the blessings be upon all of you. The title is very interesting. I hope that all of you are listening to the interpretation. Can you follow? Are you hearing the interpretation? Okay, great. Does it work? Now it's good. First of all, allow me to express my personal appreciation to you, Your Excellency Professor Teri Duhamante-Brell, the Chair of the session, for convening this very important consultative and intellectual meeting, which has a very special and much-needed headline and theme. The international system between globalization and disintegration, which forces will prevail. What an interesting question. Ladies and gentlemen, Your All-Holiness, my dear brother Partholomew, Your Excellency, my dear brother and dear friend, at the outset I feel great gratitude and appreciation for inviting me to participate in this high-level meeting. The World Policy Conference and esteemed institution founded and chaired by the venerable Professor Teri Duhamante-Brell, a distinguished intellectual and expert, President of the French Institute for International Relations, IFRI, which, as we all know, is France's premier and top research center. I would like also to renew the welcome for the third annual convening of this conference here in Abu Dhabi, a capital city that holds great personal significance for me. A place I fondly refer to as the capital of human fraternity. Among its many inspiring milestones it witnessed four years ago the historic signing of the document on human fraternity for world peace and living together. By his Holiness, Bob Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and his brother, his eminence, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sharif, when they visited this country for the first time in history in the presence of different religious leaders to proclaim and announce the document on human fraternity for all the world. It is unprecedented declaration in our modern time history. This was on February 4th, 2019, a day which has been announced and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as an international day of human fraternity, celebrated each year worldwide. I believe that my participation in this session, which represents the three Abrahamic faiths, and discusses the quest for hope in a better world, in parts upon me a particular responsibility to speak about the potential of Islam in fostering this hope. Its experience is deeply intertwined with the history of the heavenly religions, all of which originated in the Middle East region, a sea upon whose shores prophecies descended and philosophies formed that remain powerfully present and influential in the conscience and thought of humanity. This is the same region that, to our profound regret, suffers today from a bloody and devastating war which at every moment claims the lives of innocent civilians, presenting a scene that imposes a collective responsibility upon us all towards humanity, not only towards the innocent casualties and the children, but towards our old humanity worldwide. It confronts us with the world we live in, a world that is indeed in a dire need of a dose of hope, a hope that can be forged through our will, the sincerity of our humanity, and our belief in justice for achieving peace for old people without discrimination. The scenes of devastation and bloodshed in Gaza is a deep wound in the body of our humanity. We all agree that healing this wound will take time, and it is not easy to address. We are at a turning point in the history of our common humanity. And through the past years and the years we live and the upcoming years of the future generations, we all hope to see the world respecting human rights generally, and not only chanting slogans, but activating these motives and slogans on the ground. Islam has cultivated hope for the future through its universal relationships of man, with God, the world, and his fellow human beings. It fosters a relationship of trust and hope in God and confidence in his power. The relationship with the world by considering it as a realm entrusted to humans who bear the responsibility of its stewardship and preservation for the benefit of future generations, a relationship with humanity through the values of justice, compassion, and solidarity. Therefore, when the Quran regards the prophethood of Muhammad, peace be upon him, as the culmination of the divine revelations to humanity, a continuation of the message carried by all prophets and describes him as a mercy to the world, it means precisely that. The meaning of mercy and its inclusivity for all people, not only for Muslims, but for all people. Considering revelation or religion as a beacon of hope for mankind and a mercy for all creatures, precisely at the French author and thinker, André Marlowe, affirmed when he said that the 21st century either it be based on spirituality or it will not be at all. And as you have referred to your old Holiness, there is a dire need to have the presence of the spirit of faith in our daily life in order to overcome the challenges. And also considering the message of this final prophet as a message to all humanity, because universality should be considered as a characteristic that religious message is based on spiritual faith, voluntarily ethical commitment and solidarity for the benefit of mankind. In contrast, globalization and its cultural aspect seems to be based on homogenization and attempts to externally standardize identities and cultural experiences according to the unified model. From this perspective arises the importance of initiatives that establish universality of religious values while preserving diversity and harnessing the spiritual power of religions to address the pressing questions and challenges. Just as articulated in the document on human fraternity which has been signed by the Pope and the Grand Imam in a moment of hope, we hope that we all build on it all. And as the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi provides a common space, not just for coexistence among these three religions, but also as a sphere for dialogue and cooperation among them. The Abrahamic Family House is a beacon of hope but it is also at the same time poses a challenge how we can use this hope to foster peace. Peace which is a quest and the cause we all aspire for but we miss it. Allow me here to reaffirm that the opening of the Abrahamic Family House in 2023 was indeed an extraordinary moment by all standards. A moment that allows me to say that I look toward the horizon. I can almost see many generations to come posing at this moment and reflecting on these steps. The inauguration of the Abrahamic Family House and the signing of the document on human fraternity in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of coexistence and the human fraternity. It is truly an inspiring moment inspired by the story of this house by faith of courage, patience and goodwill. When we have these three houses of worship in one space embracing each other and sending a message of hope and hoping that a hope that we all aspire for in our meetings. The reason for the existence of religions is to preserve the reservoir in enchanting the common good. And this gives us a pride picture for this hope. However, it also presents a challenge and this makes it a worthwhile to ask how the three monothistic religions can work together to realize their core shared values. How these how old religions not only monothistic religions how they can adopt and unify the stance and send out and unify the cry for the realization of justice and peace. I am fully convinced that victory will side with every benevolent force in our world that champions the essence of our humanity upholds these values and defend them. And as you have mentioned your old holiness Archbishop Partholomew the duty now is imparted on religious leaders and faith leaders and it is a great challenge. We have many challenges in every aspect of life the challenge of international wars internal wars and conflicts and we have a catastrophic challenge that is threatening the future of our future generations which is the climate change crisis. Your Excellency Professor thank you profoundly because you truly believe in the role of religions and the contribution and the voice of faith leaders and I invite you and other intellectuals and highly influential experts and people too to dedicate their efforts to the cause of humanity because more than 84% of the world's population are religious and affiliated to a faith or a religion. The voice of religion is very important and our world today is in dire need for having the voice of religious leaders and I was very happy when I when I heard President Macron when in a conference in Rome in 2021 when he said our world today I quote him politicians need the voice of religion and now we are facing the challenge of climate change and the United Arab Emirates is hosting 28 and tomorrow we will have evidence that highlight the importance of the voice of religions as we organize a global faith leader summit that bring all faith leaders in one meeting and in one summit representing all faith and religious denominations worldwide and some also who are not represent those who don't believe the unbelief is in our world they all stand in unity and solidarity to send a unified message and voice to the leaders of our world who will be convening at the COP28 it's also another evidence that our world will needs the voice of religious leaders that the COP28 for the first time in history will have faith pavilion during the COP28 for almost 13 days well host and will welcome more than 300 speakers from different parts in the world they will reflect, think and discuss the challenges of climate change and how space organizations and religious people and leaders can contribute to addressing this crisis and this faith pavilion is co-organized cooperation between the Muslim Council of Elders the COP28 presidency and the United Nations environment program and to conclude I would like to thank you all and would like to thank you professor and we have to seize this opportunity and inspire people with a message of hope thank you all thank you thank you very much your excellency and I would like to underline I would like to underline what you said your excellency and what his Eminence said before you about the responsibility of leaders and the leaders of religious institutions a meeting like our meeting this morning shows a certain courage to say these words that you just said at moment of a major crisis takes a lot of courage and is very significant