NNA - The Organizing Committee of "Beirut, Capital of Arab Youth 2023" announced that it has begun to receive youth delegations from 16 Arab countries to participate in its opening ceremony scheduled for 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, within the first activity of the "Capital" that will be launched on the same day, namely the Arab Youth Forum for Empowerment. Economic and social.
In addition to the Arab participants, 12 young women and men from Lebanon will partake, bringing the total active participants in the forum organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and UNICEF to 58.
The forum's work will start at the Hilton Metropolitan Hotel tomorrow morning with a speech by the President of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Youth and Sports, Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi; a speech by the Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Minister Haifa Abu Ghazaleh; a word by UNICEF and an address by the Lebanese Minister of Youth and Sports, George Kallas.
The intensive work of the forum continues for two days, coupled with touristic visits to the cities of Byblos and Baalbek.
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