Thank God..

Out of the keenness of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and the Environment to preserve and enhance the environment and to increase societal awareness of the seriousness of what is happening on the planet,

On the occasion of the international celebration approved by the United Nations, considering the fifth of June of each year as World Environment Day,

On Friday, June 5, 2020, the Federation held an online symposium and celebration using video conferencing under the slogan: “It is time for nature”, in which many ministers, university presidents, experts and scientists from many countries of the world participated in words and lectures:

Dr. Ashraf Abdel Aziz - Chair of the Symposium - Secretary General of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and the Environment.

Counselor / Nader Jaafar - President of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and Environment.

Prof. Daad Fouad - Vice President of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and Environment.

Minister Eng. Osama Kamal - Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federation and the former Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources - Egypt.

Minister Dr. Salah Youssef - Vice President of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federation and the former Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Egypt.

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Bahamam - Secretary General of the World Development Organization - United Kingdom - London.

Prof. Alan Faridoun - President of Sulaymaniyah Technical University - Iraq.

Prof. Iyad Barzanji - President of Al-Kitab University - Iraq.

Dr. / Mohamed Al Yamani - Chairman of the Arab Council for Sustainable Energy and former official spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy.

Ambassador Dr. Juma''a Al Kaabi - Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Sultanate of Oman and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Arab Council for Sustainable Energy in the Federation - Bahrain.

Eng. Salem Al-Ajmi - Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Arab Council for Sustainable Energy - Certified Expert in Renewable Energy at the European Energy Center EEC - Kuwait.

Dr. Ibrahim Omar - Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations - Nigeria.

Engineer / Hatem El-Koumi – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nour El-Huda Company for the Management of Agricultural Projects.

Dr. Amna Fazza - General Delegate of the African Assembly, the National Committee of the African Union and President of the African Women''s Club - Sudan.

Dr. Iman Ghossein - President of the Arab Development Council for Women and Business - Republic of Lebanon.

Counselor/ Abdel Fattah Suleiman, Secretary General of the World Federation of International Arab Islamic Schools.

Professor Nour Al-Huda Al-Qaroubi - Mohammed V University - Kingdom of Morocco.

Prof. Khaled Muhammad Hussein Al-Qaisi - Professor of Agricultural Economics and Sustainable Development - University of Sulaymaniyah - College of Administration and Economics - Member of the Scientific Committee of the Federation and Coordinator of the Federation''s work in the countries of Iraq, Syria and Jordan - Republic of Iraq.

Dr. Raeda Al-Dhubhani - Ambassador of Peace - Yemen.

Prof. Ibrahim Shehata - Secretary General of the Arab African Fund for Development and Relief - Ghana.

Prof. Ahmed Youssef Fadel - Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University - Sultanate of Brunei.

Dr. Khaled Al-Azab - Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Volunteer Union and President of the Al-Tanweer Foundation for Development in Yemen.

Counselor/ Amir Mutawa, former Egyptian Assistant Minister of Justice.

Prof. Tahseen Shoala - Editor-in-Chief of the Union''s Scientific Journal.

Prof. Dr. Hussein Al-Daoudi - President of the Scandinavian Council - Sweden.

Also involved in the preparation and organization of

Engineer / Al-Saeed Sayed Al-Labban - Assistant Secretary for Financial and Administrative Affairs in the Federation.

Dr. Muhammad Al-Saeed Qutb - Head of the Union Branch in Gharbia Governorate.

Ms. Shorouq Ashraf Abdel Aziz - Executive Director of the Office of the Secretary-General.

Dr. Walid Sheta - Director of Public Relations, External Relations and Protocols in the Federation.

Mrs. Yara Mansour - Head of the Translation Department at the Federation.

Ms. Azza Hussein - Assistant Secretary for Community Development Affairs in the Federation.

Prof. Manal Al-Mahdali - Assistant Secretary for Committees Affairs in the Federation.

Prof. Dr. Gamal Gomaa Madani - Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Suez Canal University.

Dr. Maysa Abdel Hai - Member of the Federation''s General Secretariat.

Many professors from different universities and those interested in this matter participated in the symposium, amounting to more than 250 participants from different countries of the Arab world.