UNGA President stresses need for promoting peace at Oman NDC event

Energy Wednesday 23/January/2019 21:39 PM
By: Times News Service
UNGA President stresses need for promoting peace at Oman NDC event

Muscat: Maj Gen Salim bin Musallam Qatan, Commandant of the National Defence College (NDC), received at his office yesterday Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly. During the meeting, friendly conversations and views on matters of mutual interest were exchanged.
The National Defence College hosted the 73rd President of the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a lecture within the framework of the curriculum for the Sixth National Defence batch.
The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations expressed her happiness to visit the Sultanate and its pleasure for the development witnessed in all fields, and praised the Sultanate’s efforts to achieve international peace and security.
During her lecture, she reviewed some of the security threats facing the countries of the world, especially the Middle East, the role of the United Nations in reducing those threats and the work and achievements of the United Nations for peacekeeping and sustainable development.
It also called for the promotion of peace efforts and the principle of dialogue to achieve greater security and stability among the countries of the world.
The lecture was attended by the Chairman of the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART), the Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence, the Chief of Staff of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF), a number of their excellencies, senior officers and invitees, a number of NDC Council, Guidance Faculty, and students of NDC 6th batch.