The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
Afternoon or good evening, depending on wherever you are sitting right now and joining us for this session. May peace be upon you. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistans listen and peace series. We are glad to be hosting this event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council. A wonderful partner of the embassy in washington, i want to offer a very warm thank you to the Atlantic Council for their help in organizing this very important discussion. And all the great work that they are continuously doing. Furthermore, i would like to express my gratitude to doctor patricia, and doctor daniel. For taking this time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. , and busted or i think you not just for joining us today but for all of the great work you have done in afghanistan over the years. Its an honor to have you with us today, thank you for moderating and guiding us through this conversation. For those of you who
Meridian international center. Thank you for joining us for this program this morning with and belay cp president naacp president derrick johnson. Convenings focused on leaders that may provide insight into some of the big challenges we have today. We have been going through a series of looking into the pandemic and we hope the good ours is recent h something we can count on going forward. Even if that takes place, there is a huge amount of work to be done to rebuild economies and create a future for people. Just as significant has been our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, and looking at Racial Injustice in the United States and around the world so we can help come through this pandemic someook at the future and of the real challenges we have had historically in our country. This program is being livestreamed. It is on the record and we are resa, who to have te will be joining us to moderate the panel. She has an extensive background in journalism. Welcome. She has been with p
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