It’s reported to be in “mixed form” – some of the performances will be online.
The Third Paris Peace Forum, scheduled for 11-13 November, will be held on that date. This was announced on Tuesday by its organizers.
They stressed that the main topic of the international meeting is to analyze the measures to be taken in the world in connection with the pandemic COVID-19.
“The third forum will be held, primarily because the current [sanitary] crisis makes it absolutely clear that there is a need for broader collective action”, – said French historian Justin Wais, Director General of the international meeting, during the Internet conference.
According to him, it was decided to hold the forum in “mixed form” – part of the speeches will be made through the Internet. This is due to the fact that the lifting of quarantine and various restrictions caused by the pandemic by November is not obvious.
“However, it is quite obvious that the forum will be held”, – said its director.
The initiative to hold the Paris Peace Forums belongs to French President Emmanuel Macron. It was put forward in 2018 in connection with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Makron stressed then that one of the main tasks of the meeting was to discuss the preservation and development of the multilateral system in the world.
As the President of the forum, prominent politician and economist Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, noted on Tuesday, “this approach to the goals of the forum becomes even more relevant in the current situation.
Three main groups of issues are scheduled for discussion in Paris in November: the organization and work of health systems, economic issues and digital issues necessary to track people infected with coronavirus.