2 November 2009
Tunis — "The efficiency of Tunisia's economic approach and its judicious strategies have helped the country to react, with success, in the face of the world financial crisis and against its perverse effects."
These are by and large feelings shared by the foreign personalities who took part in the Constitutional Democratic Rally's 21st International Symposium on the theme "Which Global Economic System to Ensure Stability and Development in the World?"
Mr. Jean-Paul Carteron, Swiss expert and chairman of the Crans Montana Forum, highlighted the socio-economic model followed by Tunisia since its Independence, a model which has demonstrated its success through resistance of the Tunisian economy to both exogenous and endogenous chocks.
He went on adding that Tunisia adopted an approach which managed to conciliate the Islamic values and the rules of modern liberalism. It is, according to him, an approach that could but guarantee the country's progress, prosperity and openness onto the outside world. He underlined that Tunisia's economic performances are also justified by the country's bet on youth and by the priority given to human resources development and through the special interest taken in education and vocational training.
For his part, Mr. Abbès Zaki, member of the Palestinian "Fatah" Movement's Central Committee, commended President Ben Ali's opening speech and the solutions it suggests to solve one of the most difficult international crises, reminding that Tunisia remains a country which relies, above anything else, on its own resources and its children to deep-root the traditions of progress and development.
He pointed up the Tunisian development model which rests on correlation between the social and economic aspects, on the middle class which represent 80% of the population, the contribution of women as full partners and finally on the equitable distribution of national wealth among all social categories and regions.
Mr. Abdessalem Bouchawab, national board member of the Algerian Democratic Rally, spoke of the economic reforms successfully carried out recently by Tunisia, which earned it to be ranked by the Davos Forum first in Africa in matters of macro-economic competitiveness. He pointed out that Tunisia is an example worth following.
Mr. Kamel Abou Jabri, Jordanian political sciences Professor and former foreign minister, hailed President Ben Ali's profound vision and analysis in dealing with issues confronting peoples of the planet as a result of the world economic crisis.
He underlined that the approaches and solutions submitted by the Head of State to overcome this crisis take into account both the socialist bloc's falling part, during the 1990s, and setbacks suffered by the liberal economic model, in the early 21st century. He pointed out that the principles of justice and equity in the international relations, proposed by President Ben Ali, and his call that the developing countries be entitled to play a world decision-making role, constitute a platform for the Arab countries to contribute to settling the world economic crisis.
He paid tribute to Tunisia for its moderate policy, its climate of security and stability and its action aiming at promoting its citizens' living conditions.
For his part, Mr. Samir Habachna, chairman of the Jordanian Association for Sciences and Culture and former interior minister, underlined that the Head of State's speech paved the theoretical and practical ground for the Symposium which, he said, represents one the very rare Arab meetings specialised in the study of the world economic crisis, from the point of view of the emerging and developing countries.
He pointed out that the Symposium represents, for the Arab countries, an occasion to present their concerns and propose appropriate solutions to face up repercussions of the world economic crisis, contribute to enriching universal thinking and lay the bases of a balanced and sustainable development, on the national and international levels.
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