History teaches us that man could only have the keys to progress when he started developing his resources and capabilities. And politics teaches us that peoples only felt secure when they continued developing their economy and culture.

      The crises, the latest of which is the violent financial crisis which hit the whole world, teach us that stability of individuals and societies is associated with the efficiency of development rather than just increasing investments and augmenting profits.

      In fact, if we look at the causes of recession which the developed world is about to enter and drag with it the rest of the peoples on our planet, we shall discover that when development was delayed, the social balance was at risk. And if we look at the crises and especially the recent one we shall discover that the cause of a great deal of it is the lack of development and hesitation in approaching it.

      The effects resulting from the current world crisis confirm that there is no special privilege or exception to anyone from the crisis sufferance because we live in the same world. The summary of all this gives us a lesson which all of us have to learn and remember as a basis in discussing the issue of comprehensive development of societies as a necessity, requirement and hope for all peoples of the world.

      Comprehensive development in its true sense means striving to upgrade individuals, communities and homelands in all spheres from the economic, the social, the intellectual, the pragmatic to the health, welfare, the constitutional rights and legal spheres.

      This is in brief the meaning of all- out development, as it has no single dimension but several ones associated with the movement, vitality of these communities and their potentials and resources.

      Development was looked at by many people from one dimension, namely the financial dimension, but now we learn from the lessons of history, politics and crises that development is a comprehensive whole that is not liable to division since development is the wider arena for human extensive progress.

      If in this conference we have interest and work under that slogan of Financing for Development, then it should be evident at the same time that financing is just a stimulus for all to take action regarding their due and legitimate rights. We know that several homelands and peoples do not lack hopes and aspirations, but are lacking the means and tools, and financing is one of the most important of these tools, therefore when we pay attention to it, we do that hoping that it would be an incentive for progression and realization. But we have to agree that financing is one of the incentives and motives and always we should ensure that the rest of incentives and motives are present, inherent available, helping one another and having all the required controls, the first of which are the integrity and transparency guarantees.

      Here I want to refer to two points which I feel I have to put forward with utmost sincerity and impartiality:

      The first point: Sometimes we have a feeling that there are some attempts to put the whole burden of development on the oil producing countries, and in this logic we see some prejudice and disavowal and we believe when we talk about Qatar that our country has fulfilled and is fulfilling its obligations within the context of its responsibility and capacity and this occurred and is still occurring. But frankly speaking sometimes we feel that some views tend to impose upon the oil producing countries what is beyond their capabilities and sometimes reaches the point of confusion.

      The second point: The developed countries have no right to direct others to what to do giving them advice and guidance directives while exempting themselves from the due contributions to the issue of development that are proportionate to their capabilities.

      Some of the developed countries should know that development is a peace umbrella that protects all, and in many conditions of human progress it is more helpful in peace keeping than just piling up weapons.

Honourable Audience,