Councillor Biographies
HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, President of the Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue (FIIRD)
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal is Chairman of the Arab Thought Forum (ATF), President of the Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue (FIIRD) and President Emeritus of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. To build societies in which all peoples can live, work and function in freedom and with dignity, has been the moving force behind Prince Hassan's interest and involvement in humanitarian and interfaith issues. He is currently working on the construction of a Citizens' Charter and a Social Charter to embody a code of ethics and to promote societal development in the West Asia–North Africa region. Having co-chaired the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues in the early 1980s, His Royal Highness continues to call for a New International Humanitarian Order, a resolution for which has been tabled at the General Assembly each year from 1985. As a founding member of the Parliament of Cultures, established in Istanbul in July 2002, and of Partners in Humanity, established in Washington in 2003, he aims to improve understanding, to build positive relationships and to help create a world in which dialogue, cooperation and peace are commonplace.
