The positions of the President of the Union of Arab Chambers, President of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Samir Abdullah Nass, since assuming the presidency of the Union in September 2022, have been a source of great interest and support from the Arab private sector, as he launched a series of positions in support of Arab and Islamic issues in international forums, at the forefront of which is the Palestinian issue, and the rejection of homosexuality as inconsistent with Islamic teachings.
His speech in support of the Palestinian people was widely appreciated during his participation in the “Third Arab-British Economic Summit” held in the British capital, London. On November 20, 2023, with great interaction in Arab commercial and popular circles, he warned of the consequences of the continued suffering of the Palestinian people, considering that it is impossible to achieve sustainable development goals without achieving a just and comprehensive peace and stopping... Conflicts and stability in all parts of the world, saying: Isn’t 78 years or more enough while the Palestinian people are suffering? Of misery, injustice, and killing of innocent people and women.
From London, he called on Arab and British business owners to speak out and influence governments to push for calm in the Gaza Strip and find permanent solutions. For the Palestinian issue, calling for the importance of investing Arab pressure cards in an optimal way to defend the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people.
The President of the Union of Arab Chambers, during his speech at the Second Arab-British Economic Summit held in London on November 2, 2022, also recorded an honorable position towards the West’s view of Arab societies when he said that the Arab world has not become a consumer society for Western goods. Rather, it has become an important partner in managing its capital in sports, hotels, construction, infrastructure, and other activities. The best evidence of this is the noticeable improvement recorded in the value of foreign trade of Arab countries over the past years, especially in light of the significant rise in crude oil prices on the global market. The value of Arab exports increased with a moderate increase in the share of Arab imports in global imports.
The President of the Union of Arab Chambers also had an honorable stance towards the Palestinian issue, where, in consultation with leaders of the Arab private sector participating in the 20th session of the Arab Business Owners and Investors Conference in Amman - the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on October 18 and 19, 2023, The first day of the conference was suspended as a message of solidarity with Palestine and the people of Gaza, and rejection of the Israeli aggression and targeting of defenseless civilians. At the same time, emphasizing the importance of activating the role of federations of chambers of commerce, agriculture, and industry as one of the arms of soft power in the world to spread and strengthen Peace, with the important role of the private sector as ambassadors for peace, as sustainable development and prosperity cannot be achieved without
President Samir Nass' positions were not limited to supporting the rights of the Palestinian people, but he adopted a firm stance against the attempts of the Labor Organization The international imposition of so-called gender classifications of labor, which was a cover for spreading concepts of homosexuality to the world Arab and Islamic, he began his campaign against these deviant ideas during the meetings of the Arab Labor Organization, and clearly declared his refusal to allow homosexuality to be included in international labor laws, “since no one has commanded us to violate Islamic law.”
During his presidency of the delegation of the Arab Chambers and the Bahrain Chamber participating in the work of the 111th session of the Labor Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva in June 2023, Samir Nass announced during his speech in the presence of The Member States of this Organization that "out of the refusal to prejudice our system of values and traditions and to confront any An intellectual invasion that contradicts the values of our tolerant Islamic law and common human sense, we affirm the rejection The categorical attempts of some to force the redefinition of the term worker to include homosexual labor and the imposition of Equality in international labor laws in a way that affects the established ethical foundations in the Arab world Islamic.
Nass called for the need for international labor standards on human rights to conform to what does not contradict With the Arab and Islamic identity and the laws and legislation that regulate and govern many member states, stop On double standards and differentiation in the development of international regulations and definitions under the pretext of accepting the other, and ensuring rights and freedoms in contravention of the norms of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, which stipulate respect for The sovereignty, concepts, and cultures of states, pointing out that there is an Arab-Islamic consensus on Rejection and rejection of those desperate attempts to introduce these terms into international labor laws in order From them with its Arab and Islamic identity, and in order to preserve its values and the teachings of its true religion.
President Samir Nass addressed the accusations that some countries and organizations are trying to direct it rightly to treat foreign workers, especially Asian workers in the Arab Gulf states, where he stressed the strong rejection of the attempts of some countries to impose the concept of migrant labor on workers in the Gulf countries, stressing during his participation At the 17th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of the International action that must be taken into account The International Labor Organization (ILO ) is the specificity of the Gulf States that receives foreign workers, pointing out that the Gulf countries provide protection, safety and health systems for foreign employees more than their countries, it also provides them with jobs with higher salaries than they receive in their country. He pointed out that some international companies in the Gulf employ expatriate workers and do not provide them with the required attention. Then international organizations accuse the Gulf States, and this is completely unacceptable.
Source (Union of Arab Chambers)
