Doha Forum

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Doha Forum (DF) (Arabic: منتدى الدوحة) is a forum held annually since 2003 in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. It is aimed at promoting dialogue, bringing together leaders in policy making to discuss critical challenges facing the world, and to build innovative and action-driven networks. The 2025 edition of the forum was held between December 6th and December 8th[1]

The Doha forum is sponsored by the state of Qatar under the banner "Diplomacy, Dialogue, Diversity", and since inception has seen the presence of several individuals from all over the globe. The 2003 forum, which happened to be the inaugural forum, saw more than 140 participants including ambassadors, congressmen and other dignitaries.[2][3]

Doha Forum 2025

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The Doha Forum 2025[1] was held between December 6th and December 8th[1] in Doha, with a theme of "Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress." The emphasis was on moving beyond conventional rhetoric to establish concrete stops to support sustainable prosperity and address injustice, particularly with reference to conflicts, health and education emergencies, and the widening divide between the Global North and Global South.

Some of the speakers at the forum included:

  1. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Bill Gates (Chair, Gates Foundation)
  2. File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (Chairperson of Qatar Foundation and Education Above All Foundation)
  3. File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (Prime Minister, State of Qatar)
  4. File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria H.E. Ahmed Hussein Al Sharaa (President, Syrian Arab Republic)
  5. File:Flag of Europe.svg EU H.E. Kaja Kallas (High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy & Vice President, European Commission)
  6. File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana H.E. John Dramani Mahama (President, Republic of Ghana)
  7. File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon H.E. Dr. Nawaf Salam (Prime Minister, Lebanese Republic)
  8. File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK Bronwen Maddox (Director and CEO, Chatham House)
  9. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA H.E. Hillary Clinton (Former Secretary of State, United States of America)
  10. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Donald Trump Jr. (Partner, 1789 Capital)

Previous forums

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2003

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The 2003 forum was held between the 14 and 15 April 2003 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha. It had more than 140 attendees from all over the world and it centred around issues bordering democracy and free trade as a general starting point from which stemmed several closely related topics.

Some of the participants included:

  1. File:Flag of the United Nations.svg UN Dr Giandomenico Picco (personal representative of the Secretary General for United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations)
  2. Mr Frederic SICRE (World Economic Forum)
  3. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA H.E. Patrick Theros (Former US Ambassador to Qatar)
  4. File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Dr Ahmed Hassan (Dehli Director General Strategic Studies Centre)
  5. File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Mr Mahfus Anam

2004

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The Conference was held on the 5 and 6 April 2004 in Doha and was inaugurated by the Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar in the presence of about (500) participants representing several official academic, research, information and cultural circles from all over the world.

Some of the participants included:

  1. File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Abdallah Baabood (Businessman)
  2. File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Abdallah Sahar (Professor in Foreign Relations)
  3. File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Akiko Yamanaka (The United Nations University)
  4. File:Flag of France.svg France Alain Marleix (Deputy, National Assembly)
  5. File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Alessandra Paradisi (Head of Mediterranean Relations Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI)

2005

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The conference was held between 29 and 30 March 2005 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and was attended by more than 500 participants. It focused on global democracy and the role of women and internal reforms.

Some of the participants were:

  1. File:Flag of England.svg England Dr Madawi Al Rasheed (King's College London)
  2. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA Sheila Jackson (Member of US Congress)
  3. File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg UK Dr Gerd Nonneman (Lancaster University)
  4. File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia H.E. Sergey Glaziev (Member of Russian Parliament)
  5. File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Mr Wadah Khanfar (Director of Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel)

2022

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The Doha Forum 2022, which held between 26 and 27 March 2022 at Sheraton Grand, Doha, Qatar under the theme "Transforming for the New Era"[4] focused on Geopolitical Alliances and International Relations, Financial System and Economic Development, Defense, Cyber and Food Security and Climate Change and Sustainability.[5]

Some of the speakers at the forum were:

  1. File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar H.H Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani
  2. File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg KSA H.H. Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia)
  3. File:Flag of the United States.svg USA H.E. John Kerry (United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Former Secretary of State)
  4. File:Flag of Europe.svg EU Josep Borrell (High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
  5. File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova (First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine)

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