Arab countries produce half of the world's refugees

The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said that "the march of Arab development has suffered a major setback in some countries whose cities have been devastated and destroyed and their inhabitants victims of loss and displacement", he stressed. World ".

In a speech delivered at the opening of the Economic and Social Council at the preparatory ministerial level in the framework of the Arab Summit of Tunis at its thirtieth session, Aboul Gheit explained that "the germ of terrorism, despite the victories won over its most Shouting, "He added that" Arab countries face only the challenge of radical extremism but the immunization of young minds with tolerance and a sense of belonging to society. homeland. "