Papua New Guinea National Day Ceremony | World Tourism Expo Dubai 2022
ship with this i welcome you again honorable deputy prime minister excellencies ladies and gentlemen and people are here to this global event expo 2020 dubai wishing you all the same and the best wishes for the future god bless you all thank you thank your excellency now please join me in welcoming this afternoon's honorary from the independent states of papua new guinea the honourable samuel basil for his remarks [Applause] uh your excellency sikh nayan bin mubarak al-nayan this distinguished guest ladies and gentlemen firstly let me convey prime minister mara presidency apology for not being present here today to participate in this png national day event due to other forcing unforcing circumstances that requires expressions secondly i would like to congratulate you and your government for the success full hosting of one of the world's largest event expo 2020 through your government's contribution the expo organizing committee came up with came up with an innovative and inclusive structure that allowed smaller developing countries like papua new guinea and many others to participate meaningfully the uae government's support to my country is well documented and let me take this opportunity to sincerely thank your government for the support and guidance that allowed papua new guinea to tell its story and share ideas and experiences with other participating countries of the world i believe that the connections we have made so far during the exposition journey will further contribute to strengthening and deepening of the existing cordial relationships between our two countries the inclusive manner in which the exposition is organized has given our two peoples and those of the participating countries the opportunity to engage in cultural trade and investment conversations that have the potential to bring the world closer together in fact the expo 2020 experience will go down in the history as one of the innovative experiences of countries of the world living and working together in one village excellency the expo village residences for example is testimony to the idea of the globalizing world coming together in a one village of different nations where stories are told experiences are shared and innovations are discussed in this regard the papua new guinea pavilion has been supporting the exported thematic weeks and have organized events that strengthened and consolidated the objectives of some of these thematic weekly events including environment and biodiversity knowledge and learning travel and connectivity agriculture and livelihood and through the display of our culture through the national day event today cultural exchanges are an important part of any bilateral relationships and in the past week the png dancing troupe and the contemporary music presenters have been performing in selected expo locations including some leading pavilions and today they will bring the richness of the png culture to the al our c performing stadium many visitors that have passed through the png pavilion including residences and citizens of uae were amazed to learn that png has over 800 different languages one thousand tribes and a diversified culture and ethnic structure when they took the pavilion journey through the storyboards and the displays that we have in our pavilion apart from the cultural richness the island of new guinea hosts the third largest rainforest in the world and most of this including the biodiversity is in papua new guinea the rainforest not only contribute to the healthy lungs of the world but also to the global agenda on climate change it needs to be protected and my country would need the international community including like-minded bilateral partners to assist in conserving this great international asset through the long-term partnership it is in the spirit that papua new guinea has taken the lead in staging two roundtable discussions on identifying sustainable development options and to live in balance with nature where partnerships are being developed the country is also rich in fertile agricultural land pristine oceans scenic environment fisheries mineral and petroleum resources as well as a stable people-friendly and business facilitating political system the papua new guinea pavilion has been sharing this richness with the world in the past months during the expo and in and it is encouraging to learn that important connections have been made between stakeholders in uae the region and parts of the world for long-term trade and investment partnerships including one with dubai's leading state-owned enterprise excellency finally as a sign of strengthening and deepening the friendship that exists between our two people and government i have the honor and privilege to present a gift of the drum or we call garamud on behalf of the government of and the people of papua new guinea to the government and the people of united arab emirates thank you now sukran [Applause] i think you stay there thank you sir we are now pleased to share a cultural performance from the independent states of papua new guinea papua new guinea is an island nation in the pacific north of australia a country rich with unique cultural heritage with over 800 languages and more than one thousand tribes presented to you this afternoon as an extravaganza of dances from across 21 provinces in five regions together the music dance movements and customized traditional belas regalia are a true representation of the island here now proudly representing the independent state of papua new guinea please welcome the papua new guinea performing arts group to the stage of nations [Applause] i think [Music] [Applause] so so [Music] oh [Music] uh [Applause] so so [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hmm [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh me [Applause] [Music] oh um is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] me [Music] uh so [Applause] thank you to papua new guinea for that performing for for the nice performance sorry for that and with this we conclude our official national day ceremony of the independent states of papua new guinea please join me once again and thanking everyone who has joined us here this afternoon and welcome to expo 2020 dubai [Applause] [Music] we extend our congratulations to the independent state of papua new guinea embodied in its representatives and every papuan citizen that breeds the air of the uae on their national day we extend our thanks to our excellencies for being here at expo 2020 dubai this spot the el waso plaza is the home for plenty of occasions and in every day this dome will host a national day celebration until the last day of expo 2020 dubai thank you for coming [Music] you
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