More than 40 international experts, researchers and academics attended this meeting which falls under UNESCO's cultural dialogue programme and the programme for social peace of the International German Institute and the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz International programme for cultural dialogue, which all aim to promote a culture of dialogue in the Arab states for peace and development.

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At a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers Saturday, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani said Annan's peace initiative should be placed under Chapter VII of the U.N. charter, Qatar's news agency reported Saturday.

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