Director of the Organisation for Democracy & Freedom in Syria, Ribal Al-Assad, recently attended the 2014 World Policy Conference held in Seoul, Korea which was opened by the President of the Republic of Korea, Geun-hye Park.

Dünya Politika Konferansı, Bay Thierry de Montbrial tarafından 2008 yılında kurulmuş, yönetişimin her alanının iyileştirilmesine katkıda bulunmayı amaçlayan, böylece daha açık, daha refah içinde, daha adil ve devletlerin ve ulusların çeşitliliğine daha saygılı bir dünyaya katkıda bulunmayı amaçlayan bağımsız bir kuruluştur.

İnsani ölçekte gerçekleştirilen yıllık toplantısı, güven ortamında ve hoşgörü ruhuyla, beş kıtadan önde gelen şahsiyetleri – siyasi ve iş liderleri, sivil toplum temsilcileri, akademisyenler ve gazeteciler – bir araya getirerek, bölgesel ve uluslararası büyük zorluklara yapıcı çözümler incelemek, tartışmak ve önermektedir.

The conference is always attended by prominent politicians, diplomats and leaders.

Alongside Ribal Al-Assad, other speakers included:

President of the Republic of Korea, Geun-hye Park

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Igor Morgulov

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Byung-Se Yun

Chairman of the board of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs and former Prime

Minister of South Korea, Hong-Koo Lee

Miguel Angel Moratinos, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain

Hubert Védrine, Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs

H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal

H.S.H. Prince Michael of Liechtenstein

Joseph Nye, Former Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology and chaired the National Security Council Group on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. He also chaired the National Intelligence Council.

Former President of the European Central Bank and Honorary Governor of Banque de France, Jean-Claude Trichet

President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Richard Haass

Executive Vice Chairman of China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy, Member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wu Jianmin

Distinguished fellow, Brookings Institution, and member of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council of the United States. Former Senior Diplomatic Adviser of both President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Jacques Chirac, Jean-David Levitte

French Member of Parliament, Thierry Mariani

Sergei Karaganov, Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the non-governmental Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia

Meir Sheetrit, Member of the Knesset, former Minister of Internal Affairs of Israel