UAE sets up World Happiness Council
The World Happiness Council launched by the UAE yesterday will receive an administrative support from the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and will convene twice every year, informs Arabian Business.
The first meeting will be held during the Global Dialogue for Happiness as part of the World Government Summit while the second will be held during the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The council was announced yesterday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to mark the International Day of Happiness, which falls on March 20 every year.
The council will have the responsibility of launching a yearly Global Happiness Report during the World Government Summit, to shed light on the best international practices being applied in the adoption of happiness and to celebrate the top government achievements made in this field. The council will be chaired by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.
The launch of the council, Shaikh Mohammad added, emanates from our values and recognition of the necessity of achieving happiness for people. “Our country has been founded based on pillars of happiness, charity, development, and positive openness to other cultures and peoples and we have succeeded in making happiness and positivity a lifestyle and a social culture. We want to join the international community in its sustained efforts to make the world a better place”, Shaikh Mohammad underlined.
The council will include 12 members.
