President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has declared 2021 “Year of the 50th”, in the UAE, as the nation celebrates its milestone Golden Jubilee.
The “Year of the 50th” officially starts on April 6th 2021 and lasts until March 31st 2022.
The declaration is coupled with the announcement of year-long initiatives, activities, and grand celebrations that will be governed by the UAE Golden Jubilee Committee under the chairmanship of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with HH Sheikha Mariam bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as Deputy Chairwoman.
The committee has members representing various federal and local departments.
Among the activities to mark the “Year of the 50th” include the following foundational pillars:
1 Launching the Year 50 with a festive spirit that engages all those who consider the UAE their homeland;
2 Calling upon all UAE nationals to contemplate the values and achievements of the past in acknowledgement of the UAE Founding Fathers;
3 Inspiring youth to have their vision about the ambitions of the next 50 years, while supporting them to make quality national achievements in furtherance of The March of Development, Progress and Prosperity.
HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed said, the “‘Year of the 50th’ represents a historic defining moment in our journey that started immediately after the declaration of the UAE’s union in 1971. It’s an acknowledgement of the resolute will and strong determination our Founding Fathers had while building up their nation.”
“It also comes in recognition of the sincere efforts made by our citizens for our nation to be what we are seeing today as one of the best growing and fastest developing countries in the world,” the President added.
His Highness valued the efforts made by other foreign nationals who have shared with Emirati citizens the same journey and the efforts to build this young nation.
The ‘Year of the 50th’, His Highness stressed, is also “an opportunity to contemplate the achievements made over 50 years at a time we are gearing up for the next journey.”
The Golden Jubilee Committee was formed in December 2019 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.
In addition to Governing the UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, developing a comprehensive preparation plan and forming organisation teams to execute plans to mark the nation’s 50th anniversary in 2021, the Committee is working on a diverse agenda built on four strategic pillars that cover several development initiatives aimed at driving changes through socio-economic and developmental policies for generations to come.
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