Abu Dhabi, Dec 01st, 2009 (WAM) — UAE is Celebrating the 28th Independence Day on 2nd December 2009. The Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has made an Independence Day Speech to the Nation and said that the Country’s achievements wouldn’t have been possible if God hadn’t set for us a tryst with history.
In an address to the Nation given across the Dira al Watan (Nation Shield) Magazine on the occasion, Sheikh Mohammed said that the march of glory is setting foot into the era of empowerment and is building the road into the solid future.
“It is leading the country and its people under the vision of the leader of the march, my brother HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from success to success, from achievements into achievements and from excellence to excellence”, he said.
Sheikh Mohammed also said that the country has become more developed, its security more safeguarded and its position more revered and more effective at home and abroad.
“Here is our economy which has become stronger and more cohesive”, he said.
Sheikh Mohammed said: “In spite of the weight of the consequences of the global financial crisis, the wheel of progress and achievement in our country did not stop turning”.
Spelling out his vision for the future, Sheikh Mohammed said: “We are determined to achieve the great renaissance in all areas, to get to the highest levels in education, to reach to the first place in the world with our infrastructure, facilities and services and to the best known practices in the world with the excellence in government performance”.
Sheikh Mohammed also said: “Knowledge is the visa for our safe passage to future. Culture is the vessel of our identity and values”.
He continued: “We are moving forth with strong will for enhancing integration between the federal and local frameworks, for raising the efficiency of government authorities through the effective application of the government’s strategy”.
On the side of the administrative empowerment, we are moving forth with strong will for enhancing integration between the federal and local frameworks, for raising the efficiency of government authorities through the effective application of the government’s strategy, the development of civil service legislation, improvement of the structures of the ministries and institutions, initiation of procedures for the transition to e-governance and launching of programmes for young leaders and Sheikh Khalifa Award for Government Excellence.
And we move forward at fast pace in the process of cultural and knowledge empowerment, especially since the UAE has become the Arab cultural capital that is open to the cultures of the world. It has become the Knowledge Capital with its universities, institutes, colleges and branches of the world’s most prestigious universities on its soil.
Knowledge is the visa for our safe passage to future. Culture is the vessel of our identity and values, as well as the framework of our human and psychological equilibrium. It is also an important element in the overall development and its sustainability, and an element for building the national model and achieving its goals. It has an active role in the success of the country’s plans to achieve the balance in demographic structure.
We always said that the national human capital is the main element which is indispensable in achieving the desired balance. So the building of this capital, its development and the expansion of its base encompassing all citizens, men and women, will not be possible except in an environment that radiates with the values of a culture that develops national self, grows upholding work, sanctifies the respect for time, quality and excellence, and encourages creativity and innovation.
Dear compatriots, We will receive tomorrow a new federal year rallying around our leadership, becoming more certain of its vision and approach, more unified, integrated and dignified of our union and more proud of our country, more confident of ourselves, more experienced of our world, more capable to face challenges and overcome difficulties and more faithful about that there is no distant goal that we can’t reach and sublime position that we can’t conquer.
Ambitions will remain the ally of our plans, big goals will remain our objectives, nobility of our nation and welfare of the citizens will remain the compass that guides us and orientates our work. We will not rest until our people are ensured their comfort and all the requirements that guarantee a dignified life they deserve.
You, Dear compatriots, are the wealth and weapon of our nation, you are its pride, joy and delight. I know that your motherland is the most expensive thing you have and the love for your country is deeply planted in your hearts. But the highest degree of love is self-giving. You are the people of generosity. So gather your thoughts, light up your minds, roll up your sleeves, work hard and take initiatives, always look forward, and believe that God will not let good work go without reward.
When a person does good deed, it stands for him, and when he does a bad deed, it stands against him.
And Say: Work, soon will Allah observe your work and His Messenger and the believers’.