Doha Forum 2025 concludes as global challenges dominate agenda

DOHA

The 23rd edition of the Doha Forum concluded Sunday in the Qatari capital after two days of high-level discussions that drew more than 6,000 participants from over 150 countries.

Hosted by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, this year’s forum carried the theme Justice in Action: Beyond Promises to Progress.

Participants, including ministers, diplomats and experts, gathered to address the world’s most pressing geopolitical, humanitarian, economic and technological challenges.

Speaking during the closing ceremony, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the chairperson of the Qatar Foundation and mother of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, underlined that justice is a set of values that must be practiced, not merely slogans to be raised.

"Justice, at its core, is a faith, a culture and a practice deeply rooted in reality. Justice must be perceived and experienced, not just used as a rhetorical slogan. Those slogans are empty promises and false commitments deliberately designed to remain unfulfilled," she said.

"The international system is marred by an absence of the principles of justice as scenes of injustice spread across the globe, an injustice that is clearly observable but intentionally ignored and dismissed,” she stressed.

"It is important to note that the call for justice is a universal human necessity. Justice is essential for the vulnerable to feel protected in the face of the powerful, and equally necessary to uphold the integrity of international relations -- ensuring that no state, by virtue of its strength, wrongs another,” she added.

The two-day event brought together global leaders, including Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, World Economic Forum President and CEO Borge Brende, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Microsoft's co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates.

Anadolu is the event's global communications partner.

The 2025 program, developed with global think tanks and research institutions, featured many sessions, including The Gaza Reckoning: Reassessing Global Responsibilities and Pathways to Peace, Gulf–EU Relations in the Age of Strategic Isolation, AI as a Double-Edged Sword: Strategies for Responsible Use in the Military Domain, and US-China Relations: Navigating the Risks and Opportunities of a Changing Global Order.