Livestream Day 1 - World Policy Conference 2024 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Addresses the World Policy Conference at 55:38 (a little in French,but mostly in English)

On 13 DEC 2024,His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew addressed the distinguished guests of the 17th edition of the World Policy Conference in Abu Dhabi,UAE.In consultation with His Holiness Pope Francis,HAH proposed the unification of all christians through a common Easter based on the Julian calendar,which the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea also did in 325 AD.He also addressed the problems of climate change and the advent of Artifical Intelligence (AI) from the point of view of pluralism,sound ethics,economic fairness and solidarity.HAH arrived in Abu Dhabi by chartered business jet on 12 DEC 2024 accompanied by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon and the Grand Ecclesiarch Aetios.During Patriarch Bartholomew's absence,His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Selyvria is in charge at the Patriarchal compound in Constantinople/Istanbul.HAH is expected to return to Constantinople on 14 DEC 2024 in the afternoon.Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew are planning to mark the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council together at Nicea (within the Turkish City of Iznik) in 2025.Several of the ancient city's ruins have been preserved.