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Good Evening in Dubai!
Good Day in New York!

Your Excellencies, distinguished Guests, fellow Rotarians, Ladies & Gentlemen.

It is an absolute pleasure to welcome you all to our Christmas Dinner.
We are not only celebrating Christmas fellowship tonight, but also a twinning between Rotary Club of Dubai with Rotary Club of New York and Rotary Club of Bergamo Italy.

It is significant to point out that, despite the countless problems caused by this pandemic, so many of you are here to celebrate " the renewed atmosphere” typical of Christmas and to join us in enhancing the importance of this event which enlarge ,even more, the space to a greater collaboration between the Clubs of our countries - specifically - between the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and Italy . This is what we call “ stellar twinning” .

I thank you all for your massive participation and this in my personal name and on behalf of our Club, first of all, and even of Rotary International which strongly supports these initiatives.

I especially thank the diplomatic representatives of the three twinned countries whose presence witness the absolute importance of this event: Thanks H.E. Nicola Lener Italian Ambassador in UAE , THANKS H.E. Philip Frayne Consul General of USA, thank you, H.E. Abdulla SHAHIN Consul General of United Arab Emirates in N.Y., and thanks to all the other diplomats and dignitaries who wanted honor, with their presence, this magnificent and special evening! Evening that I have the honor to lead together with a group of unparalleled valuable persons : my Board!.

Now, allow me to share with you a short brief about our partnership program.

The Twinning Agreement between the Clubs is to share the same values of Rotary International: strive to achieve the principles of Peace, Solidarity and Sustainability and to promote International understanding and goodwill, and carry out service projects in the community.

The purpose for the twinning is to encourage recurring meetings between their members to exchange social, economic and cultural information , in order to promote cordial and friendly relationships between the Clubs members and to actualise common ventures/projects based on Rotary International values and areas of focus.

Tonight, the project we would like to promote is one related to "The Mosaic of Peace", which is an ideal bridge from Sicily to America, Europe and Middle East .
Why Sicily has been choosed as starting point?
Because, aAs you know Sicily in the past has enjoyed the cultural exchange between the Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek and Roman, and then Byzantine , Arabs , Norman, and Spanish.

From the exchange of this mix of cultures, peace and understanding was born " the Respect'" and the "Unity".

Ladies and Gentlemen,
tonight together with Rotary Club of New York , established in 1909, Rotary Club Bergamo in Italy, established in 1925, Rotary Club of Dubai established in 2003, we celebrate the “stellar twinning” of the Rotaries across these 3 Continents: America, Europe and Middle East.

We invite you all to ideally raise your glass in a toast to honor the President of the Rotary Club New York, and the President of the Rotary Club Bergamo to whom I leave the stage for a short speech on their Clubs and how to coordinate the project named “Mosaic of Peace”.

It’s my privilege now to invite on the stage H.E.. Nicola Lener and H.E.Philip Frayne to hand over the certificate of the twinning and to give a few words as support and boost of this new venture.

Once again, I would like to thank all of you for being here today and I present you my best wishes for a joyful Christmas and happy, prosperous and healthy New Year!
Enjoy and have a good time tonight!