Alejando Kuri (of Mexico), has just been elected the new president of the World Lebanese Cultural Union today in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In an exclusive article he wrote for Jabalna Magazine, Kuri shared his vision and his action plan:

“The WLCU was founded in Mexico 55 years ago and since then has had 5 Mexican presidents. The Union was created to coordinate the efforts of millions of descendants of Lebanese in the world to preserve the values and Lebanese traditions serving as a link between emigration and the motherland.

With the passage of time, the Union has served for different purposes, depending on the socio-political situation in Lebanon, when Lebanon is in a period of social and economic stability, the WLCU serves to promote tourism and commercial activity, as Lebanon passes through periods of instability, the WLCU is who watches over his integrity since migrants and their descendants living outside Lebanon have means and enjoy freedom of expression and thought, and in addition to being more numerically.

According to my vision, the WLCU enters a new era, which already belongs to the second generation of immigrants, who want to Lebanon with all their forces but are not contaminated by its problems, who are exemplary citizens in their countries of birth and have the means and the training necessary to protect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon from where they are, with a focus that is apolitical and aimed only to defend the human rights of Lebanese citizens without getting involved in their internal affairs.

Lebanon faces two major problems that have affected it for several decades: the exodus abroad and refugees within the country.

The refugee issue has led to a large number of families have to move and leave their properties and belongings against their will to intolerably violate their human rights. The exodus abroad, on the other hand, has been emptying to Lebanon of their human potential and intellectual strength. It is well known that the human factor Lebanese is their real wealth in the absence of natural resources enjoyed by other neighboring countries. In addition to the above, the economic recession has broken the resolution of the Lebanese and has impaired their quality and standard of living.

As the president of the WLCU, my action plan will be based on 4 main lines:

 1. Create a solid global structure, based on the formal record of all persons and associations that compose it, in strict adherence to the statutes, while maintaining constant communication with all through official channels, causing strength and togetherness.

2. Open a free way of dialogue with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon during this new phase of the WLCU and the Lebanese Government, which reaffirm its global representativeness.

3. Achieve the economic independence of the WLCU through avant-garde mechanisms that foster the participation of more people from this burden to those who have traditionally assumed this responsibility.

4. Unify the digital portals and social networks giving single-sided and single-message to the world, giving an image of unity and professionalism, avoiding creating confusion and chaos”.