Posing for a better future

From left: Amira Mezrar, CEO of A&C Global in Gyeonggi; Mohammed Mebarek Bia, Ph.D. candidate at Chungbuk National University in North Chungcheong; Abdennour Braka, senior researcher at Pharmaceutical Computer Aided Drug Design in Busan; Ban Ki-moon, founder of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future and eighth secretary-general of the UN; Chafika Derragui, wife of Ambassador of Algeria to Korea Mohammed El Amine Derragui; Oualid Doukhi, senior researcher at Kunsan National University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation in North Jeolla; and Hanane Lasmi, Ph.D. candidate at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist) in Daejeon, at the "We are one for a better future" forum hosted by the Algerian Embassy in Korea and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul on Monday. Ban and the Algerian researchers based in Korea emphasized at the forum the need for more coordinated global efforts to protect the planet and contribute to sustainable developments. [EMBASSY OF ALGERIA IN KOREA]