Jordan's Queen Rania accepts Humanitarian Award of the Year from the Foreign Press Association

Jordan's Queen Rania said on Tuesday that human empathy and compassion need an urgent upgrade in order to keep pace with accelerating technology and innovation. 

In an acceptance speech after receiving the Humanitarian Award of the Year from the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in London, Queen Rania, who is the first recipient of the newly created award, warned that advancements in technology, globalisation and the free flow of ideas and people are not necessarily leading to improvements in human values or promoting understanding.