Qatar National Human Rights Committee chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri attending the Asia Pacific Forum.
The Asia Pacific Forum (APF) has chosen Qatar to host a regional sub-office which is currently being set up to begin its duties next year.
This was announced during 20th APF annual meeting which was held in Ulan Bator, the capital of the Republic of Mongolia.
The meeting was chaired by Dr Ali bin Smaikh al-Marri, the chairman of Qatar National Human Rights Committee (QNHRC), who is also president of the forum at its previous session.
Addressing the forum’s opening session, Dr al-Marri expressed appreciation and thanks to the forum’s secretariat which, he said, had worked hard to ensure the success of his mission.
He stressed that his efforts to promote national human rights institutions would not stop at this point, adding that they would continue through the sub-regional office of the forum in Doha.
He expressed hope that the Doha office would launch its activities in the beginning of 2016 and “be a new addition to strengthening the co-operation and interaction between the members of the forum”.
Qatar, represented by the National Human Rights Committee, handed over the presidency of the Asia Pacific Forum to the Republic of Mongolia, represented by its National Human Rights Commission.
