HE the Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, on the sidelines of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, held in Geneva. During the meeting, they discussed co-operation between Qatar and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the recent development in Palestine, and the violations against the Palestinian people in violation of international humanitarian law. HE the Assistant Foreign Minister expressed Qatar's aspiration for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to act seriously in combating the phenomenon of Islamophobia, and to take a clear and frank position on the incidents of burning the Holy Qur'an in a number of European countries, as a phenomenon that constitutes hate speech. The meeting was attended by HE Director of Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Turki bin Abdulla al-Mahmoud, and HE Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva Dr. Hind Abdul Rahman al-Muftah. In another meeting HE the Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater met with HE Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha, on the sidelines of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, held in Geneva. During the meeting, the two sides discussed co-operation between Qatar and OIC, in addition to issues of mutual interest, especially those related to the escalation of hate speech, highlighting the importance that the organization takes a clear stance regarding the incidents of burning the Holy Qur'an in several European countries, as a phenomenon that constitutes hate speech. They also discussed a few Islamic initiatives. The meeting was attended by HE Director of Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Turki bin Abdulla al-Mahmoud, and HE Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva Dr. Hind Abdul Rahman al-Muftah. HE the Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater also met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, on the sidelines of the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, held in Geneva. During the meeting, they discussed co-operation between Qatar and the ICRC, the humanitarian conditions in Turkiye and Syria after the earthquake disaster, and the latest developments in Afghanistan. HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva Dr. Hind Abdul Rahman al-Muftah attended the meeting. (QNA)