The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics announced that it will participate in the meetings of the 51st session of UN Commission on Population and Development, which will be held in New York today. The five-day event will be held under the theme “Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration.” HE the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics Dr Saleh Mohamed Salem al-Nabit and chairman of the Permanent Population Committee, will lead Qatar’s delegation. Qatar attaches great importance to the issue of population due to its close and effective involvement in the process of sustainable development. Qatar has launched a number of programmes in this framework that will effectively contribute to the human development.