Qatar has praised the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for adapting to the international challenges that accompanied the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, and expressed hope that OHCHR would continue to benefit from the lessons of responding to this pandemic in developing its future plan and enhancing its ability to accomplish its tasks.
This came in a statement delivered on Tuesday by HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Office in Geneva, ambassador Ali bin Khalfan al-Mansouri, during the interactive dialogue on the annual report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights under the second item on the agenda of the Human Rights Council.
He thanked the High Commissioner for her annual report and praised the efforts undertaken by her office during the reporting period, and said that "we share the High Commissioner's opinion on the importance of placing sustainable development goals and human rights-based economic recovery efforts as a top priority in the next stage, especially in developing countries, pointing out to Qatar's intention to host the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries from Jan 23 to 27, 2022, hoping that it will constitute an opportunity to support the capabilities of these countries and enhance their resilience to achieve the sustainable development plan and its comprehensive goal of leaving no one behind."
He added that convinced of the importance of the great work of the High Commissioner, and the challenge it is facing due to the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic, Qatar has pledged to provide support to the High Commissioner for the 2021-2023 period in order to enable it to carry out its mandate effectively.
This came in a statement delivered on Tuesday by HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Office in Geneva, ambassador Ali bin Khalfan al-Mansouri, during the interactive dialogue on the annual report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights under the second item on the agenda of the Human Rights Council.
He thanked the High Commissioner for her annual report and praised the efforts undertaken by her office during the reporting period, and said that "we share the High Commissioner's opinion on the importance of placing sustainable development goals and human rights-based economic recovery efforts as a top priority in the next stage, especially in developing countries, pointing out to Qatar's intention to host the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries from Jan 23 to 27, 2022, hoping that it will constitute an opportunity to support the capabilities of these countries and enhance their resilience to achieve the sustainable development plan and its comprehensive goal of leaving no one behind."
He added that convinced of the importance of the great work of the High Commissioner, and the challenge it is facing due to the continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic, Qatar has pledged to provide support to the High Commissioner for the 2021-2023 period in order to enable it to carry out its mandate effectively.