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Thu, 09/15/2011 - 09:51
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Qatar Stresses on Importance of the Right to Development
Geneva, September 14 (QNA) - The State of Qatar said the recent political developments in many countries have demonstrated that the right to development links between all forms of human rights, including economic, social and cultural, civil and political ones.
Qatar has made legislative, institutional and strategic efforts to promote and realize the right to development locally by making appropriate development policies that aimed at continuous improvement of the well-being of all people based on their active, free and meaningful participation in development process as well as in the fair distribution of benefits in accordance with the provisions and principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development.
This came in a speech delivered today by First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, Khalid Fahad Al-Hajri, under the item 3 of the agenda of the 18th session of the Human Rights Council, currently held in Geneva, titled: "The way forward in the realization of the right to development: between policy and practice".
Al-Hajri, in his speech, said that Qatar's endeavors for the realization of the right to development were culminated by the ratification of the comprehensive development vision (Qatar National Vision 2030), which aims at transforming Qatar into an advanced country by 2030, capable of sustaining its own development and providing for a high standard of living for all of its people, as well as at providing a framework for the development of national strategies and action plans.
He also pointed to the launch of Qatar's National Development Strategy 2011-2016 which translates the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030 into reality.
Touching on the realization of the right to development at the external level, Al Hajri said that the importance of assistance provided by the State of Qatar has increased and that Qatar has become a major funding source for development programs and plans in developing countries. The development assistance is an essential element of Qatar policy in the field of international cooperation, he added.
Concluding his speech, Al-Hajri stressed on the responsibility of States in promoting and protecting the right to development, and on the need for cooperation from civil society in the provision of an enabling environment so that all people, both individually and collectively, enjoy this right.
Qatar has made legislative, institutional and strategic efforts to promote and realize the right to development locally by making appropriate development policies that aimed at continuous improvement of the well-being of all people based on their active, free and meaningful participation in development process as well as in the fair distribution of benefits in accordance with the provisions and principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development.
This came in a speech delivered today by First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, Khalid Fahad Al-Hajri, under the item 3 of the agenda of the 18th session of the Human Rights Council, currently held in Geneva, titled: "The way forward in the realization of the right to development: between policy and practice".
Al-Hajri, in his speech, said that Qatar's endeavors for the realization of the right to development were culminated by the ratification of the comprehensive development vision (Qatar National Vision 2030), which aims at transforming Qatar into an advanced country by 2030, capable of sustaining its own development and providing for a high standard of living for all of its people, as well as at providing a framework for the development of national strategies and action plans.
He also pointed to the launch of Qatar's National Development Strategy 2011-2016 which translates the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030 into reality.
Touching on the realization of the right to development at the external level, Al Hajri said that the importance of assistance provided by the State of Qatar has increased and that Qatar has become a major funding source for development programs and plans in developing countries. The development assistance is an essential element of Qatar policy in the field of international cooperation, he added.
Concluding his speech, Al-Hajri stressed on the responsibility of States in promoting and protecting the right to development, and on the need for cooperation from civil society in the provision of an enabling environment so that all people, both individually and collectively, enjoy this right.
