NHRC Emphasizes Importance of Cooperation with UN House in Doha

Doha, January 24 (QNA) -  HE Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah underscored the significance of cooperation with the UN House in Doha, pointing out that its presence in Doha is a great opportunity that must be invested.
  This came when HE Chairperson of NHRC inaugurated the painting of Litaarafu, which means 'get to know each other,' at the UN House in Doha, which is one of the Arabic calligraphy paintings on human rights in the Islamic culture. The event was held in the presence of HE UNESCO Representative for the Gulf States and Yemen and Director of the UNESCO Office in Doha Salah El Din Zaki Khaled.
   Her Excellency welcomed the joint work and cooperation between the two parties. She urged further partnerships and emphasized the importance of the role performed by the UN House in Doha.
   Following the inauguration of the painting, HE Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah said after maintaining the classification "A" three consecutive times, NHRC performs a global role in the region through urging states to establish national human rights committees, pointing out that the constant maintaining of classification "A" by the national human rights committees comes by virtue of adherence to Paris Principles, chiefly the financial and administrative independence of the national committees to document, monitor, raise awareness of human rights principles as part of their duties.
  Her Excellency asserted that the NHRC opens its doors to all inhabitants of the State of Qatar whether they are citizens or residents to receive their complaints, follow up on them and find solutions for them, stressing that NHRC considers all received complaints seriously and engages with the competent authorities to further solve these problems.
   The most critical points the committees pursue to maintain their classification primarily entail the execution of legislations and laws issued by the state and figure out the extent of their conformity with the international human rights law, review the laws that were previously issued, in addition to submitting their comments to the state for further amendments to be in alignment with the international human rights law.
   For his part, HE UNESCO Representative for the Gulf States and Yemen and Director of the UNESCO Office in Doha Salah El Din Zaki Khaled said the United Nations has a long history in urging countries to establish the commissions concerned with promoting and protecting human rights, along with the keenness to compel the UN member states to keep mainstreaming human rights in their all territories and relevant scope of works.
   Khaled emphasized that he looks forward to reinforcing cooperation with NHRC to support the universal principles of human rights, share ideas and visions, as well as explore new cooperation means, noting the State of Qatar's unwavering efforts and keenness to boost cooperation and partnership with all UN organizations, thanking the NHRC for offering the valued art painting to the UN House in Doha.
   His Excellency called for sharing the draft strategy of NHRC for 2028 to open the door to broader partnerships with the UN organizations in the future, pointing out that the meeting offered an opportunity to share a variety of projects and initiatives carried out by the UN organizations, as well as review the NHRC strategy in Qatar and ways to reinforce cooperation between the UN organizations and NHRC.
   It was agreed to hold roundtables to foster partnership in the future, along with a roadmap based on NHRC's new general strategy in the future, Khaled added, underlining that Qatar is making utmost efforts to bolster the United Nations role in the region and provides full support to UN organizations, which he said are appreciated efforts.
   The NHRC Secretary-General Sultan bin Hassan Al Jamali said the inauguration of one of the paintings of the Arabic calligraphy exhibition on human rights in the Islamic culture at the UN House in Doha comes in recognition of the UN as an incubator that includes all people’s cultures and traditions under its umbrella. 
   He added that the painting has been constantly organized by NHRC since 2009, as the first edition of the exhibition was organized at the UN headquarters in Geneva. Thereafter, he said, NHRC toured many capitals of the world countries with the exhibition's paintings at national, regional, and global levels, as well as UN and European Union levels.
   Al Jamali revealed that NHRC strategic plan of 2028 will be inaugurated in the upcoming days, pointing out that NHRC has numerous professional techniques and mechanisms to achieve these strategic objectives.
   Meanwhile, Director of the UNICEF office in Doha, Anthony MacDonald lauded the role performed by the State of Qatar at human rights level, in addition to its excellence in childcare indicators.
   Qatar is the only nation in the region that has accomplished two reports and will discuss the second report, along with its findings in a work paper in February, MacDonald said. (QNA)