Doha Declaration Implementation Committee holds fourth meeting

2017-02-24 10:51:47

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

VIENNA, 24th February, 2017 (WAM) -- The fourth meeting of the Doha Declaration Implementation Committee took place yesterday at UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in Vienna.

According to Qatar News Agency, QNA, the Qatari side was chaired by Advisor of Minister of Interior, Dr. Abdullah Youssef Al Mal, with Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi. John Brandolino, Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs, chaired the UNODC delegation for the meeting.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed the progress made in the finance agreement they signed, as well as the projects that could be concluded by the end of 2017.

The agreement, signed in November 2015, is intended to help countries achieve a positive and sustainable impact on criminal justice and the rule of law in all regions of the world. This funding will be used to continue to advance the Doha Declaration and to ensure that UNODC builds projects and programmes that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. These projects will help people and communities in almost 80 countries especially the developing countries and least developed countries.

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