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Doha: The State of Qatar is participating in the 28th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice being held in Vienna from May 20 to 24 2019.
Maj. Gen. Abdullah Yusuf Al Mal, Adviser to the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Follow-up Committee for the World Programme for the Doha Declaration, delivered the speech saying that Qatar's joint efforts over the last decades have made the world safer from organised crime but traditional and emerging threats are growing including the cybercrime.
'This requires us to be more proactive in meeting these challenges through enhanced international cooperation and capacity building, he added.
Al Mal further said: 'Our work here in Vienna has become an example of the ability of joint international action to confront the common threats and challenges. The well being of our planet depends on our common effort to establish justice, fairness, equality.
'This session was marked by ten draft resolutions dealing with enhancing the aspects of our joint work in the areas of prevention; the role of education and sport in crime prevention; the development of criminal justice systems and the fight against new crimes, particularly cybercrime, Maj. Gen. Al Mal said.
'The State of Qatar is proud to have pioneered international efforts to combat organized crime and related crimes and hosted the 13th Conference on Crime Prevention in 2015, which resulted in the Doha Declaration as a comprehensive and integrated international plan. Qatar has also financed an international program implements by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to assist countries in implementing the recommendations of the Doha Declaration, Al Mal said.
More than 30,000 professionals from over 190 countries have benefited from its activities of the World Program for the Doha Declaration since its implementation. The Program has provided direct technical assistance to 34 countries.
'We are pleased to announce Qatar's approval to extend the World Programme for the Doha Declaration for an additional year ending December 31, 2020. We are also pleased to announce that Qatar is considering the sustainability of some of the activities of the program beyond its term, he said.
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