(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
Geneva: Qatar has affirmed its focus on maintaining stability and civil peace in the developing countries because of their importance in bringing projects and aid, as one of the most important principles of the Doha Declaration.
It extended its support for the peace process and its sponsorship of the negotiations that resulted in the Chadian parties signing the“Doha Peace Agreement and the participation of the political-military movements in the comprehensive, sovereign national dialogue in Chad”.
This came in the statement of Qatar made by Director of Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr. Turki bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, in a side event organised by the Permanent Mission of the Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) under the title“From Commitment to Action: Advancing Human Rights and Development through Doha Program of Action”, on the margins of the 53rd session of Human Rights Council.
He noted the role of Qatar and its commitment to implementing the Doha Declaration, which is done by supporting development in the developing countries through development and humanitarian projects.
In order to avoid the dependence of the developing countries on financial aid and donations, Al Mahmoud said, Qatar supports sustainable development in these countries through the establishment of many development projects, hospitals and educational institutes, as reflected in its support for the efforts of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to which Qatar has made development contributions in a number of poor countries.
He noted that the commitment of Qatar is also achieved through the mobilisation of international support for the developing countries, referring to hosting the least developed countries meeting which resulted in an international pledge of $1.3bn to support the 46 least developed countries.
He added that Qatar is considered one of the largest supporters of many countries such as Sudan, as the total governmental and non-governmental assistance provided by Qatar to the Sudanese government during the period from 2014 to 2022 amounted to approximately $500m.
In light of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan since April 15, Qatar has also provided various humanitarian aid, including a full field hospital that includes intensive care rooms, integrated medical supplies, as well as foodstuffs and supplies, in addition to its recent participation in the donors' conference for Sudan and its financial pledge of $50 million.
He noted that Qatar also provided a lot of aid to Afghanistan, established development projects in the country, and was one of the important players to restore stability to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, he added that most of the aid to Syria was concentrated in the humanitarian field, given the current situation; indicating that the aid was directed to projects related to assisting the displaced inside Syria, especially in northern Syria, in addition to projects aimed at supporting refugees in other countries.
He noted that the assistance provided by Qatar to Syria contributed to the achievement of several goals within the sustainable development goals, most notably areas of eradicating poverty and hunger, health and the provision of quality education; in addition to other goals that were achieved within the assistance provided during the period 2014-2021.
Al Mahmoud added that the Qatar participates in all conferences on Syria, the latest of which was the 7th Brussels Conference, in which it pledged $75m.
He explained that the Doha Program of Action adopts effective and adaptive follow-up and monitoring mechanisms at the national, subregional, regional and global levels; pointing to the particular importance of arrangements at the national level, given that the Doha Program of Action is owned and managed by the least developed countries.