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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs: Qatar Calls for International Consensus on What Needs to be Done in Afghanistan

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani affirmed Qatar's keenness on the necessity of avoiding a collapse in Afghanistan, saying that Qatar calls for international consensus on what should be done in Afghanistan and urged the Afghan government to show its commitment to engaging all parties without discrimination and ensuring rights, especially the rights of girls and women.


HH The Amir Meets Heads of States and Delegations Participating in COP26

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met on Monday with a number of Their Highnesses and Excellencies leaders of sisterly and friendly states and heads of delegations taking part in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland.


HH The Amir Meets President of Ukraine

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met today with HE President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland.


HH The Amir Meets the UK Prime Minister

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met today with HE Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, on the sidelines of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, Scotland.



Qatar Victory in Human Rights Council Membership Reflects Confidence

The State of Qatar reiterated its commitment to implementing the pledges and voluntary commitments it made, including continuing to develop and harmonize national legislations to comply with international human rights law, and to provide support for joint programs and projects at the bilateral and multilateral levels among the countries of the region that contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights.


HH the Amir Inaugurates Shura Council Ordinary Session

The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani inaugurated the opening of the first ordinary session of the first legislative term corresponding to the Shura Council's 50th annual session, at the Council's headquarters on Tuesday morning.


Qatar Reiterates Importance of the Principle of Jurisdiction

The State of Qatar reiterated that the principle of jurisdiction constitutes one of the basic tools to ensure the prevention and suppression of serious violations of international humanitarian law and the criminalization of perpetrators, expressing its interest in the issue of universal jurisdiction and its applications, based on its conviction that impunity is the main factor in the increasing incidence of mass atrocities in the world, which is rejected by the human conscience because it violates legal instruments and human values.



Qatar Reiterates That International Law, International Legitimacy are Basis for Permanent Settlement of Middle East

The State of Qatar reiterated that a permanent, comprehensive, and just settlement of the Middle East issue will only be achieved on the basis of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and the Arab Peace Initiative, leading to ending the occupation of all occupied Arab lands, including the Syrian Golan and the occupied Lebanese territories, ending settlements, a just solution to the issue refugees, and the Palestinians enjoy their inalienable rights, especially their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the vision of the two-state solution.