The State of Qatar affirmed its keenness to promote and protect human rights in Sudan, and its firm stance towards its stability, unity and territorial integrity, renewing its support for the brotherly Sudanese people to achieve their legitimate aspirations for freedom, peace and justice.

This came in the statement of the State of Qatar delivered by HE Permanent Representative of State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva. Dr. Hind Abdul Rahman Al Muftah, during her participation in the interactive dialogue on the oral update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sudan, within the framework of the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

She said that while the State of Qatar commends the cooperation of the Government of Sudan with the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Khartoum, and with the Human Rights Council, including receiving the High Commissioner and the appointed expert on Sudan, and facilitating their recent visits to the country, Qatar stresses the importance of investing in this cooperation in Providing more necessary technical support to build and strengthening human rights capacities in Sudan, taking into account the main priorities of the Government of Sudan, and its desires, needs, and commitments, in this delicate circumstance that the country is going through, and stresses the importance of coordination between the concerned United Nations human rights mechanisms In Sudan, with the aim of making optimal use of the resources available to these mechanisms, and preventing conflicts and duplication of their competences, in supporting Sudans efforts to achieve the required progress for the promotion and protection of human rights.

Her Excellency expressed the State of Qatar's welcome of the efforts made within the framework of the ongoing political process in Sudan, as a pivotal and important step to end the political crisis in the country, and its aspiration for the continuation of dialogue between the Sudanese parties, in order to reach a comprehensive final agreement that represents all segments of the Sudanese people, and establishes a transitional phase that paves the way for stability, development and peace