HE Ambassador Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri underlined that Qatar made significant progress in promoting IHL within its relevant national institutions by establishing the National Committee on IHL. “Qatar has also sought to participate in international efforts to respond to humanitarian crises”, He said

HE the Permanent Representative stressed the keenness of the Government of the State of Qatar to encourage Qatari charitable foundations and humanitarian organizations to continue to consolidate the partnership with the UNHCR, and to provide various forms of support necessary to contribute to the implementation of its noble humanitarian programs and mission in assisting and protecting refugees and promoting their rights, and improving their standard of living, especially the level of education for the future for their children.

HE Ambassador said that the conduct of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE is not offensive merely to Qatar, but it is also an affront to the organs of the UPU, whose good offices in the resolution of this dispute they have blatantly ignored

HE the Permanent Representative noted that the efforts exerted by the State of Qatar and the Qatari institutions have made a significant difference in alleviating the suffering of the affected refugees and displaced persons, and that Qatar's humanitarian initiatives were characterized by neutrality, impartiality and diversity.

HE Ambassador and Permanent Representative affirms that the State of Qatar welcomes the recent declaration by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the admissibility of complaints submitted by the State of Qatar against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and its competence to deal with such complaints.

HE Ambassador expressed his regret that the United Arab Emirates had taken advantage of this mechanism and sent a note containing the recommendations made to the State of Qatar during the review session along with a video link showing the Troika announcing the amendments made by the UAE to its recommendations to the State of Qatar during the adoption meeting of the report of the Working Group of the State of Qatar held on 17 May 2019, to the International Court of Justice, which is currently considering a lawsuit by the State of Qatar against the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to mislead that these recommendations were made in the name of the Troika of the State of Qatar. Clear falsification of facts and a clear violation of the rules of the universal periodic review and a desperate attempt to exploit this mechanism to achieve purposes that are not related to human rights and should not be allowed by this distinguished Council. His Excellency suggested that the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism and the President of the Council should draw the attention avoiding the reoccurrence of such a practice in the future.

HE Permanent Representative called on the international community to assume all its legal and moral responsibilities in providing full protection for the Syrian people, and take the necessary measures and as soon as possible to hold to account all those responsible to crimes and human rights violations in Syria, and bring them to criminal justice.

HE the Permanent Representative added that Qatar is holding Saudi Arabia fully responsible for the life and safety of the mentioned Qatari nationals, to ensure that they have all their rights guaranteed by relevant international conventions and treaties, and called on the Saudi authorities to disclose their fate and release them immediately.

HE the Permanent Representative has called for lifting of all imposed difficulties and restrictions of access to Yemen by Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen to enable them to best fulfill their manda

HE Al Mansouri said more than two years after the blockade, its repercussions of human rights abuses persist and continue to hope that the Office of the High Commissioner will act to stop these abuses reported by its technical team that visited Doha in November 2017.