The State of Qatar affirms that the Human Rights Council represents the pain, hopes, voices and aspirations of peoples, especially in these challenging times that require the solidarity and synergy of everyone

The state of Qatar stresses its keenness on supporting efforts aimed at enhancing the participation of Afghan women in the peace-making and building process, and its aspiration to guarantee their right to education and equal employment opportunities

The State of Qatar underlines its keenness to promote and protect human rights in Sudan and ensure its stability, security, unity, and territorial integrity, reaffirming that it stands with the Sudanese people to overcome the crisis they are going through

The State of Qatar has reiterated its condemnation in strongest terms over incidences of burning of copies of the Holy Qu'ran which intentionally transpired in several European countries recently

HE Dr. Turki bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud stresses that Doha Program of Action is necessary to achieve and guarantee human rights in the least developed countries, and to focus on investing in people by fighting poverty and building capacities so no one is left behind, especially people with special needs, women and children

The State of Qatar underscores the importance of concerted efforts at the regional and global levels to find a just solution to the Syrian crisis in accordance with Geneva I and full implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 2254 to put an end to the suffering of Syrian people, achieve their legitimate aspirations, ensure safe, dignified, and voluntary return of refugees, as well as safeguard Syria's unity and territorial integrity

The State of Qatar pointed out that the Social Security Law of 1995, along with other decisions and laws, stipulated clear rights of women in the retirement and pension system, housing services and others

The State of Qatar urged all countries and warring parties to refrain from using schools for military purposes, ratify and implement the Safe Schools Declaration

Dr. Hend Abdulrahman Al Muftah, the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar in Geneva, emphasized in her opening speech on this occasion Qatar's belief that sport is an effective tool for promoting human rights, peace, sustainable development and strengthening social bonds.

The State of Qatar reiterated its strong condemnation of the systematic violations perpetrated by the Israeli forces and Israeli settlers against Palestinian activists, human rights defenders and journalists through immoral and illegal acts such as prolonged administrative detention and intimidation during interrogation and torture and criminalizing the Palestinian civil society's organizations and their members by branding them as "terrorists", ramping pressures on donors to cut off funding and support sources, as well as detaining members of civil society's organizations arbitrarily and forcibly transferring them from the occupied Palestinian territory and cancelling residence permits in East Jerusalem which pose flagrant violations against international human rights law and international humanitarian law and are considered crimes under international law.