Doha, March 05 (QNA) – The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) participated in the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, which kicked off today and will continue until Thursday at the Qatar National Convention Center. The NHRC is organizing an exhibition throughout the conference to raise awareness about its efforts and contribution in this regard.
On Thursday, the NHRC will organize a panel discussion on “Human Rights and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Best Practices, and Most Important Challenges,” as a parallel event on the sidelines of the conference to discuss the tools for achieving the goals of sustainable development in the least developed countries, and their impact on human rights, especially the marginalized and vulnerable groups.
HE NHRC Secretary-General Sultan bin Hassan Al Jamali said the participation in the Fifth United Nations Conference comes within the framework of joint endeavors to achieve the goals of sustainable development 2030, pointing out that this participation comes after a series of events, activities and memorandums of understanding that pave the way for moving forward to make remarkable progress in achieving these goals, especially with regard to the outcomes of the “Climate Change and Human Rights” conference.
Al Jamali added the exhibition, being organized by the NHRC on the sidelines of the conference, highlights its role and the organizers of the international conference on “Climate Changes and Human Rights” in promoting rights-based climate action, integrating human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
He noted that the Doha Program of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2022-2031, which aims to assist the least developed countries in achieving the goals of sustainable development 2030, includes six main areas.
On NHRC’s panel discussion to be organized on Thursday, the Secretary-General said it aims to identify the impact of sustainable development on the enjoyment of human rights, especially the rights of marginalized and vulnerable groups, in addition to highlighting the human rights-based approach in the field of achieving sustainable development.
Al Jamali stressed that the panel discussion will contribute to providing recommendations to the conference urging the concerned parties to conduct a self-assessment of the legislation, procedures and mechanisms available to them to achieve sustainable development from a human rights perspective, in response to the recommendations of the International Human Rights Council and other mechanisms and bodies concerned with human rights.
The NHRC called on all those concerned and stakeholders in the State of Qatar to attend the panel discussion, adding the guests of the conference can also participate in it, especially as it discusses tools for achieving sustainable development goals in the least developed countries by focusing on their role in implementing the Doha Program.
Source: Qatar News Agency