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Qatar holds high-level event on women's empowerment in GCC

The State of Qatar, as the chair of the 44th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), organized a high-level event titled "Closing the Gap: Women's Empowerment in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region" at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).The event was attended by HE Minister of Social Development and Family Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, and HE UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, along with GCC ministers of social development for family, and secretaries-general of the GCC supreme councils for women and family.During her speech, HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations (UN) Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani expressed the State of Qatar's pleasure at organizing an event for the first time during the annual session of the Commission on the Status of Women that particularly focuses on the vital role Gulf women play in the social and economic development of the GCC region.HE affirmed the GCC states' commitment to continue supporting the full potential of women and families as key drivers of social and economic progress, highlighting their effective contribution in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.HE Minister of Social Development and Family Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad praised this high-level side event, which highlights the efforts of women's empowerment in GCC region, noting it as an opportunity to showcase the efforts and status of Gulf women and to continue to enhance this status on an international level.HE highlighted the importance of the issue of protecting and defending the family to preserve the cultural identity and the family and social system of Gulf society.

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Qatar appeals for steady efforts for accountability, justice for Syrian victims

Qatar has called on the international community and all influential parties to exert further efforts and exercise pressure, especially on the Syrian regime, to resume and proactively participate in the meetings of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, in a bid to reach a political solution in line with the Geneva Communique and Security Council Resolution 2,254, to fulfil the Syrian people's legitimate aspirations and to create the appropriate conditions for a dignified, voluntary and safe return of Syrian refugees.This came in a statement delivered by Second Secretary, the Permanent Mission of Qatar in Geneva, Abdullah bin Ali Behzad, during an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, within the framework of the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.Qatar thanked the efforts of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syria to conclude its report, as the Syrian conflict enters its 14th year, with the Syrian regime confronting Syrian people's peaceful protests for freedom, justice and dignity with killing, displacement and the use of internationally banned chemical weapons — resulting in the destruction of Syria and jeopardising entire generations.The statement added that it is now clear to everyone that the longer this conflict lasts, the greater the scale of violations, losses and the greater the humanitarian suffering of the Syrian people and that everyone bears the responsibility of ending impunity in Syria amid the continued human rights violations and crimes against the Syrian people.The statement also confirmed Qatar's welcoming of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling on Nov 16, 2023, which demanded the Syrian regime to take all measures to prevent acts of torture and other violations, and also expressed Qatar's calls for everyone to continue efforts to ensure accountability and justice for the victims in Syria.

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