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Posted On: 6 April 2020 07:32 pm
Updated On: 12 November 2020 09:11 am

UN representatives praise Qatar's local, international efforts to combat coronavirus disease

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H.E. Assistant Foreign Minister and Official Spokesperson of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater held a remote meeting with a number of United Nations representatives in the State of Qatar and the region in order to inform them about the efforts of the State of Qatar locally and internationally in combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and to answer their inquiries and questions in this regard.

The meeting was attended by H.E. Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Development, representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the National Committee to Combat the Coronavirus Khalid bin Rashid Al Mansouri.

From the United Nations, Director of UNESCO's Office in the Arab States of the Gulf and Yemen Dr. Anna Paolini, the Director of the International Labor Organization Office in Qatar Houtan Homayounpour, the Director of the UN Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre in Qatar Dr. Abdel Salam Sidahmed, and UNICEF Head of Office in Qatar Anthony MacDonald, the Acting Head of Office at UNHCR Ayat El Dewary, and WHO representative in the region Dr. Rayana Bou-Haka participated in the remote meeting.

The UN representatives praised the efforts of the State of Qatar in combating this epidemic at the national level and for all who live in Qatar without discrimination by providing free medical examinations and high quality services.

They also commended the international efforts of the State of Qatar by sending medical shipments and aid to friendly countries, and the evacuation of people stranded in the epidemic areas, including United Nations personnel.

Her Excellency Lolwa Bint Rashid Al-Khater, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Spokesperson for the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management held a remote meeting with a number of United Nations representatives in the State of Qatar and the region, in order to inform them of the efforts of the State of Qatar locally and internationally in fighting the emerging epidemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19), to answer their inquiries and questions in this regard.

The meeting was attended by His Excellency Mr. Khalid bin Rashid Al Mansoori, Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Development and representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the National Committee to Combat Corona Virus.

Dr. Anna Paulini, Director of the UNESCO Office in the Persian Gulf and Yemen, Mr. Hotan Humainpour, Director of the International Labor Organization Office in Qatar, and Mr. Abdulsalam Sidahmed, Director of the Documentation Center of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations in Qatar, also participated from the United Nations. Mr. Anthony MacDonald, UNICEF Qatar Director, Ayat Al-Dawari, Acting Director of the UNHCR, and Dr. Riana Bouhaqa, WHO Representative in the region.

The representatives of the United Nations praised the efforts of the State of Qatar to combat this epidemic at the national level and for all who live on the territory of the State of Qatar without discrimination by providing free medical examinations and services of high quality.

They also commended the international efforts of the State of Qatar by sending medical shipments and aid to friendly countries, and the evacuation of people stranded in the areas of the epidemic, including United Nations personnel.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs