The States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination have elected the candidate of Qatar, Her Excellency Dr. Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad for the membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by an overwhelming majority where she received 132 votes from a group of 180 votes to the States parties to the Convention.
Dr. Al Misnad has been elected at 28th Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination held today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Dr. Al Misnad was elected among 14 candidates to fill nine seats for the Committee, which begins in January 2020.
The election of the candidate of Qatar comes for her role in emphasising the right to education and the dissemination of human rights principles in the educational curricula, as evidenced by her deep respect for the principles of dignity and equality among all human beings. Throughout her career, she has promoted and respected everyone without distinction as to race, sex , language or religion.
The Permanent Delegation of Qatar to the United Nations efforts were crowned in managing the electoral campaign culminated in the election victory of Dr. Al Misnad amid fierce competition and overwhelming majority of the votes in favor of the candidate of Qatar for membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Dr. Al Misnad's victory also underscores Qatar's vital role in defending human rights and working through United Nations bodies to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.
Dr. Al Misnad was appointed President of Qatar University in 2003 as the first Qatari woman to hold this position. Since 2012 she has been a member of the Global Justice Project.
She received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Durham, UK, and received a Bachelor of Arts and Education and a special Diploma in Education from Qatar University. She received her Honorary Doctorate in Law from Dalhousie University in Canada and Durham University in the UK.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination includes 18 independent experts of moral integrity, competence and recognition in the field of the defence of human rights and humanitarian and international law.
Members are elected for a four-year term by States parties to the Convention to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which was adopted on 21 December 1965 and entered into force in 1969.
To date, there are 180 States parties.
Source: QNA
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