Family Receives Great Attention In Qatar’s Social Policies: Sheikha Alya
The Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN confirmed that she will continue her efforts through her presidency of the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development to add more value to the Arab role in sustainable development efforts at the international level
PERMANENT Representative of the State of Qatar to the nited Nations HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani has affirmed that family, as the basic unit of society, receives great attention in the social policies of the State of Qatar at the national, regional and international levels, stressing the importance of family oriented social and economic policies due to their significant contributions to achieving comprehensive, feasible and sustainable social development.
This came in a recorded speech by Sheikha Alya during the 42nd session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, held under the title The Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Multidimensional Poverty: Further Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Beyond.’
She noted the efforts and initiatives of the State of Qatar in the field of family, including hosting in 2004 the Doha International Conference on the Family under the patronage of HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, which issued the Doha Declaration on the Family.
She added that the permanent delegation of the State of Qatar to the nited Nations in New ork has since assumed the task of facilitating informal consultations regarding the draft resolution to proclaim the International ear of the Family, which is presented annually in the nited Nations eneral Assembly Third Committee on behalf of the roup of 77 and China, referring to the recent resolution in this regard adopted by the nited Nations eneral Assembly last November, according to which the preparations for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the International ear of the Family were launched.
Sheikha Alya said Qatar is currently working in cooperation with the nited Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to prepare to host the international conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the International ear of the Family in Doha in 2024, which would contribute to promoting the concept of family according to our Arab and Islamic culture.
In this regard, she expressed her appreciation to the Ministry of Social Development and Family for its efforts in leading the cohesive Arab family project as the guarantee of a strong and sustainable growth society.
In the context of her speech, she appreciated the Arab efforts in the field of caring for people with disabilities, referring in this context to the issue of spreading the implementation of the nified Arab Classification of Disability, which was adopted in Doha last June.
She expressed her keenness for the support of Their Excellencies the ministers and their participation in the State of Qatar’s efforts to host the Fourth lobal Disability Summit, which will be held in Doha in 2028 in cooperation with the International Disability Alliance, through which the regional achievements of the Arab region in this important field can be highlighted.
Sheikha Alya confirmed that she will continue her efforts through her presidency of the 1st Session of the
nited Nations Commission for Social Development CSocD 1 in order to add more value to the Arab role in sustainable development efforts at the international level.