New York Information Office - December 12
The State of Qatar reiterated its support for the United Nations programs to face climate challenges and combat terrorism, and indicated that it has strengthened its efforts at the national level to address terrorism and its financing, and has developed its cooperation with international partners and its active participation in international and regional arrangements, stressing its effective partnership with the United Nations.
This came in the statement of the State of Qatar delivered by HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani in the high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Security in the context of Terrorism and Climate Change".
The statement stressed that the State of Qatar pays attention to the multifaceted threats of terrorism and its links to other risks, such as financing of terrorism and human trafficking, noting Qatar's support for the programs on which the United Nations bodies are based to enhance the capabilities of member states to confront this hateful scourge.
Regarding climate change, the statement indicated that the State of Qatar had taken many tangible steps to confront this threat, whether at the national or international levels, which was embodied in its hosting of the18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2012.
The statement also referred to the active participation of the State of Qatar in the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, in which Qatar participated with a delegation headed by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The statement noted the State of Qatar launching of the initiative to establish the Global Drylands Alliance, which is one of the international mechanisms aimed at confronting climate change, adding that Qatar has recently reported its Nationally Determined Contribution, which reflect the level of ambition it seeks to achieve, in order to achieve adaptation to climate change and mitigate its effects.
It also pointed to Qatar's contribution of $100 million to support least developed countries and small island developing states to address climate change, which was announced by HH the Amir at the Climate Action Summit 2019.
In this context, the State of Qatar's statement said that the issue of addressing climate change and its consequences will be among the prominent issues to be addressed in the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) that will take place in Qatar, from Jan. 23 to 27, 2022
The statement expressed Qatar's aspiration that this conference would provide a vital opportunity to shed light on innovative plans and solutions to combat climate change and its repercussions on international peace and security.
At the conclusion of the statement, Qatar commended the UN Security Council for taking the challenges of climate change, terrorism and other threats to stability and security into account in its quest to maintain international peace and security, stressing that the State of Qatar will continue to devote its efforts at the international level to contribute to addressing these emerging and multidimensional threats.