The State of Qatar, on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect, called upon member states of the United Nations to develop an implementable strategy to prevent atrocities and protect the civilian population from atrocities throughout the world.

The State of Qatar and Denmark, in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office on Youth, organized a special session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to launch the report of the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action under the title "Igniting Hope" which documents some innovative programming that puts the rights and needs of young people in front and centre stage and provides testimony on the ongoing transformation within member organizations of the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action.

The State of Qatar stressed its keenness on continuing to implement its obligations towards the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, noting that it spares no effort to foster, protect, empower and integrate persons with disabilities at the national and international levels.

The United Nations General Assembly today elected the State of Qatar as Vice-President of the General Assembly for its 73rd session, which will begin in mid-September.

The State of Qatar has stressed that the most effective way to protect the civilian population of the world is to invest in the prevention and peaceful settlement of conflicts, based on the principles of justice and international law.

HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani on Monday deposited with the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs Qatar's instrument of accession to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Qatar's instrument of accession to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The State of Qatar has reiterated its commitment to fulfilling the international obligations dictated by its partnership with the international community to achieve the goals and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, stressing that maintaining international peace and security is a shared responsibility and requires States to make the utmost efforts to find just solutions to common challenges.

The State of Qatar has called for an immediate lifting of the unjust blockade , which is about to enter its second year, reiterating that the unjust siege and arbitrary unilateral measures imposed on the State of Qatar without any justification or legal or realistic justification, aimed at achieving special objectives that run counter to the provisions of international law and are incompatible with the fundamental principles of the multilateral international order and the basis of friendly relations and human rights, as well as their negative impacts on regional and international cooperation for maintaining international peace and security.

The State of Qatar has underlined that building sustainable peace is a fundamental pillar of its policy, and that its vision is a comprehensive vision that places at the top of its priorities systematic prevention, peaceful conflict resolution and support for institutions capable of achieving peace.

The State of Qatar has affirmed Monday its responsibility and commitment to strengthening regional and international partnership and to continue its role in providing development and relief assistance to countries facing economic and humanitarian crises and natural disasters, in addition to the official development assistance.