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Qatar Calls for Urgent International Action to Spare Middle East Full-Scale of New Vortex of Conflicts

New York, April 19 (QNA) - The State of Qatar has urged the international community to immediately act to defuse the tension and spare the Middle East region the peril of being dragged into a new vortex of conflicts. It urged all parties to de-escalate the situation and exercise maximum restraint, stressing that the worrying developments that have been unfolding in the region during the past days underscore, Qatar's repeated warning of the peril of the spillover of conflict, unless the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip is ceased.


QatarDebate Participates in ECOSOC Youth Forum in NY

Doha, April 17 (QNA) - QatarDebate is participating in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York (NY), from 16-18 April 2024.



Qatar Organizes Meeting on Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies in UN

New York, April 06 (QNA) - The Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations (UN), in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco to the United Nations, along with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) organized a meeting on Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, held in the UN's headquarter in New York, as part of the State of Qatar co-chairing the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace.


Permanent Delegation of Qatar to UN Organizes Event on Providing Technologies to Autistic People

On the sidelines of World Autism Awareness Day, which falls on April 2nd of each year, the Permanent Delegation of the State of Qatar to the United Nations (UN) organized an event on providing emerging and basic technologies to individuals with autism at the UN Headquarters in New York, in cooperation with Autism Foundation, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities, and Mada Assistive Technology Center Qatar.


Qatar Chairs Meeting between GCC Permanent Representatives to UN, Chair of Independent Review Group on UNRWA

New York, March 25 (QNA) - Within the framework of the State of Qatar's presidency of the 44th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani convened a meeting at the permanent mission headquarters in New York between Their Excellencies Permanent Representatives of the GCC countries to the United Nations and Catherine Colonna, Chair of the Independent Review Group on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The meeting was held in light of Colonna's presentation of the initial report to HE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the investigations of the Group tasked with conducting an independent review of the work of UNRWA.


Permanent Representative of Qatar to UN Meets UN Official

New York, March 21 (QNA) - HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani met with HE UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka at the headquarters of the permanent delegation in New York.


Qatar Chairs Meeting of GCC Countries' Permanent Representatives to UN with ICRC President

New York, March 21 (QNA) - Within the framework of the State of Qatar's presidency of the 44th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, held a meeting that brought together Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of the GCC countries to the United Nations and HE President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger.


Permanent Representative of Qatar to UN Meets UN Under Secretary-General

New York, March 20 (QNA) - HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani met with HE Under Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Rabab Fatima at the headquarters of the permanent delegation in New York.


Qatar Holds High-Level Event on Women's Empowerment in GCC Region

New York, March 19 (QNA) - The State of Qatar, as the chair of the 44th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), organized a high-level event titled "Closing the Gap: Women's Empowerment in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region" at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68).