Qatar Highlights Importance Family Protection in Sustainable Development

Geneva, September 15 (QNA) - The State of Qatar has underlined the family's role in the achievement of development, and said it requires protection and support as the natural and fundamental unit of society. This came in a speech delivered by Noor Ibrahim Al Sada, the second secretary at the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar in Geneva today, during a public debate on the "protection of the family and its members" within the 27th session of the Human Rights Council being held from 8 to 26 September. Al Sada said discussions on protection of the family at this time is of great importance, especially, as we are embarking on a sustainable development objectives next year, which focuses on the rights as the basis for development. Without a doubt, the role of the family in the achievement of development requires the protection and support as the natural and fundamental unit of society. She noted that at the national level, Qatar has adopted legislation and policies designed to protect families and their members, where the Qatari Constitution provides for protection of family and strengthening its ties as the state has adopted a general strategy for the family (2011 - 2016) as one of the key components of the national development strategy. " She added that the state stablished the Doha International Institute for Family, which specializes in conducting studies and research on families, and raise awareness of their issues and coordinate their policies and programs at national, regional and international. As part of the Institute's activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family, an international conference was held last April which centred on the role of the family in the social and economic development, she said . The Institute will also hold its first annual conference on research and family policies in May 2015. ", Al Sada added.(QNA)