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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 21:41
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Qatar Reiterates Strong Interest in Education Development

Geneva, May 31 (QNA) - Qatar has reaffirmed the special interest it gives to the development of education as a basic pillar of the Qatar National Vision 2030, pointing in this regard to the establishment of the Supreme Education Council as the competent authority responsible for the development and advancement of education. Noor Ibrahim Al Sada, second secretary at Qatar's permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, made the remarks as she addressed the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva during an interactive discussion with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education Kishore Singh. In her speech, Al Sada hailed Singh's 2012 participation in the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, during which HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser launched the Educate a Child initiative, an effort that, Al Sada said, would contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in education. She underlined the keenness of HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on finding innovative means of funding education, referring to the Emiri decision on May 22 that established a health and education fund with a capital of QR360 billion in order to provide sustainable financial resources to fund educational programs. She added that Qatar welcomes the recommendations of the special rapporteur, especially his call for creating a mechanism that protects the right to education. In this regard, she pointed to HH Sheikha Moza's call for the Human Rights Council to develop an accountability mechanism similar to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) so as to limit the scope of violations, eliminate discrimination in access to education and ensure its availability to all groups of society. (QNA)

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