Qatar Chairs 42nd Meeting of Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs

Doha, January 26 (QNA) - The State of Qatar, represented by HE Minister of Social Development and Family Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, has assumed Thursday the presidency of the 42nd Meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs during its opening session today. In her speech on this occasion, HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad expressed her thanks and appreciation for the trust placed in her by Their Excellencies the Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, and their support for Her Excellency to assume the presidency of the 42nd Meeting of the Council. In this context, Her Excellency said that she was confident that the combined hands will sustain and enrich the joint work to meet the aspirations of the governments and peoples in providing the elements and conditions for a decent life, whose essence lies in the integrated and concerted work to promote the concept, practice and reality of the well-established Arab family as the nucleus of strong societies that are capable of achieving all the remaining of the development goals, including, but not limited to, the integration of all less able groups into public life, providing conditions for a decent life for the societies, and meeting the entitlements of sustainable growth of the Arab human being. HE Minister of Social Development and Family, Chairperson of the 42nd Meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, began her speech by welcoming all the participants in this meeting among their families and in their second country, Qatar. On behalf of all of them, she expressed her sincere thanks and appreciation to HE Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chairman of the 41st Meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, Eng. Ahmad bin Sulaiman Al Rajhi, for his presidency, which was rich in achievements, initiatives, and efforts to serve Arab societies and translate the will of the governments to provide opportunities and capabilities for the social affairs to become more developed, and to empower the individual economically and socially to be active within the circle of the national economy. The 42nd meeting, which is scheduled to conclude later today, will discuss a number of important files that represent a priority for joint Arab social development action, at the forefront of this is continuing of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially in its social dimensions that affect the life of the Arab citizen, in addition to issues related to the weak and vulnerable groups in society, especially persons with disabilities, and ways to increase their inclusion in all fields of public life, issues related to efforts to eradicate poverty in all its dimensions, and other related issues and files. (QNA)