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Qatar signs new UN partnerships at Doha Forum Doha Forum concludes Tribune News Network Doha The 18th Doha Forum concluded successfully on Sunday with the announcement of the Doha Forum Award which will be given for the first time in 2019 for outstanding achievements to diversity, dialogue and diplomacy, and will be worth half a million US dollars. Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani attended the closing ceremony. Delivering a speech, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Doha Forum had provided a space for global dialogue on vital challenges facing today''s world, underlining the importance of dialogue and the opening of spaces for the exchange of ideas and the creation of a path of creative thinking in the world as well as finding a common ground between the parties in the world. He pointed out that the Doha Forum can be an opportunity to achieve what we hope, especially with regard to the impact of technology on the future of the world. On the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Qatar signed a host of United Nations partnerships to strengthen cooperation with the world body, including the establishment of four new UN offices in the country. The UN and Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday, endorsing cooperation between both parties, which includes the establishment of a Junior Professional Programme and a multi-year non-earmarked contribution of $500million to fund UN agencies. Doha also signed an agreement with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and an agreement with the UN Office for Counter-Terrorism. The four new UN offices to be opened in Qatar are for the UNICEF, International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Lolwah Al Khater, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the agreements signed underscore Qatar''s strong relationship with the United Nations, according to Al Jazeera. “Qatar strongly believes in the power of multilateralism to advance agenda that serves all of humanity without discrimination against any sect. The UN through its incredible work embodies that multilateralism, and we are proud to be contributing to its success,” said Khater.
