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QNA
Doha
THE Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs HE Dr Issa bin Saad al Jafali al Nuaimi has said that Qatar is playing a major role in combating human trafficking out of its belief in the importance of preserving human dignity.
Nuaimi, who is also chairman of the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking, stressed that Qatar has spared no effort to support the efforts of the international community to combat the phenomenon of human trafficking and related phenomena such as forced labour, modern slavery and child labour to also fulfil its ethical and legal obligations as an active member of the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking and the Group of Friends concerned on Modern Day Slavery.
This came in a statement by Nuaimi during his chairmanship of Qatar's delegation participating in the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on 'Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons' held at the UN headquarters in New York. The meeting was opened by the President of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak.
The meeting began with the official adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, which Qatar, in partnership with Belgium, facilitated the negotiations.
The Minister expressed his satisfaction over formal adoption of the Political Declaration on the implementation of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. He mentioned the measures and actions taken by Qatar to combat trafficking in persons, including the issuing of Law No (15) of 2011 on combating trafficking in human beings which criminalises trafficking in all its forms and patterns, Law No (21) of 2015 that abolishes the sponsorship system and Law No (15) of 2017 on domestic workers.
At the institutional level, Qatar has established the National Committee for Combatting Human Trafficking to unify the efforts of the State's institutions and civil society in dealing with human trafficking, Nuaimi said, adding that the NHRC aims to develop a national plan to combat human trafficking and follow up its implementation, in addition to helping the victims of human trafficking to integrate quickly into the society through care and rehabilitation programmes.
He also pointed out that the committee is coordinating with the International Criminal Police (Interpol) to organise the annual conference on combating human trafficking and smuggling of persons scheduled to be held in Doha, in December, 2017.
Furthermore, Qatar has sponsored at the regional level, the Arab Initiative for building national capacities in combating human trafficking in Arab countries, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Arab League, Nuaimi said.
