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Qatar has affirmed that the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration was able to make a clear impact in the areas of crime prevention and criminal justice and has supported the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In his speech to the high-level event taking place on the sidelines of 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto titled ‘Strengthening the rule of law and justice’: the creative implementation of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’, Advisor to the Minister of Interior HE Major General Dr Abdullah Yusuf Al Mal said the programme supported the achievement of the goals of the sustainable development plan.
It also implemented policies and programmes that support socio-economic development and adopted transparent, credible and resilient institutions, given the great link between the rule of law and sustainable development, he said.
Dr Mal added that based on the long-term view of the Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatar’s belief in pluralism, international cooperation and solidarity and in order to build on the achievements of the 13th Crime Prevention Conference held in Doha in April 2015, Qatar launched the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration in 2016, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with the aim of transforming the political pledges in the Doha Declaration into projects on the ground.
He reviewed a number of features of the Global Programme of the Doha Declaration, including that it is the largest programme implemented by UNODC and funded by one country, and the first time in the history of crime prevention conferences that a political declaration of a conference became the basis for a practical programme to assist countries, especially the developing ones, to address the challenges posed by organised crime, corruption, drugs and terrorism through four pillars: education, sports, judicial integrity and the rehabilitation of prisoners.
He pointed out that the activities of the programme have reached two and a half million people in more than 190 countries, adding that more than 1.4 million students have benefited from the educational materials of the programme, 170,000 people have benefited from capacity building activities and that the Global Judicial Integrity Network was launched in April 2018 as part of the programme’s activities.
Dr Mal said Qatar is proud of the achievements of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration and encourages member states to consider this programme as a model in their future support for the UNODC in accordance with the Kyoto Declaration.
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09/03/2021
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