HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Thursday with a delegation from the Republic of Chad headed by Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and Development Planning Hussein Taher Soukoumi, currently visiting the country.

The State of Qatar has affirmed its interest in the promotion and protection of human rights as a strategic option for the State in the provisions and principles of the Constitution and national legislation, which are in line with the international conventions and instruments related to human rights to which the State of Qatar has acceded, and it stressed that it has spared no effort to improve and develop labor laws.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Human Rights held today at the ministry's headquarters a workshop in cooperation with Geneva Institute for Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Training Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region. The workshop was on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism adopted by the UN. Representatives of different ministries, institutions, and civil society organizations are taking part in the event.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani urged the international community to take a firm stance against the violations of international law, not only in Libya but in all regional issues that do not take into account the law.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met on Wednesday with Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu, during his visit to Turkey.

About 67 percent of Qatar's higher education graduates are women, said HE the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lulwa Al-Khater.

The State of Qatar was unanimously elected as Vice Chairperson for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at the 161th session which kicked off on Monday and will run till April 12 at the FAO's headquarters in Rome.

The State of Qatar participated in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) under the theme "Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality in the Arab Region," which kicked off on Tuesday in Beirut.

HE President of the Republic of Iraq Dr Barham Salih received the credentials of HE Khalid bin Hamad Al Sulaiti as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Iraq.

HE Foreign Minister of Cost Rica Manuel Ventura Robles met here on Monday with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Costa Rica Mohammed bin Kurdi Talib Al Marri.