HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi visited an exhibition, organized on the sidelines of the review of the third national report of the State of Qatar, by the team working on Universal Periodic Review of the human rights (UPR) at its 33rd session.

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi, who is also Chair of the ministry's Committee on the Law of the Sea, issued a statement on the State of Qatar's assigning of its economic zones on its shores and the shores of islands in the Arabian Gulf under its sovereignty, which included an exclusive economic zone on its shores and the shores in the Arabian Gulf under its sovereignty.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi stressed Thursday that the State of Qatar attaches special importance to the issues of sustainable development as one of the pillars of its National Vision 2030, adding that It considers preparing and responding to natural and man-made hazards and disasters as one of the most important means of preserving national development efforts.

The State of Qatar has reiterated its continued cooperation with all United Nations human rights mechanisms, in particular the Human Rights Council, to achieve the objectives of the promotion and protection of human rights.

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani hosted Wednesday an Iftar banquet in honor of their excellencies heads of diplomatic missions accredited by the state, their excellencies ambassadors of the State of Qatar abroad, and ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Damdin Tsogtbaatar met with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar (non-resident) to Mongolia Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri.

HE Ambassador Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, the Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counterterrorism, Mediation in Dispute Resolution and the National Focal Point for the Responsibility to Protect Civilians from Cruel Crimes at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Focal Points, underlined that the State of Qatar has integrated responsibility for protecting civilians from atrocities, particularly war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing, in its foreign policy.

HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi held today a farewell ceremony in honor of HE Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal to the State of Qatar Ramesh Prasad Koirala, on the occasion of the end of his term in the country.

HM King Harald V of Norway received Sunday, at the Royal Palace in Oslo, credentials of HE Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Thani as Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Kingdom of Norway.

HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Sirodjidin Aslov met on Sunday with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Tajikistan Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Abdullah.