Qatar Participates in Side Event on Shoring Up Social Rights, Democratic Stability
Geneva, February 24, 2026
The State of Qatar took part Tuesday in a high-profile side event on advancing social rights and democratic stability, on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Representing the State of Qatar was HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the UN Office in Geneva, Dr. Hind bint Abdulrahman Al Muftah.
The event was organized by the Council of Europe, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Permanent Missions of the State of Qatar, the Republic of Portugal, and the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations in Geneva, with the support of the European Union and a host of partner nations.
HE Dr. Al Muftah affirmed that hosting the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, thirty years after the first summit in Copenhagen, holds meaningful significance, emphasizing that throughout the past two decades, the State of Qatar has pursued a strategic diplomacy to host major events, fora, and high-level multilateral summits to be hosted and led as a lynchpin for its foreign policy aimed at reinforcing cooperation and international partnerships, as well as having a neutral platform for dialogue in place.
In today's world, issues that are debated in the State of Qatar extend beyond, encompassing negotiation on building and peacemaking agreements, digital technology subjects, keeping a lid on the detrimental effects of climate change, as well as strengthening efforts to achieve development, Dr. Al Muftah underlined.
She highlighted that the purpose of these meetings lies in exploring practical and enduring solutions that would make the world the best place to live.
The representative further pointed out that the State of Qatar looks forward to transforming the Doha Political Declaration from mere pledges into measurable procedures that are literally focused on ending poverty, ensuring decent work, and building just and sustainable societies, including enhancing international cooperation in financing, harnessing digital innovation to make social services more inclusive, efficient, and equitable, as well as ensuring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
These matters, Dr. Al Muftah underscored, are executed through concrete policies and programs that place humans at their core priorities with the objective of achieving social justice and improving living standards, especially since less than four years remain to deliver on the promises of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs).
She stressed that without meaningful social justice; there can be neither lasting peace nor sustainable development.