Qatar organises high-level UN event on social development

New York: The Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of France, the United Nations D...

New York: The Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of France, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), organised a high-level side event on the margins of the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, entitled “Delivering on the Doha Promise: Promoting Innovative Solutions for Social Development.”

The event was attended by Minister of Social Development and Family of Qatar

H E Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi,  Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations H E Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, and

H E Anousheh Karvar, Representative of the Government of France to the ILO and Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body.

The high-level meeting, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, brought together senior ministers and top UN officials, including Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland H E Kaisa Juuso, Minister of Social Services of Sweden H E  Camilla Waltersson Gronvall, Minister of Labour and Social Insurance of Cyprus H E Marinos Moushouttas, Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the UN Development Programme Marcos Athias Neto, ILO Special Representative and Director of the ILO Office at the United Nations Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, and Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination at UNDESA Bjorg Sandkjaer.