QNA
New York
The Sixth High-Level Strategic Dialogue between the State of Qatar and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), was held at the headquarters of the United Nations, in New York.
Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani and Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Ambassador Faisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab participated in the Dialogue as representatives of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee of Qatar.
Addressing the Dialogue, Sheikha Alya hailed the productive collaboration between the State of Qatar and UNOCT. She noted the importance of the dialogue in sharing perspectives on priorities and strategic initiatives, in addition to reviewing the activities UNOCT conducts with the support from the State of Qatar.
During the dialogue,cooperation between the State of Qatar and UNOCT, along with the achievements made during the previous Dialogue held in June 2023 came up for discussion.
She highlighted the unwavering coordination between the State of Qatar and other counter-terrorism relevant UN agencies.
For his part, the Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed that the State of Qatar is committed to diligently continuing its ironclad partnership with UNOCT, welcoming the UNOCT’s achievements through the programmes, projects and activities it’s implementing with funding from the State of Qatar, as the main donor to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism.
Under-Secretary-General of UNOCT Vladimir Voronkov expressed the UN’s appreciation to the political and financial support the State of Qatar is providing to UNOCT, which has contributed to implementing numerous effective capacity-building programmes, convening high-level conferences and supporting coordination at the level of UN system in counter-terrorism field.