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Doha / Information Office / March 04

HE the Assistant Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Youssef Al-Thani said that Qatar's hosting of the training workshop on the role of national mechanisms in preparing reports, following up on recommendations and working with international and regional human rights mechanisms, which began on Tuesday will continue until Thursday.

His Excellency added that the workshop includes the participation of representatives of various ministries, institutions and relevant civil society organizations, which comes at the appropriate time, as the State is in the process of forming a permanent mechanism for preparing reports and following up on the implementation of recommendations.

His Excellency clarified, on the sidelines of the workshop, that it was customary of Qatar to work with the system of temporary committees linked to preparing one report for a specific agreement, in addition to the existence of a permanent mechanism for preparing the universal periodic review reports and following up on the implementation of recommendations.

He added that the State aspires to review the successful experiences of other countries in the field of forming permanent committees, in addition to the challenges faced by such permanent mechanisms in fulfilling their obligations.

The workshop is organized by the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Center for South-West Asia and the Arab Region in Doha and the Treaty Body Capacity Building Programme in OHCHR in Beirut.

The workshop aims to enhance the national experience in Qatar by advancing the four main tasks and roles of the national mechanisms for preparing reports and follow-up, as well as the study of regional and international comparative experiences in establishing national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up.