FM of Senegal meets Ambassador of Qatar

FM of Senegal meets Ambassador of Qatar

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad of the Republic of Senegal, H E Aissata Tall Sall, met Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Senegal, H E Mohammed bin Kurdi Talib Al Mankhis Al Marri.

During the meeting, cooperation relations between the two countries were reviewed.

This choice is also considered a global recognition of the great support that His Highness provides to the United Nations in its initiatives to counter terrorism.

He was speaking  at the high-level meeting to unify responses in the fight against terrorism through parliamentary tasks, held via video conference, within the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, during which he called on all parliamentarians in various regions of the world to intensify and coordinate their efforts and unite their ranks to eliminate terrorism which threatens everyone and does not differentiate between races and religions.

In his speech, the speaker stated that the importance of the Office of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Program on Parliamentary Participation in Preventing and Combating Terrorism, whose activities will cover all parliaments of the world and work with international and regional parliamentary organizations, starting from Doha as a global center for supporting and building the capacities of parliamentarians from all over the world and coordinating their efforts in combating terrorism.

He  gave a presentation of the office’s tasks, which focus on enhancing public participation. 

The presentation focused on systematic participation between parliamentarians, local communities and civil society actors, in issues related to terrorism and violent extremism, and strengthening parliamentary cooperation, including cooperation between relevant parliamentary committees at the regional and international levels, sharing knowledge, experiences, good practices and lessons learned, creating formal and informal networking opportunities for parliamentarians around the world on preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism and providing a platform for coordination between parliamentary assemblies, with a focus on parliamentary initiatives to achieve a world free of terrorism.

The office’s tasks include building understanding and raising awareness of issues and political developments related to terrorism and violent extremism among parliamentarians, providing guidance to parliamentarians on ways to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, United Nations General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, and other instruments related to terrorism, providing technical assistance and capacity-building support to parliamentarians on a wide range of their functions and mandates, as appropriate, to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism, enhancing understanding of how to develop policies and legislation to prevent and respond to terrorism, in line with human rights and gender responsiveness, facilitating dialogue and cooperation between governments and parliaments on countering terrorism and addressing conditions conducive to terrorism, producing normative work, evidence-based tools, research and resources, compiling good practices and analyzes for the use of parliamentarians, and increasing the participation of women and youth parliamentarians in efforts to suppress terrorism and violent extremism.

Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud concluded his speech, wishing the meeting to succeed in conveying its message to humanity, emphasizing that terrorism is a dangerous scourge that threatens lives and facilities and constitutes a real obstacle that threatens the sustainable development of many countries and at the same time represents a real threat to global peace and security.