WEDNESDAY JUNE 9, 2021 SHAWWAL 28, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5280 QR 2 Fajr: 3:14 am Dhuhr: 11:33 am DUSTY Asr: 2:56 pm Maghrib: 6:26 pm HIGH : 44°C LOW : 35 °C Isha: 7:56 pm World 7 Business 8 Sports 12 Call for vaccine ‘surge’ in British Kuwari leads Qatar’s team at Sanchez lauds Qatar on Asian areas with high Indian variant SelectUSA Investment Summit Cup qualification Amir condoles ARAB SUPER CUP HANDBALL: SHEIkh JOaaN Sheikha Alya elected chairperson with President CROWNS AL ShamaL TEam of Mauritius of top UN panel for 76th session QNA QNA NEW YORK DOHA THE United Nations General Assembly has HIS Highness the Amir unanimously elected Permanent Representa- of State of Qatar Sheikh tive of Qatar to UN HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani bin Saif Al Thani to lead the Sixth Commit- has sent a cable of con- tee as Chairperson of the Legal Committee of dolences to President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, the Republic of Mauritius which will kick off on September 14. Prithvirajsing Roopun on the In a statement, Sheikha Alya expressed Qa- death of former Prime Min- tar’s appreciation and gratitude to the member ister Anerood Jugnauth. states for unanimously electing her to chair the HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani. Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session. national relations, and achieving the goals of She thanked the member states of Asia and the United Nations. the Pacific Group (APG) forrecommending the Sheikha Alya affirmed that she will work Amir condoles candidacy of Qatar to chair the Sixth Commit- closely with the President of the General As- tee, as well as all the geographical groups for sembly and his office, as well as the member with Pakistan their valuable support in this regard. states, on all matters related to the work of the Qatar Olympic Committee President HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani crowned Al Shamal team as She stressed that Qatar was keen to run for committee. She will do her best to ensure that President, PM the champion of the third Arab Super Cup for handball. Al Shamal defeated Al Gharafa 23/22 at Duhail the chairpersonship of the General Assembly’s work is carried out in the contexts adopted in Sports Hall. Sheikh Joaan handed over the Arab Super Cup to Al Shamal team captain Abdullah Hafez, Legal Committee, which deals with all legal is- this committee, which of utmost significance to QNA while President of the International Handball Federation Dr Hassan Mustafa handed the gold medals to sues. Qatar affirms firm belief in the rule of the international community. DOHA the teams players and the silver medals to Al Gharafa. PAGE 12 law, commitment to international law, its criti- cal role in stabilising and strengthening inter- Continued on page 2 HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent cables of condo- lences to President of the MoPH issues guide for Islamic Republic of Paki- Qatar signs MoU to help enrol 35K stan Dr Arif Alvi, and Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the importing halal food victims of passenger trains’ collision in Sindh province, out-of-school children in Djibouti QNA ards. It also contains applica- southern Pakistan, wish- DOHA tion forms for authorizing/ ing the injured a speedy capital, and we are proud of permitting Islamic bodies to recovery. QFFD to support this life-changing investment THE Ministry of Public Health issue halal food/halal slaugh- to provide equitable access to (MoPH) has issued guidelines tering certificates for export- EAA-World Bank good educational opportuni- for importing halal food and ing food to Qatar. ties for out- of- school chil- Islamic bodies authorised to Halal slaughtering certifi- project dren in Djibouti.” issue halal product and halal cate are issued for all types of Qatar condemns QNA “The education has the slaughtering certificates. non-processed meat, while DOHA largest share among the sec- The guide represents an halal certificates are issued Canada hit-&-run tors that QFFD supports. This important milestone in food for any food products contain- case that targeted QATAR, represented by Qa- is in line with the priorities control of this ing meat, fats or tar Fund For Development of Qatar in providing foreign kind. Its im- any ingredients Muslim family (QFFD), on Tuesday signed a aid, and empowering chil- portance lies in of animal origin QNA Memorandum of Understand- dren deprived of basic edu- clarifying the such as gluten, DOHA ing with the Government of cation at the primary level as requirements of as well as food Djibouti in support of the they are the engine of human halal, and veri- products carrying QATAR has condemned a Education Above All (EAA)- development. Quality educa- fying the valid- halal label / logo. hit and run case that took World Bank project to enrol tion is considered essential ity, accuracy Halal bodies may place in Ontario, Canada, 35,000 out-of-school children Director-General of Qatar Fund for Development Khalifa bin Jassim Al and pivotal in our strategy to and credibility issue halal/halal and left four members of a (OOSC) in Djibouti. Kuwari and Minister of National Education and Vocational Training of strengthen strong partner- of halal certifi- slaughtering cer- Muslim family dead. The MoU was signed by Djibouti Moustapha Mohamed Mahamoud signed the MoU. ships between governments, cates attesting tificates for pro- In a statement on Tues- Director-General of Qatar organisations and local com- that the meat and meat prod- cessed meat products. day, the Ministry of Foreign Fund for Development Khal- EAA’s Educate A Child (EAC) materials, in required lan- munities,” he added. ucts or foods containing meat The Department of Food Affairs renewed Qatar’s ifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari and programme, in partnership guages. For his part, Minister are of animal origin that have Safety and Environmental firm position of rejecting Minister of National Educa- with the World Bank, will Khalifa bin Jassim Al of National Education and been supervised by one of the Health, Ministry of Public violence, terrorism, and tion and Vocational Training strengthen institutional ca- Kuwari said, “We are proud Vocational Training of Dji- issuers of halal certificates li- Health, invites all importers criminal acts, regardless of of Djibouti Moustapha Mo- pacity to develop sub-regional of this partnership with the bouti Moustapha Mohamed cenced by Qatar. and relevant companies to the motives and reasons. hamed Mahamoud. plans around primary educa- Education Above All Founda- Mahamoud said, “Ensuring The guide, published in work in accordance with the The statement stressed The MoU contributes to tion enrolment and retention. tion, the Republic of Djibouti inclusive learning for all chil- Arabic and English, sets forth guidelines to avoid violations. Qatar’s categorical stand supporting the development It will implement gender-sen- represented by the Ministry dren in Djibouti through the the general definitions and re- It also affirms the availability against targeting innocent process and sustainable devel- sitive interventions to encour- of National Education and provision of quality and in- quirements for halal food, ani- of all information and guide- people on the basis of opment in Djibouti, pursuant age enrolment and their tran- Vocational Training, and the clusive primary education is a mal slaughter requirements, lines on the MoPH’s website. religion or ethnicity. It also of Goal 17 of the Sustainable sition to secondary education, World Bank to meet commit- priority for us. Therefore, the halal food and halal slaughter The guidelines aim at raising offered the condolences of Development Goals on “build- provide teacher training to ments and ensure that every Education Above All Founda- certification forms approved awareness to ensure imported Qatar to the families of the ing partnerships to achieve improve remedial instruction, child has the opportunity to tion is an essential partner to in Qatar, a list of prohibited food compliance to declared victims, the government, goals”. and support the enrolment of learn and develop the skills achieve this goal.” foods according to Sharia law norms and avoid its rejection and people of Canada. To achieve the 35,000 children through the provi- they need. This is a vital in- and a list of technical regula- at the port of entry for non- OOSC enrolment target, sion of teaching and learning vestment in building human Continued on page 2 tions and halal-related stand- compliance. Newspaper, government websites Qatar sends aid to Moldova to fight COVID-19 QNA ic Diplomacy at the Ministry of CHISINAU Foreign Affairs and European knocked offline in major outage Integration of Moldova Dumit- MOLDOVA has received a ru Socolan, State Secretary of DPA shipment of medical aid pro- the Ministry of Health of Mol- LONDON vided by Qatar, containing dova Igor Curov, Ambassador about 3.5 tonnes of medi- of the Republic of Moldova to MAJOR websites around the world were briefly cal equipment and materials Qatar Victor Tvircun, and Act- taken offline on uesday,T apparently due to an through Qatar Fund for De- ing Charge d’Affaires of Qatar’s outage at a US-based cloud computing provider. velopment (QFFD) in coop- Embassy to Moldova Hamad Leading media organisation such as the New eration with Hamad Medical bin Rashid Al Athba. York Times, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Corporation (HMC). State Secretary Dumitru the Guardian, BBC, CNN and Le Monde were The aid aims to support Socolan expressed thanks and affected, with users often receiving “Error 503 the health sector in Moldova gratitude to Qatar for provid- Service Unavailable” messages.