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BUSINESSB | 14 SPORT | 20 G20: China Federer-Nadal onon warns of ‘severe collision course as threats’ to Wimbledon draww global order revealed Saturday 29 June 2019 | 26 Shawwal 1440 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 24 | Number 7937 | 2 Riyals NHRC: US can play more Shura Council Speaker reviews ties with Portugal FM effective role to stop siege nations' rights violations QNA WASHINGTON UAE government continues The US administration, elites, violating ICJ decisions organisations and parliamen- tarians, as well as American poli- QNA/GENEVA ticians can play more effective role in pressuring the blockading The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has confirmed countries and urging them to the UAE’s continued violation of the International Court of Justice’s stop their violations of human (ICJ) decision of July 23, 2018, as part of the initial precautionary rights, said Chairman of the measures to require the UAE to allow Qatari students to return National Human Rights to study if they so wish, or access to their academic records, as Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin well as allowing those affected to resort to UAE courts. Speaker of the Shura Council H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud met yesterday with the Smaikh Al Marri. Dr Mohammed Al Saadi, Director of the International Cooper- He noted that after more than ation Department at the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva, in Lisbon during his two years , the Gulf crisis is still in said in discussions at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council official visit to the country. They reviewed bilateral relations and ways of supporting and strengthening place, and the suffering of the in Geneva said that till now, the UAE has not responded to the ICJ’s them, in addition to discussing a number of issues of common concern. A number of members of victims is getting worse because decisions to flagrant violations of article 26 of the Universal Decla- the Shura Council and Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Portugal, Saad bin Ali Al ` of the intransigence of the block- ration of Human Rights and article 13 of the International Covenant Mohannadi, attended the meeting. P2 ading countries and their dis- on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. `P3 regard for the calls of govern- ments and international organi- zations that condemned the developing human rights in of the sponsorship law. “ He noted MME campaign against abandoned violations caused by the blockade. Qatar, and the new challenges the importance of the opening of This came during a seminar posed by the blockade crisis. the ILO office in Doha and its held by the Qatari-US Center in Responding to a question appreciation of the reforms vehicles to begin from tomorrow Washington, DC, in the presence about the committee’s handling undertaken by the Qatari Gov- SANAULLAH ATAULLAH The Ministry has urged cit- at Doha Municipality removed of a group of think tanks in the of complaints filed by expatriate ernment for the protection and THE PENINSULA izens and residents to report a total of 419 abandoned vehicles United States, including dip- workers in Qatar, Dr Al Marri said: development of human rights. about abandoned vehicles on its during months long campaign lomats, intellectuals, researchers “Since the establishment of the On his assessment of the US The Ministry of Municipality and call center number 184, website launched in April and May in the of intellectual institutions, National Human Rights Com- role since the beginning of the Environment represented by or its mobile application. They industrial support services areas writers and journalists, where mittee (NHRC) , we have been Gulf crisis, Dr Al Marri said: “We Doha Municipality will launch a can also report about abandoned of the municipalities of Doha, Al they talked about developments keen to receive all complaints by believe that the US administration major campaign tomorrow to vehicles directly to the Com- Wakra, Al Khor-and-Al Zakhira of the human rights in the State expatriates from different nation- can play a more effective and remove abandoned vehicles mittee for Abandoned Vehicles and Al Shamal. of Qatar and the repercussions alities and we are working with influential role in resolving the from public places. by calling on 33238885 from The Department caught a of the blockade imposed on it, the concerned authorities in the Gulf crisis and pressure its allies The campaign will cover 6am to 1pm. total of 721 abandoned vehicles since June 5, 2017. country to resolve the problems the blockading countries to stop many areas in Doha and will be Hundreds of abandoned during the campaign which At the beginning of the raised. We have made many rec- violations of the rights of citizens be carried out in collaboration vehicles were removed from aimed at rectify the legal situa- session, Dr Al Marri gave an ommendations to the Qatari gov- and residents of the State of Qatar, with the Committee for many places including Madinat tions of establishments, institu- overview of the establishment ernment to amend some laws, and and the right of Gulf families in Removing Abandoned Vehicles. Khalifa, Umm Guwaili, Al Khor tions, companies, workshops of the National Human Rights many legislations have been general, as a matter of priority The move aims at ensuring and Al Shamal in the campaigns and garages, and to spread Committee (NHRC) , its tasks, the amended in favor of the pro- given by Washington to the issue health and hygiene at public launched during second quarter awareness of the municipal laws most important challenges it tection of labor rights and human of defending human rights in the places and to keep the cities (Q2) of this year. to keep these areas clean and faced in protecting and rights in general, notably abolition world.” `P3 clean and beautiful. The Monitoring Department hygienic. `P2 Cruise tourism to increase after Doha Port dredging SACHIN KUMAR and Communications said last and other water bodies. It is often tour and travel agency told The Transport and Communications the 2018-19 season. Doha Port THE PENINSULA week that it had completed the carried out for maintaining or Peninsula. had begun dredging work in received 144,707 passengers and dredging works at Doha Port as increasing the depth of navi- “Dredging will have two-way December last year. crew on 44 ships during the Deepening of Doha Port and part of its redevelopment project. gation channels, anchorages, or impact on the country’s tourism Number of tourists at Doha season. The rise in the number of addition of an extra berthing will Up to 3.5mn cubic meters of berthing areas to ensure the safe industry. First it will allow port has increased significantly tourists was a result of mainline help in boosting tourism in the material in the approach channel passage of boats and ships. supersize ships to come to Qatar due to the dedicated customer cruise vessels expressing their country as it will increase the have been cleared and an extra “Doha Port plays a huge role and secondly the number of handling facility and capacity, interest in Doha and deploying number of cruise ships and tourists berthing has been provided to in Qatar’s tourism sector because tourists coming to country will government’s focused measures bigger cruise vessels to Doha. coming to the country. Hotels, accommodate more than one it has become Qatar’s gateway also increase because more ships for the tourism sector and Mwani According to QNTC, Qatar restaurants, retail and service giant cruise ship, it added. to marine tourism. Any will be able to come to Qatar Qatar’s efforts to bring in major received 588,000 visitors during sectors will be the main benefi- Dredging is the removal of expansion work in this port has because of extra berthing space.” cruise liners to Qatar. the first quarter of this year, ciary of rising tourism, say experts. sediments and debris from the a positive effect on the country’s With an aim to boost Doha Doha Port welcomed a reflecting an increase of 10 percent The Ministry of Transport bottom of lakes, rivers, harbors, tourism,” a senior official of a Port’s capacity, the Ministry of record number of passengers in compared to the Q1 last year. Deadly heatwave grips Europe Europe says Iran AFP degrees Celsius was set in August trade channel CARPENTRAS, FRANCE 2003. Records began at the turn of the 20th century. operational Temperatures in France surpassed Earlier yesterday, the mercury 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees rose above 44 degrees C in the REUTERS Fahrenheit) yesterday for the first southeastern town of Carpentras. BRUSSELS time on record as Europe sweltered The town was deserted, with cafe in an early summer heatwave that owners contemplating empty ter- Britain, France and Germany has caused several deaths. races which would normally be have a special trade channel up With France, Spain, Italy and packed. “We have never seen this!” and running with Iran that aims parts of central Europe hard hit by one exclaimed. The new record to circumvent US economic the record-breaking temperatures, makes France just the seventh sanctions, the EU said in a officials pleaded with people to take European country to have recorded statement. common sense precautions. a plus 45-degree temperature, along “France, Germany and the France’s new record temper- with Bulgaria, Portugal, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom informed par- ature of 45.9 degrees C (114.6 degrees Greece and North Macedonia, Meteo ticipants that INSTEX had been F) was registered in Gallargues-le- France said. Two deaths linked to made operational and Montueux, a village in the southern the heatwave were reported in available to all EU Member department of Gard near Montpellier, Spain.