Forum Calls for Efforts to Tackle Climate Change & Extremism
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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2019 RABI AL-AWWAL 13, 1441 VOL.13 NO. 4786 QR 2 Fajr: 4:28 am Dhuhr: 11:18 am Asr: 2:26 pm Maghrib: 4:49 pm Isha: 6:19 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 9 Sports 12 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building Qatar to enhance economic, Qatar’s Al Tamimi THUNDER STORM MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN HIGH : 31°C Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera trade ties with Russian city roars into Worlds LOW : 26°C alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 of St Petersburg squash pre-quarters SHEIKHA HIND GRACES DOHA FORUM YOUTH EDITION All preparations for Qatar Census 2020 complete: PSA QNA DOHA Amir condoles THE Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) has finalised with Iranian all preparations for the start of the first phase of the general president census of population, hous- QNA ing and establishments (Qatar DOHA 2020 Census). Starting from Sunday, the census will last a THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim whole month. bin Hamad al Thani on Sat- The PSA will hold a press urday sent a cable of condo- conference on Sunday to an- Starting from Sunday, lences to Iranian President nounce the details of the cen- the census will last a Dr Hassan Rouhani on the sus process in its first phase, whole month victims of the earthquake the first field work of research- that hit the East Azerbaijan ers, the following stages of province, northwestern Iran, the process and its nature, and Statistics Authority or- wishing the injured a speedy and the objectives of the cen- ganised the main training pro- recovery. Qatar Foundation Vice-Chairperson and CEO HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al Thani and HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad al Thani attended the sus, which is one of the most gramme for field researchers second Doha Forum Youth Edition at Education City on Saturday. important statistical projects as part of preparations for the to collect comprehensive and first phase of the Qatar Popu- up-to-date data of individuals, lation, Housing and Estab- families, buildings and estab- lishments Census 2020 (data lishments in order to achieve completion phase). Forum calls for efforts to tackle developmental and service ob- The General Census of jectives. Population, Housing and Es- The press conference will tablishments, is the only statis- be addressed by PSA President tical process that is carried out QNB wins ‘Best climate change & extremism Dr Saleh bin Mohammad al by comprehensive inventory, Nabit, and a number of mem- once every five or ten years. Biometrics MERIAM JELLITI The forum offered an op- him, and her,” Minister of slap for a young man in Tu- bers of the Census Executive Qatar had carried out a Initiative’ DOHA portunity to young students Culture and Sports HE Salah nisia caused the Arab revolu- Committee. number of them in 1986, 1997, and future leaders from bin Ghanem al Ali said. tions and brought about ma- Last week, the Planning 2004, 2010 and 2015. Award (PG 9 ) THE second Doha Forum around the world to explore “The beginning must be jor changes in the region, and Youth Edition engaged the options and solutions of from ourselves, If we want to events are still under way,” young people in dialogue, di- climate change and the ways change the world, let us start he said. plomacy, and diversity, with to tackle radicalisation. by ourselves,” he said, adding Highlighting the im- attendees calling for concert- The event is a precursor that the real change in the portance of the ambition of ed efforts to tackle climate to the annual Doha Forum, major perceptions of socie- young people, he said, “While Over 1.8 mn transactions change and extremism. an immersive two-day forum ties starts from the self and wars and racism and many Vice-Chairperson and that will gather global lead- changes from within. other issues concerning lib- by General Directorate of CEO of Qatar Foundation HE ers for constructive dialogue. He pointed out that erties exist in different forms Sheikha Hind bint Hamad al It will be held in Doha on De- the great transformations in every part of the world, Thani and HE Sheikh Thani cember 14-15. throughout the history began one must determine the most Passports in September bin Hamad al Thani attended “The biggest changes from people and did not start important mechanism that QNA The Search and Follow- QIIB honoured the event organised at the which took place in history from institutions, citing the will contribute to making real DOHA up Department carried out Minaretein building (College were all brought by individu- example of the prophets, re- effective changes in societies, 49,768 transactions. The with Islamic Retail of Islamic Studies) in Educa- als, not institutions. When formers, and revolutionaries and that is indeed the ambi- THE General Directorate of Support Services Department tion City on Saturday. we talk about true and great in various eras and societies. tion of young people.” Passports completed more for recruitment completed Banking Awards The event attracted more paradigm shifts; those are “Each of us should review than 1.8 million transactions 75,074 transactions, while (PG 10 ) than 200 participants. experienced within me, you, himself. A simple thing as a Continued on page 2 in September, according to the Airport Passports Depart- statistics of the Ministry of ment carried out 1,124,640 Interior (MoI). transactions. The statistics showed The total number of entry that the transactions carried and exit traffic through Hamad out in the departments of the International Airport in Sep- General Directorate of Pass- tember reached 1,056,027 On Berlin Wall anniversary, Merkel ports in September amounted movements, including 400,27 urges Europe to defend freedom to 1,535,153 transactions, entry and exit through elec- including 70,028 through tronic gates. CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel on Saturday urged Europe to defend the Expatriates Affairs De- E-services transactions democracy and freedom as Germany marked 30 years since the partment, 207,019 transac- reached 239,761, of which fall of the Berlin Wall, warning that such gains must not be taken tions in the Unified Services 133 were through e-government for granted. At a solemn ceremony in a church standing on the Department in its various geo- portal and 141,404 through the former “death strip” that divided East and West, Merkel said the graphical centres, and 4,664 website of the MoI and 98,224 Berlin Wall reminds “us that we have to do our part for freedom transactions in the Border transactions through the mobile and democracy”. PAGE 8 Passports Department. application “Metrash 2”. NHRC Chairman HE Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri with Chairman of the National Bureau for Human Rights of Kuwait, Ambassador Jassim Mubarak al Mubaraki in Doha on Saturday. Qatar, Kuwait pledge to enhance India’s top court awards holy site to Hindus cooperation in human rights field AFP trigger unrest. By late Satur- hi court, Ayodhya itself was 16th century. was its chief minister — saw NEW DELHI day no incidents had been re- barricaded with thousands In the 1980s, as Hindu na- upwards of 1,000 people per- QATAR, Kuwait have pledged experiences and expertise. ported. of extra security personnel, tionalism and the Bharatiya ish, again largely Muslims. to boost cooperation in the The meeting also dis- INDIA’S top court handed a The Supreme Court ruled including deployment of riot Janata Party (BJP) began to The verdict, it is hoped, field of human rights. cussed the possibility of sign- huge victory to Prime Minis- that the site in Ayodhya in police, and banning of all strengthen, pressure grew for will put an end to a decades- This came as Chairman ing an agreement of under- ter Narendra Modi’s Hindu northern India, where Hindu gatherings. the mosque to be replaced by old legal wrangle. of the National Human Rights standing between the NHRC nationalist party on Saturday, mobs destroyed a 460-year- Police were on alert across a new Hindu temple at the Zafaryab Jilani, a lawyer Committee (NHRC) HE Dr and the Bureau aimed at awarding Hindus control of a old mosque in 1992, must be India while officials and vol- 2.8-acre site. representing one of the Mus- Ali bin Smaikh al Marri met strengthening and protecting bitterly disputed holy site that managed by a trust to oversee unteers scoured social media In 1992, a Hindu mob es- lim litigants, said however Chairman of the National the close relations between has sparked some of the coun- the construction of a Hindu for inflammatory posts. Inter- timated to number 200,000 that it was “unjust” and was Bureau for Human Rights of the two parties in the fields try’s worst sectarian blood- temple. net access was suspended in reduced the mosque to rubble, considering filing a review pe- Kuwait, Ambassador Jassim of human rights, in addition shed. A separate piece of land in the city of Aligarh, home to a unleashing some of the worst tition. Mubarak al Mubaraki in Doha to the joint organisation of Authorities stepped up se- Ayodhya would be given over large Muslim minority. religious riots since independ- “Now, finally, the talk on Saturday. training courses, confer- curity nationwide for the deci- to a Muslim group to build a Devout Hindus believe ence, killing some 2,000 peo- around it and even the politics The meeting also dis- ences, forums and seminars, sion and Modi called for calm, “prominent” new mosque, the that Lord Ram, the warrior ple, mostly Muslims.