Qatar Is Most Peaceful Nation in MENA: Report
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THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2019 SHAWWAL 10, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4659 QR 2 FINE Fajr: 3:14 am Dhuhr: 11:34 am HIGH : 44°C Asr: 2:57pm Maghrib: 6:26 pm LOW : 32°C Isha: 7:56 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 10 Sports 13 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Qatar’s economy to expand 3% ‘Strong Qatar’ will be cheered Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera over medium term: World Bank by Brazilian fans: Macedo alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 Make the most of your trip Ooredoo Terms and conditions apply with 2x data with Qatarna data summer! Qatar is most peaceful nation in MENA: Report for the first time in five years, Amir congratulates Climbs 10 places with the average level of coun- try peacefulness improving Russian president to secure 31st slightly by 0.09 per cent. The THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim rank globally increase in peacefulness was bin Hamad al Thani on the result of a reduction in the Wednesday sent a cable of severity of several major con- congratulation to Russian TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK flicts worldwide, which led to President Vladimir Putin on DOHA decreases in deaths from in- the occasion of his coun- The new traffic office being inaugurated in The Pearl on Wednesday. ternal conflict. try’s National Day. (QNA) QATAR is the most peaceful Iceland remains the most country in the Middle East peaceful country in the world, MoI opens traffic office in The Pearl and North Africa (MENA) re- a position it has held since gion, according to the Global The indicators used to cal- 2008. New Zealand, Austria, Cabinet approves licensing and traffic investigation. Peace Index (GPI) 2019. Qatar culate the index fall in three Portugal and Denmark also sit MoI, UDC sign MoU to enhance traffic safety The General Directorate of Traffic has climbed 10 places to rank 31st categories: social safety and in the top five most peaceful draft decision on signed a memorandum of understanding among 163 countries on the security, ongoing domestic rankings. QNA (MoU) with the United Development Com- index. and international conflicts and The GPI is a report pro- National Address DOHA pany (UDC) to enhance cooperation and In the MENA region, Qatar the level of militarisation. duced by the Institute for Eco- THE Cabinet on Wednesday ap- traffic safety on the Pearl. was followed by Kuwait (43), A lower score means high- nomics and Peace and devel- proved a draft decision specify- THE Ministry of Interior (MoI) has inau- Director General of Traffic Major Gen- the UAE (53), Oman (69), Jor- er level of peace. Qatar secured oped in consultation with an ing implementation mechanism gurated a traffic department office in The eral Muhammad Saad al Kharji said the dan (77), Tunisia (82), Moroc- a score of 1.696. international panel of peace of Law No 24 of 2017 on Pearl-Qatar as part of its plan to expand opening of this centre comes as part of co (90), Algeria (111), Bahrain According to the report, experts from peace institutes National Address. The move service centres to keep up with the urban the MoI’s plan to provide traffic services (124) and Saudi Arabia (129). Qatar made biggest improve- and think tanks with data comes within the framework of development and to facilitate access to ser- to a large segment of the population and The index ranks 163 in- ment based on reductions in collected and collated by the completing the necessary deci- vices for citizens, residents and visitors. visitors in The Pearl, which is an important dependent states and territo- political terror, the homicide Economist Intelligence Unit. sions to activate the provisions The new office has 14 counters, provid- tourist landmark. ries according to their level of rate, and the intensity of inter- The Index was first referred to Law No. (24) for the ing up to 90 percent of the traffic-related peacefulness using 23 differ- nal conflict. launched in 2007, with sub- year 2017. (QNA) PAGE 2 services such as investigations, registration, Continued on page 2 Ô ent qualitative and quantita- The report finds that the sequent reports released an- tive indicators. world became more peaceful nually. 02 Thursday, June 13, 2019 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Amir holds phone call with FM SENDS MESSAGE TO BULGARIAN COUNTERPART president of Kazakhstan Cabinet approves minister’s THE Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani held a phone call with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednes- day. HH the Amir congratulated Tokayev on his inauguration as the draft decision on national president, wishing him and the people of Kazakhstan good luck and further progress and prosperity. The two sides also reviewed the bilateral relations and the ways to promote them, and exchanged address law implementation visit invitations. (QNA) QNA al Jafali al Nuaimi said the dination between the bodies Amir congratulates Philippines president DOHA Cabinet approved Draft Amiri operating at Hamad Interna- THE Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani on Decision abolishing Amiri De- tional Airport from October 1, Wednesday sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Phil- THE Cabinet, at a meeting cision No 14 of 2002 estab- 2018 to March 31, 2019. ippines Rodrigo Duterte on his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) chaired by Prime Minister and lishing steering committee of The Cabinet also reviewed Minister of Interior HE Sheikh the Hamad International Air- a memorandum of Minister of Deputy Amir sends greetings Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khal- port Expansion Project. Administrative Development, to Russian president ifa al Thani on Wednesday, The Cabinet also issued a Labour and Social Affairs on approved the Minister of Inte- draft law on attestation after the outcome of the 16th meet- THE Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani rior’s draft decision specifying reviewing the recommenda- ing of Ministers and Heads of on Wednesday sent a cable of congratulation to President of Russia implementation mechanism tion of the Shura Council on it. Civil Service and Administra- Vladimir Putin on his country’s National Day. (QNA) of Law No 24 of 2017 on Na- The Cabinet approved a tive Development in the GCC tional Address. draft memorandum of un- States held in Muscat in April Deputy Amir congratulates The preparation of the derstanding for cooperation 2019 and a memorandum of Philippines president Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of the Judicial Reform draft decision comes within in the field of Islamic Affairs Minister of Administrative and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva on Wednes- the framework of completing and Endowments between the Development, Labour and THE Deputy Amir His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al Thani day received a written message from Deputy Prime Minister and the necessary decisions to ac- Government of Qatar and the Social Affairs on the outcome on Wednesday sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman tivate the provisions of Law Government of Kuwait. of the 63rd session of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte on his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) al Thani. The message pertained to bilateral ties and the means to No (24) of the year 2017. Beside, the Cabinet re- Commission on the Status of develop them. Qatar’s Ambassador to Bulgaria HE Rashid bin Ali al Following the meeting, viewed letter from the Minis- Women of the United Nations PM sends greetings to Khater handed over the message during a meeting with the Bulgar- Minister of Justice and Acting try of Transport and Commu- Economic and Social Council Russian counterpart ian Deputy PM in Sofia. (QNA). Minister of State for Cabinet nications regarding a report held in New York in March Affairs HE Dr Issa bin Saad on the committee for coor- 2019. PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Wednesday sent a cable of congratu- lations to Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on his coun- try’s National Day. (QNA) PM congratulates More than 700 multiple sclerosis Philippines president PRIME Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani on Wednesday sent a cable of congratu- patients receiving care at HMC lations to President the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte on his country’s Independence Day. (QNA) Multiple sclerosis can cause problems with vision, balance, muscle control and other body functions UN welcomes Qatar’s offer to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Early diagnosis and by multiple sclerosis, the nerves toimmune diseases, and smok- DOHA treatment are important for will not work as they should. As ing are thought to be factors. host 5th Conference on Least MS. A neuro-inflammatory a result, they may have symp- According to Dr Deleu, MS HAMAD Medical Corporation’s toms like difficulty walking, is rarely fatal but could lead to Developed Countries in 2021 (HMC) Neurology Department disorder like MS leaves a lot feeling tired, muscle weakness complications such as muscle has been providing advanced of lesions in the central or spasms, blurred or double stiffness or spasms (spastic- QNA Representative for the Least care to more than 700 patients nervous system and with vision, numbness and tingling, ity), paralysis in the extremi- NEW YORK Developed Countries, Land- with multiple sclerosis (MS). every lesion there is a poor bladder or bowel control, ties, problems with the bladder, locked Developing Countries With two weekly clinics, potential loss of function.