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Amir Attends Paris Peace Forum BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 31 Commerce Minister opens Points leaders Qatar Entrepreneurship City win Manchesterer Conference derby 3-1 Monday 12 November 2018 | 4 Rabia I 1440 www.thepeninsula.qa Volume 23 | Number 7708 | 2 Riyals Amir attends Paris Peace Forum THE PENINSULA Europe and beyond. Echoing comments made by DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim Macron, she said there was a wor- bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday rying readiness by some to attended the opening of Paris promote self-interest and ignore Peace Forum, held at the Grand ties that have underpinned peace Halle de la Villette in Paris, at the since the end of the Second World invitation of President of the War. French Republic Emmanuel “Most of the challenges today Macron, in the presence of a cannot be solved by one nation number of Their Excellencies, alone, but together. That’s why Heads of State and Government, we need a common approach,” heads of delegations and a number Merkel told the audience. “If iso- of representatives of international lation wasn’t the solution 100 organisations and civil society. years ago, how can it be today in H H the Amir left yesterday such an interconnected world?” evening the French capital Paris, Leaders including Russian Pres- after taking part in the opening ident Vladimir Putin and his Turkish of Peace Forum. H H the Amir counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accompanied by an official were among those who listened as delegation. Merkel, Macron and United Nations Reuters reported that the Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres leaders of Germany and France lauded the UN and institutions like called for a unified approach to fos- it that seek multilateral solutions to tering world peace at the forum. global problems. German Chancellor Angela AFP reported that Macron asked Merkel opened the Paris Peace how the image of more than 70 world Forum, which followed a cer- leaders including U S President emony in the French capital to Donald Trump and Putin paying their mark the centenary of the end of respects to the war dead in Paris yes- the First World War, with a terday would be remembered. Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohamed bin warning that “blinkered” nation- Abdulrahman Al Thani during the Paris Peace Forum, yesterday. alism was gaining ground in `CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 QU graduates 41st batch of male students AMNA PERVAIZ RAO During the graduation THE PENINSULA ceremony H H the Deputy Amir honoured DOHA: Under the patronage of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin 70 distinguished male Hamad Al Thani and in the graduates. presence of Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar University (QU) a documentary film on QU’s graduated the 41st batch of 800 achievements and the devel- male students in the class of 2018 opment of its faculties, pro- yesterday at the new Sports and grammes, studies and Events Complex at QU. researches that contributed to This year boasts a total of meet the community’s needs 3,370 graduates, in which 800 and aspirations, in addition to a are male students, for the aca- presentation about the students’ demic year of Fall 2017 and local and foreign Winter, Spring and Summer participation. Deputy Amir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa 2018. During the graduation cer- In his opening speech at the Al Thani with other dignitaries during the Qatar University graduation ceremony yesterday. emony H H the Deputy Amir graduation ceremony, Dr. honoured 70 distinguished male Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham, graduates. President of QU, said: “As we cel- solidarity to our wise leadership, about a qualitative leap in the Qatar National Vision 2030.” working on developing social QU President, along with ebrate today this batch of distin- who led the country amid the University’s education. He said QU, he said, continues to be and human sciences in our aca- senior QU officials, deans, dig- guished graduates, we are wit- unjust siege that sought to hijack that Qatar University is a national ranked first in the International demic programs in our study nitaries, parents, faculty, staff, nessing an important milestone the prosperity of our country.” university in which Qatari Outlook indicator in the overall plans, as well as the development alumni and well-wishers in the history of our beloved Speaking on the future of QU, society is witnessing a Times Higher Education (THE) of scientific research methods attended the ceremony. homeland. The people of Qatar Dr. Derham told the audience revitalisation. World University Rankings list and research centers." The ceremony started with and its residents have shown a that QU is working in partnership “This shift coincides with the for the fourth time in a row. ` verses from the Holy Quran and unique loyalty and show of with various sectors to bring international trends and the “We, at Qatar University are CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Ashghal plans permanent solution to water-logging MoPH launches National THE PENINSULA are being implemented to find of water tankers and pumping quantities of rainwater. Tankers Mental Health website permanent solutions to drain machines totalling to 500, in a bid and pumping machines were DOHA: The Public Works rainwater, which are expected to accelerate the operation to also deployed around the THE PENINSULA sehanafsia.moph.gov.qa has been Authority (Ashghal) has revealed to be completed over the next remove the rainwater and put an schools facing water-logging developed in full collaboration a complete under-development few years, said Ashghal in a end the water-logging. The short- issue during rainfall in the past DOHA: The Ministry of Public between the Ministry of Public projects to bring about a statement yesterday. term plans developed by Ashghal in order to ensure the safety of Health (MoPH) has launched Health and key health partners, permanent solution for the Over the past two weeks, include recently completed works students, parents and staff. Qatar’s first National Mental Primary Healthcare Corporation, problem of water-logging Ashghal built more lagoons (arti- and others that will be completed Along this, three-month and Health website sehanafsia.moph. Hamad Medical Corporation, caused by rainfall across the ficial ponds) to collect larger within a week. six-month plans were also made gov.qa, yesterday. The website Sidra Medicine and Naufar. country. amounts of rainwater thanks to These plans include in preparation for next rainy ‘Your Mind Matters’ is an initiative The National Mental Health Ashghal has prepared a the Ministry of Municipality and installing additional pumping season. These plans will focus of the Qatar National Mental website is a regulated and trusted number of short- and medium- Environment and Qatar Foun- machines and conducting nec- on areas with limited drainage Health Strategy (2013-2018). online platform that hosts credible term plans to protect the main dation for providing the lands to essary maintenance of the networks or those with no rain- To bring mental health and up to date information in both areas that have witnessed water- dig these ponds, said the existing ones, as well as water drainage networks. awareness to the wider com- Arabic and English. logging due to rainfall in the past. Authority. increasing the number of ponds munity within the State of Qatar, In addition, a number of projects Ashghal increased the number to accommodate larger `CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 the bilingual website under `CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 02 HOME MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2018 Amir attends Paris Peace Forum CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Will it be a photograph of the last moment of unity before the world fell into a new disorder?” he asked. “The world we live in is being undermined by crises which are destabilising our societies,” the French President said, listing climate change, ter- rorism, cyber-crime and nuclear proliferation. “We are being under- mined by the ‘sad passions’: nationalism, anti-semitism, extremism...” According to AFP, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of “parallels” between the present day and the unstable and dangerous 1930s as he marked the centenary of World War I in a speech in Paris. “As I see it, several ele- ments today have many par- allels with both the start of the twentieth century and the 1930s, giving us grounds to fear that an unpredictable chain of events could ensue,” Guterres said at the Paris Peace Forum. He warned about the “polarisation of political life” Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the opening of Paris Peace Forum, held at the Grand Halle de la Villette in Paris, esterday.y and rising tensions over trade. Information Security Conference to focus on digital assets Amir greets President THE PENINSULA infrastructure of any country and infrastructure improvements for security infrastructure and 40 companies specialized in the the need to raise awareness on the the financial sector. provide its services not only at the field of information security from of Poland DOHA: The fifth Information danger of such crimes and fight it. He added this year’s edition level of the financial sector, but at within the State of Qatar and from Security Conference for the Speaking at a press con- will include workshops to achieve all levels in the State, rather than Gulf countries such as Oman and QNA Financial Sector will take place on ference yesterday, Acting Director, a comprehensive understanding by outsourcing companies that Kuwait, and countries such as November 18 and 19, to shed light Banking, Payments and Set- to the issues discussed by the con- assess the information security Turkey, Sudan, USA, Britain, DOHA: Amir H H Sheikh on information security, infra- tlement Systems Department, ference, as well as give an oppor- infrastructure and risks.
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