SUNDAY JANUARY 24, 2021 JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH 11, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5163 QR 2 Fajr: 5:00 am Dhuhr: 11:46 am FINE Asr: 2:51 pm Maghrib: 5:13 pm HIGH : 23°C LOW : 15 °C Isha: 6:43 pm WE WISH POLICE COLLEGE GRADUATES SUccESS IN SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND PRESERVING ITS SECURITY AND STABILITY: AMIR Amir patronises Police College graduation Amir honours seven outstanding graduates 112 from Qatar, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen graduate with flying colours QNA & TNN DOHA HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the gradua- tion ceremony of the third batch of students of the Ministry of In- terior’s Police College at the Police Training Institute in Al Sailiya on Saturday. The graduation ceremony was attended by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, Minister of Interior of the Sultanate of Oman HE Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior of the Hash- emite Kingdom of Jordan HE Sa- meer Ibrahim Al Mobaideen, and a number of ministers, heads of the diplomatic missions to the state, and high-ranking officers of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Interior, the Amiri Guard, the State Security and the Lekhwiya Force. His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the graduation ceremony of the third batch of students of the Ministry of Interior’s Police College at the Police Training The national anthem was played Institute in Al Sailiya on Saturday. SEE ALSO PAGE 16 at the outset of the ceremony. Then the commander of the graduates’ handed over the flag to the fourth Police College, wishing them suc- new batch of police officers who queue came forward requesting HH Under the patronage of His Highness batch, the appointment order was cess in serving our homeland and fulfilled the requirements for a the Amir to inspect the queue of the the Amir, the graduation ceremony was read out, and the queue of future maintaining its security and stabil- Bachelor’s degree in Law and Po- 112 graduates from Qatar, Jordan, held today for the third batch of Police officers of school students entered. ity,” HH the Amir said. lice Sciences. Palestine and Yemen. College candidates who will represent a At the end of the ceremony, the of- Director-General of the Police Brigadier Al Marri said the 112 After reciting verses from the qualitative addition to our security sector ficers of third batch took the oath College Brigadier Dr Mohammed graduates, include 93 Qatari from Holy Quran and the performance and performed the college anthem. Abdullah Al Muhana Al Marri de- the MoI and a number of military of the graduates’ parade and the .. We congratulate the Qatari graduates In an Instagram post, HH the livered a speech on the occasion bodies in the state, and 19 gradu- military parade, HH the Amir and their colleagues from Jordan, Amir congratulated the new batch welcoming HH the Amir and ex- ates from Jordan, Palestine and honoured the seven outstanding Palestine and Yemen, and we wish all success in serving their of graduates from the Police Col- pressing pleasure with HH patron- Yemen. graduates. countries and societies. lege. “We congratulate the new age and honouring of the ceremony After that, the third batch batch of our sons, graduates of the which marks the graduation of a Continued on page 16 AMIR MEETS INTERIOR MINISTER OF OMAN Global strategy to counter No COVID-19 second terrorism takes off with funding wave in Qatar: Minister from Qatar Qatar is witnessing stability National response strategy in COVID-19 outbreak has been effective QNA NEW YORK QNA world,” she said. DOHA Dr Al Kuwari further said, THE Global Programme on “We are now witnessing a sta- Countering Terrorist Threats QATAR has witnessed stability bilisation of the disease which against Vulnerable Targets in the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been going on for several has been launched with fund- outbreak for several weeks, weeks: we have not seen a ing from Qatar as part of its and has not faced a second second wave, but a number of strong partnership with par- wave of the virus, Minister of small outbreaks, mostly asso- ties to the Global Strategy Public Health HE Dr Hanan ciated with family, social gath- for coordinating the coopera- Mohamed Al Kuwari has said. erings or shared accommoda- tion with the United Nations The minister pointed out tion. These were controlled His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Minister of Interior Office of Counter-Terrorism. that there are a few cases of vi- HE Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari. through intense active sur- of the Sultanate of Oman HE Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi at the Police Training Institute in Al Permanent Representa- rus outbreaks that are mostly veillance and contact tracing. Sailiya on Saturday. The Omani minister called upon HH the Amir to greet him on the occasion of his tive of Qatar to the United related to family, social gath- Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin However, this does not mean visit to Qatar to attend the graduation ceremony of the third batch of candidate students of the Minis- Nations Ambassador HE erings, or shared places of res- Abdulaziz Al Thani the health we are free from the risk of a try of Interior’s Police College. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif idence, and this is controlled sector has worked with part- second wave,” she said. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani. (QNA) Al Thani underlined that Qa- through effective monitoring ners across government to de- “At the start of the pan- tar realises its responsibility and case tracking. However, liver a comprehensive strategy demic, our government took and follows a comprehen- she warned that this does not to protect Qatar’s population very seriously into account the sive approach to preventing mean that “we are completely from the threat of COVID-19. warnings of the WHO and the and combating threats of safe from the threat of a sec- “Qatar has faced a large experience of countries such ‘First lung transplantation in Qatar within 2 months’ terrorism and dealing with ond wave.” epidemic of COVID-19 which as China and Italy which were PREPARATIONS have begun for the start of the He said the organ transplantation process advanced threats; while pay- During her opening ad- reached its peak on May 20. heavily hit by the new disease. first lung transplantation in Qatar within two involves a complex issue that requires proper ing special attention to the dress at the Qatar Health 2021 Despite the large number of We used this ‘window of op- months. coordination between all the teams. protection of vulnerable tar- Virtual Conference, Dr Al Ku- cases, our health system, in- portunity’ that WHO men- This was announced by Dr Yousef Al Maslam- He said there is a team that specialises in gets, expressing confidence wari told delegates that under cluding hospitals and ICUs tioned several times and which ani, Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital removing the organ from the donor, and there is that the Global Programme the direction of His Highness were never overwhelmed Dr Michael Ryan, our keynote and Director of Qatar Center for Organ Transplan- another team that specialises in organ transplanta- launched today will be key the Amir of State of Qatar and the number of deaths re- speaker (at Qatar Health 2021) tation, on Saturday. tion and between removing the organ and replant- to achieving these goals. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad mained at very low levels with repeatedly emphasised.” Al Maslamani also indicated the launch of a ing it, a lot of coordination and arrangement takes (QNA) PAGE 2 Al Thani and Prime Minister a case fatality rate of 0.14 per- live heart transplant programme in Qatar. place that needs to be very precise. PAGE 2 and Minister of Interior HE cent, one of the lowest in the Continued on page 2 02 Sunday, January 24, 2021 Contact US: Qatar Tribune I EDITORIAL I Phone: 40002222 I ADMINISTRATION & MARKETING I Phone: 40002155, 40002122, Fax: 40002235 P.O. Box: 23493, Doha. Qatar-funded programme to combat terrorist threats against vulnerable launched QNA to the protection of vulnerable tive strategies, exchange of the Nations Office of Counter-Ter- nerable to attack, including Michele Coninsx, Director NEW YORK targets. best practices, capacity build- rorism and Interpol. religious sites, adding that the of the United Nations Inter- She expressed confidence ing and facilitating internation- The diplomat added that past few years have witnessed regional Crime and Justice THE Global Programme on that the Global Programme will al cooperation and partner- Qatar has developed expertise an untold tragedy due to cow- Research Institute (UNICRI) Countering Terrorist Threats be key to achieving these goals. ships with the private sector.” and capabilities in this field and ardly terrorist acts that violate Antonia Marie De Meo and against Vulnerable Targets The programme was She stressed the need for expressed Qatar’s readiness the sanctity of places of wor- Executive Director of Police has been launched with fund- launched during a high-level member states to bear the pri- to contribute to strengthening ship. Services at Interpol Stephen ing from Qatar as part of its virtual event organised by the mary responsibility for pro- international cooperation and She said that the perpetra- Kavanagh. strong partnership with par- United Nations Office of Coun- tecting vulnerable targets, building capabilities to con- tors of these attacks not only The Global Programme on ties to the Global Strategy for ter-Terrorism in partnership responding to attacks and re- front terrorist acts against en- exploit the weakness of these Countering Terrorist Threats coordinating the cooperation with the United Nations Alli- covering from them, adding dangered targets.