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Qatar participates in 41st session of Human Rights Council’s panel discussion in Geneva

Published: 11 Jul 2019 - 09:12 am | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 11:54 pm

QNA

Geneva: The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs yesterday participated in a seminar on the rights of older persons as part of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, currently held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The seminar, which was entitled “Technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of the human rights of older persons,” reviewed the experiences of the participants and the exchange of experience, knowledge and best practices among them, as well as means of enhancing technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights for the elderly. 

A number of representatives of participating States, civil society institutions, national human rights institutions and the World Health Organisation participated in the seminar.