Over the past couple of decades terrorism has been appearing in diverse garbs promoted by varied groups to promote and force upon others their own ideologies, beliefs and conviction. The phenomenon has wreaked havoc by debilitating a large number of people, including women and children, inflicting disastrous impact on the economy of countries and ultimately creating an environment of fear and helplessness in societies.
When an act of terrorism happens, countries are quick to condemn, but after sometime everybody forget about it until the next such incident happens.
Qatar is among the league of a few countries where terrorist could never get a foothold. But Qatar is concerned about the impact of terrorism on the humanity and it has played major role in preventing and mitigating violence by supporting and cooperating with different organisations and agencies especially the United Nations. Recently, Qatar has reiterated its commitment to continue such cooperation within the framework of international cooperation, in a statement to the UN Security Council during an official meeting on “addressing the links between terrorism and organised crime”.
Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations H E Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani expressed Qatar’s belief in the importance of evidence-based policies and an understanding of the causes and forms of links between terrorism and organised crime, stressing the country’s endeavour to enhance information security, encourage international cooperation to combat cybercrime, and provide a safe and robust cyber environment.
H E the Ambassador explained Qatar’s anti-terror efforts saying that the country has hosted and participated in several international conferences and studies aimed at tackling terrorism in all forms. Qatar hosted an international academic conference on April 25, 2018 in Doha, about the relationship between organised crime and terrorism in cooperation with United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the College of Law at Qatar University. In May 2017, Doha hosted a workshop on stopping terrorist financing, held in partnership the with UNODC and the Financial Action Task Force in the Middle East and North Africa. Qatar also participated in sponsoring a conference on international and regional cooperation in combating terrorism financing through illicit drug trafficking and organised crime, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in May last year.
These are only a few examples of Qatar’s efforts in the recent past. The country never supported violence as peace and harmony occupy a prominent niche in its diplomacy and it never failed to condemn acts of violence in any corner of the world, because the county values and respect human life irrespective of ethnicity, cast or creed.
