Qatar has earned a global reputation for its conflict resolution initiatives, humanitarian aid and educational initiatives for those in need worldwide.
The country helped establish a national dialogue between the political parties in Lebanon, the Darfur region of Sudan and most recently in Chad or between international parties such as in US-Taliban talks.
In August this year, the Chadian parties signed the Doha Peace Agreement. The agreement came as a culmination of the negotiations hosted during the past five months and paved the way for the start of the national dialogue, which aims to achieve comprehensive national reconciliation.
In 2009, Qatar mediated between Sudan and Chad, and played a leading role in efforts to bring peace to Sudan and hosted talks in Doha during 2013 to 2018. Qatar’s mediation culminated in the signing of a 2010 Eritrea-Djibouti agreement to settle the border dispute and ended armed conflict between the two parties. In 2011, Qatar mediated between Sudan and Eritrea. Qatar mediated between Fatah and Hamas and the Doha Peace Agreement was signed in 2012, besides many other initiatives to bring the warring parties to the negotiating table.
The member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan Al Hadi Idris praised the role played by Qatar in Darfur, its efforts to support the peace process and its reconstruction projects during a visit to a model village established by Qatar Charity in South Darfur.
Qatar has directed a large part of its international humanitarian assistance towards addressing hunger and food shortages. Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed an agreement with the World Food Programme to provide a financial contribution of $90m to secure food assistance to more than 7 million people who are in dire need of food in Yemen. The QFFD signed an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation to help Somalia improve its resilience in the face of climate change.
Besides, the QFFD and the WHO signed a three-year agreement aimed at fighting tropical and other diseases in 49 African countries, benefiting close to 400 million people.
Qatar Charity with funding from the QFFD has launched an early winter response project in northern Syria to deliver aid to internally displaced persons, meet their basic needs and provide shelter assistance to them. The project aims to mitigate the coming winter’s risks that are associated with extremely low temperatures, floods, rainfall and snow.
