Jose A. Benzaquen Perea
International relations are the fundamental tools and dynamics that help establish development between States and other actors within the international community. The appearance of international organizations has added to this definition a new subject, where the regulation is a matter of public international law, in which human rights take on a settling importance action that must be engaged into the perception of leaders of these states.
Within the framework of the United Nations, world leaders had an initiative to set a vision conceived in eight (8) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) until the year 2015, which were not fully achieved. As a result, on September 25th of 2015, at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, 193 world leaders gathered and committed to meeting these objectives, known as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that seeks ending poverty and hunger, realizing the human rights of all, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and ensuring the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources.
Qatar was one of the signatory countries jointly with Peru ushering in a new era of national action and international cooperation that would not only address the root causes of poverty but would also work towards increasing economic growth and prosperity, meet people’s health, education, and social needs, as well as insuring the protection of our environment.
This awareness of global problems and the objectives are forged in specific plans, together with how to develop them, finance them, for the good of a better world with concrete and fast results. Progress may acquire time and dedication however, with the help of the international community and the willingness on working hand in hand to achieve these goals states and other international actors will facilitate the establishment of this agenda.
In this regard, there is recognition of the State of Qatar for its valuable cooperation in various sectors, such as health, education, fighting hunger in countries whose populations face this problem, and what we have witnessed permanently.
We think that the goals for 2030 can be achieved with the joint efforts of the States, which we could describe as committed globalization.
Alternatively, the internationalization of the economy, I think, should respond to the mobilization of resources from sources that include international cooperation, so that countries with insufficient budgets can implement programs aimed at putting an end to various social needs.
According to United Nation data, millions of people live in difficult situations, and the incursion of international law under the perspectives of today’s world delimits the need to integrate new strategic action frameworks; In this way, the societies of the 21st century articulate their future under an environment of constant transformation permeated by advances in science, technology, globalization, and its implications in various areas of social, economic, political, and cultural events.
Thus, international law seeks to integrate people, societies, and states under a sense of global identity; the perception of the world citizen which implies facing worldwide problems under a framework of international solutions, in contrast to the aforementioned international instrument: “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
A clear sense of ensuring the course of nations will be possible by articulating margins of awareness and interpretation of international instruments under a systematic perception of the law and the implementation of the human rights approach of a progressive nature, thus facing social vulnerability (illiteracy, hunger, poverty, etc.) providing the population with the crucial element for its development: education.
We believe that education, understood under the instruction-values binomial, is essential for global development within the margins of sustainability and in compliance with the 2030 Agenda, as well as the margins of international relations which we can establish adequate links between our societies.
It is necessary to point out the current strategic compatibility of the State of Qatar with the sustainable development UN goals and Qatar National Vision 2030; from my personal view this country has adopted multiple national strategies in all fields to achieve this vision, including great efforts to help reduce poverty in the most grief-stricken places in the world; and I felt that the charity here is an essential column of the humanitarian principles inherited from Qatari parents and grandparents.
It is exhilarating to mention that for the second time in a row, Her Highness Sheikha Mozah has been chosen to be an advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals, in recognition of her pioneering role in providing quality education, youth empowerment, and human development through her initiatives at the local and international levels.
In my opinion, Qatar will continue its journey of excellence by creating an enabling environment that embraces and encourages creativity, generates new ideas and visions, releases and develops human potential, as well as develop scientific research methods which share with other nations.
Qatar led to achieving an advanced position in the Human Development Index year after year, and as I know it is ranked 45th out of 189 countries in 2020.
However, there is still an urgent need for a continuous effort in all the fields to increase the social and economic work to ensure the sustainability of resources.
Looking at the path ahead, the international community should continue their efforts to progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
The State of Qatar is one of the role model countries that can achieve these objectives and shall continue to strive to attain a sustainable global.
