Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud with President of the Republic of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, in Khartoum yesterday.
Khartoum: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud chaired yesterday the fourth meeting of the Darfur Reconstruction and Development Council and the 12th meeting of the committee for follow-up implementation of Doha Document for Peace in Darfur.
The Deputy PM said that Qatar, under the guidance of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has worked along with its partners in implementing and assessing reconstruction and development projects in Darfur.
Al Mahmoud added that the meeting aims to review the progress achieved in the implementation of Darfur reconstruction projects since the issuance of the decisions of the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur in Doha in 2013.
The meeting also assesses what has been achieved and highlights and explores the challenges facing the implementation and ways to overcome them in order to push forward the wheel of development in Darfur in light of the big gains that have been achieved thanks to the remarkable restoration of security throughout Darfur and the importance attached by all to human development in Darfur, he pointed out.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that work over the past years focused on three pillars, namely to meet some of the humanitarian needs that have emerged following the adoption of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, to garner international support in the long term and not to wait until a comprehensive political settlement is achieved. "To this end, we did all that we can to begin the reconstruction and development projects in order to go hand in hand with the peaceful settlement efforts so that people can feel the difference between the horrors of war and the blessing of stability," he said.
The State of Qatar began the implementation of food and reconstruction projects to encourage stability and voluntary return, Al Mahmoud said, adding that this included the construction of five service complexes in five states with schools, health centers, water stations and police centers.
