Geneva: Qatar has stressed the importance of education as a fundamental right that should be enjoyed equally and called for protecting education from attacks, making schools secure spaces, and protecting them from being used for military purposes.
This came in the joint statement delivered by the third secretary of the permanent delegation of Qatar to the United Nations office in Geneva Abdullah Ali Behzad on behalf of 57 countries during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education within the framework of the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Education promotes knowledge, skills and core values of human, social and economic development which help achieve permanent peace and sustainable development, Behzad pointed out, noting the countries’ commitment to upholding the responsibility of respecting the right to education, protecting and fulfilling it through the ratification of international human rights conventions.
