Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr. Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan, Dr. Mariam Al Sadiq Al Mahdi, at the Committee’s headquarters yesterday.
On the sidelines of the visit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on behalf of the NHRC by the Assistant Secretary-General Sultan Hassan Al Jamali, while Ambassador Adel Hussein Sharafi, Director General of Financial and Human Resources, signed for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.
The MoU aims to promote and protect human rights and focus on areas of interest to both parties, based on their common goals in coordination and cooperation to build and raise the capacities of diplomats and workers in Sudanese ministries and institutions related to human rights, organize activities, studies and research, and exchange publications and visits.
The two parties aim to cooperate in human rightsrelated issues through the development of programmes and projects to raise the capabilities of workers in this field and work to benefit from the expertise, experiences, and international mechanisms concerned with human rights and the exchange of information.
They’ll also exchange experiences in technical cooperation concerning the organisation of conferences and seminars, training courses, and preparation of studies in the field of human rights in addition to developing existing training tools and enhancing the benefit of their joint competencies and experiences, and setting priorities for each party’s benefit from the programs and activities organised by the other.
Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Sultan Hassan Al Jamali said: “We signed today a joint memorandum of understanding between the National Human Rights Committee and the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which includes the exchange of experiences between the two parties to promote and protect human rights and develop capacitybuilding for workers in various institutions, to hold courses, conferences and workshops and we will form a joint committee whose task is to prepare an implementation plan during the next two years to implement the effectiveness of this joint agreement.”
He explained that the next stage would witness consolidation of this cooperation through the support that the NHRC can provide with its cumulative experiences at the national, regional, and international levels, especially regarding the technical contribution to the establishment of the National Committee for Human Rights in Sudan following the Paris Principles, and to provide all institutions and departments related to human rights.
