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Celebrating World Population Day that was established by United Nation General Assembly, and based on the decision of the Council of Ministers in its regular meeting (27) on October 6, 2010 approving the celebration of Qatar Population Day in October every year (the launch date of Qatar Population Policy in 2009), the Permanent Population Committee (PPC) will celebrate Qatar Population Day in tomorrow 27 October 2015 the Four Season Hotel under the theme “First Six-year Evaluation of the Population Policy”.
His Excellency Dr. Saleh Bin Mohammed Al Nabit, Minster of Development Planning and Statistics and PPC Chairman, will opened the event with a speech in which he will review the outcomes of the Permanent Population Committee after six year of the launch of the State’s population policy.
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Saleh Abdullah al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry (guest of honor), will deliver a speech in which he will stress importance of cooperation and coordination among all ministries, institution and agencies in Qatar to guarantee successful implementation of the Population Policy Action Plan.
His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdul Ahad, Regional Director of the UNFPA for the Arab States, will then deliver a speech. The opening session will be concluded by honoring the former heads of groups.
After the above-mentioned welcoming speeches, Mr. Sultan Al Kuwari , PPC Vice Chairman, will speak in the second session about the second phase of the population policy evaluation plan.
As for the third and final session, it will be dedicated to discuss the six themes of the population policy (population and manpower; urban growth, housing and environment; education, training and youth; public health and reproductive health; women and children; and elderly and persons with disabilities), in order to develop the general features of the second phase of the first six-year evaluation of the population policy (October 2015- October 2016), and its priorities.