(MENAFN- QNA) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is committed to efforts to oppose the criminals who sabotage the rule of law and sustainable development, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said at a high-level meeting at the 13th Crime Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha.
Speaking at a panel meeting on ‘Rule of Law, Human Rights and post 2015 Development Agenda’, Fedotov said, "Together, we can advance justice and uphold human dignity, and confront the criminals who undermine the rule of law and sustainable development."
HE the Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah spoke at the high level meeting attended by other UN officials, ministers and delegates from global organisations and civil societies.
Other speakers at the meeting hosted by Italy and Thailand, included President of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly Sam Kutesa; President of ECOSOC Martin Sajdik; Assistant Secretary-General of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Ivan Simonovic; Assistant Secretary-General Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), Dmitry Titov; former President of Slovenia, Danilo Turk; Minister of Justice of Italy, Andrea Orlando; Minister of Justice of Thailand, Paiboon Khumchaya; and Assistant Administrator the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Magdy Martinez-Soliman.
Fedotov reiterated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks to the Congress on the first day that "there can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Lasting peace and sustainable development cannot be fully realised without respect for human rights and the rule of law." (MORE)
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