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25-02-2023

The President of the National Human Rights Council presents the COP-27 experience to the Climate Change and Human Rights Conference in Doha

Ambassador Moshira Khattab, President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), chaired the working group that dealt with presenting the experiences of NCHR. She also presented Egypt's experience in hosting the Cop27 Climate Summit, and dealt with the side event organized by the NCHR in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Child Rights Committee in Geneva, and the Committee of African Experts for the rights and welfare of the child and dealt with the repercussions of the climate on the rights of millions of children around the world, especially in Africa.

 Khattab also reviewed the state of the Arab countries and the Middle East region, which are at the forefront of countries vulnerable to the repercussions of climate change, and stressed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address these challenges, and declared that Egypt is open to exchanging experiences and transferring its successful experience in hosting the Sharm el-Sheikh summit to the UAE, which is hosting the 28th summit. climate at the end of this year, and stressed the importance of building on the achievements made in Sharm el-Sheikh.

 The President of the NCHR also extended condolences to Turkey and Syria for the victims of the devastating earthquake, calling for more international solidarity, setting aside politics and providing support to the peoples of the two countries in the face of the worst natural disaster that befell people in the affected countries, and joining together to support Turkey and Syria to overcome the repercussions of the disaster.