Qatar: Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Program: Qatar played a major and inspiring role for the international community

Doha, March 08 (QNA) – Mr. Hao Ling Shao, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Director and Director of the Office of Policy and Program Support at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), stressed that the Doha Work Program is a glimmer of hope and great importance, as its development efforts seek to ensure the provision of high standards of living in less developed countries, noting that achieving this goal requires the provision of human capacity and capital in order to deal with all other challenges. In an exclusive interview with Qatar News Agency (QNA), Mr. Hao Ling Chao said that the member states of the United Nations adopted the Doha Work Program a year ago, to help develop the least developed countries to achieve the goals of sustainable development, noting that the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Countries It is held one year after the adoption of the Doha Work Programme, with the aim of evaluating what has been achieved, in addition to examining the main challenges and problems facing the least developed countries, identifying the best ways and practices to move forward and mobilizing international support for them. He added that the conference represents another occasion through which it is possible to see the challenges facing the least developed countries and standing as an obstacle to achieving their aspirations and the aspirations and goals of their people, ruling out that the least developed countries would achieve their ambitions and aspirations on their own, as they need global solidarity, so that this conference serves as a means of renewing the international support provided to help least developed countries. He noted that the role played by the State of Qatar to assist and support the least developed countries was very important, as it played a major and inspiring role for the international community to unite and consider the results achieved, as well as the existing challenges, pointing to the many projects that have been launched to assist the least developed countries, most notably the program "Climate promise" Which helps 120 countries around the world to enhance their national contributions and support for the least developed countries. On the United Nations Development Programme, Mr. Hau Ling Chau indicated that the United Nations Development Program works in 170 countries and regions around the world, including all the least developed countries, stressing that the program’s role lies in supporting countries to achieve their goals of human and sustainable development. Regarding the situation of the least developed countries, the Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Director and Director of the Policy and Program Support Office of the United Nations Development Program pointed out that the United Nations Development Program aims to support the aspirations and aspirations of these countries to get out of this category, and to achieve the goal of human development, work is being done with these countries In many areas, such as poverty eradication, major programs in social protection, and other related projects. With regard to the climate change file, he stressed that the least developed countries do not contribute to the climate change crisis, but rather are affected and affected most of the time, and work must be done with those countries and help them adapt to climate change, and enhance the ability to store drinking water so that they can deal with it. with fluctuating weather patterns. Mr. Hao Lingshao continued: All countries have made commitments on climate change, and we will not achieve the 1.5°C target for the pre-industrial stage, and the best we can do now is achieve the 2.6°C target, and this kind of results can be disastrous, not for the least developed countries Not only, but also other countries that are located on coastal areas, in addition to the population living in other geographical areas due to extreme weather conditions and high temperatures that have an impact on health, production and lifestyle. Concluding his interview with /QNA/, Mr. Hao Ling Shao, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Director and Director of the Office of Policy and Program Support at the United Nations Development Program, said that there are many potential negative effects regarding climate change, which necessitates the need for all countries to renew their commitments in order to achieve The 1.5°C target, and this stresses the importance of carbon neutrality by 2050 in earnest.