رئيس الوزراء يشهد افتتاح المؤتمر السابع للرابطة الدولية لأكاديميات وكليات الشرطة
DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Police College, yesterday witnessed the opening ceremony of the 7th Conference of the International Association of Police Academies and Colleges (INTERPA) at Sheraton Doha.
The three-day event aims at exchanging experiences and knowledge of best global practices in countering terrorism and extremism. The theme of the event is “New Trends in Combating Terrorism and Extremism”.
About 300 participants from 42 countries will discuss issues of political violence, combating terrorism and extremism, how to manage crowds during important events such as international sporting events besides other topics on the agenda of the conference.
Speaking at the beginning of the conference, Director General of the Police College, Brigadier Dr Mohammed Abdullah Al Mohanna Al Marri said that the conference is an opportunity to exchange views and professional experiences and to know about the challenges faced by the member countries of the INTERPA, paving the way for devising effective security measures and future plans that ensure containing terrorism intellectually and practically.
He pointed out that Qatar is one of the first countries to issue a law against terrorism with its Law No. 3 of 2004 and its subsequent amendments and it is a good witness that Qatar always seeks to stand and strike with an iron fist on anyone who tries to carry out a terrorist act.
Dr Al Marri added that the issue of terrorism is the focus of the speeches of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani every year. H H the Emir always affirms that the terrorism faced by the world remains a threat to peoples and nations and its achievements.
“The State of Qatar is one of the safest countries in the world and has remained at the forefront of the Mena region in the Global Peace Index. This stability is due to the strategy, approaches and advanced training plans in security work,” Al Marri added.
Dr Al Marri called for joint international cooperation to face the challenges according to scientific and methodological visions for carrying out in-depth research to reach the best plans to contribute to the elimination of any imminent danger on the basis of information and analysis stemming from specialists in security, legal, intellectual and cultural fields and others.
Dr Al Marri expressed his hope that this conference would come out with the appropriate conclusions and recommendations that serve the police and security work to reach radical solutions to eliminate the phenomenon of terrorism and extremism that threatens the world at present and achieve our desired aspirations and goals.
President of the International Association of Police Academies and Colleges Dr Yilmaz Colak, said in his speech that the annual conference of the Association is an important platform for exchanging information, experiences and best international practices in policing and security.
“The Association is making great efforts to strengthen cooperation among the 76 member States,” he said, welcoming the joining of other members to enrich the experiences of regional and international police colleges and academies.
Dr Colak also noted the importance of the theme of this year’s conference, “New Trends in Countering Terrorism and Extremism”, stressing that the phenomenon of terrorism is not limited to a particular country but has implications for the whole world, and that all the countries of the world may become a potential target of terrorist attacks.
He pointed out that terrorism is based on extremist ideas, adding that cases of extremism of all kinds and forms must be studied and analyzed. Moreover, he said that terrorism has no religion, gender or race, but it is a phenomenon that requires treatment through close international cooperation.
The executive board of International Association of Police Academies (INTERPA) also held a meeting on the sidelines of the seventh INTERPA Conference under the theme “New Trends in Combatting Terrorism and Extremism.”
The meeting discussed a number of topics on the agenda and related to the activities of the association. In addition, the general council of INTERPA also held a meeting with all its members present. They discussed a number of topics and took decisions on issues on the agenda. During the meeting, multiple agreements were signed with regards to states joining the association, including Cameroon, Tunisia, East Timor, Uzbekistan and Zambia.
It was also agreed to hold the eighth INTERPA conference at Gujarat Forensic Sciences University in India in 2019, which will focus on cybercrimes. They also agreed on holding the next executive board meeting in Belarus in October 2018
Meanwhile, the conference in its first session, discussed the factors contributing to the spread of fundamentalism and extremism, ways to address them in the era of networks and information society and the roles required for different institutions at local, regional and international levels.
شهد معالي الشيخ عبدالله بن ناصر بن خليفة آل ثاني رئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير الداخلية، رئيس المجلس الأعلى لكلية الشرطة ، حفل افتتاح المؤتمر السابع للرابطة الدولية لأكاديميات وكليات الشرطة الذي ينظم تحت عنوان (الاتجاهات الحديثة في مكافحة الإرهاب والتطرف) ، بفندق شيراتون الدوحة صباح اليوم.
ويشارك في المؤتمر نخبة من الخبراء والأكاديميين والمتخصصين في المجال الشرطي والأمني من 42 دولة، بهدف تبادل الخبرات والاطلاع على أفضل الممارسات العالمية في مجال مواجهة الإرهاب والتطرف والحد من انتشاره.
ويتضمن جدول أعمال المؤتمر العديد من القضايا مثل قضايا العنف السياسي، ومكافحة الإرهاب والتطرف، وكيفية إدارة الحشود وتأمين الفعاليات والمناسبات الهامة على غرار الفعاليات الرياضية الدولية، إلى جانب مناقشة برنامج إعادة تأهيل وإدماج الأشخاص (الانتكاسيين) في المجتمع وغيرها من الموضوعات المدرجة على جدول أعمال المؤتمر.
