The State of Qatar reaffirms that its approach in countering terrorism is based on prevention and the solution of causes with a balance between security procedures and development policies, and supporting international cooperation as well as respect for the rule of law and human rights, explaining that these principals are compatible with the “Pact for the Future” and the New Agenda for Peace submitted by the UN Secretary-General and calling for making international security and peace on trust, solidarity, and multilateralism.
The sensations of what constitutes terrorism are taking on different shapes and seem to be growing with time. Concurrently, decision-makers are attempting their best to beat it. In Qatar, a constitutional but centralised monarchy, the process to end terrorism is not exposed to the public, because it doesn’t exist.
Rather, it is defined in the actions done by the state on both national and international levels. After a siege was assessed against Qatar by three neighbouring Gulf nations and Egypt in 2017, many Qatari residents were puzzled. They wondered what could encourage these governments to take such a difficult and unexpected move against their nation. The blocking quartet argued that Qatar funds and finances terrorism. Although the state of Qatar has continuously denied all such allegations, the blockading nations have not accepted this denial.
Last month, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) joint assessor training was held in Doha.
The occasion was hosted by the State of Qatar, designated by the National Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Committee (NAMLC), in partnership with MENAFAT, FATF and the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. The five-day workshop brought together professionals representing over 26 nations from MENAFATF, alongside the counterpart parties.
It was intended to prepare cadres and prepare a keeper of assessors with diverse expertise in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and proliferation financing, made for the third round of the mutual review process of the group.
