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Qatar Wins ICAO Council Membership

The State of Qatar has won membership of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council for the first time in its history, in the elections that took place Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the meetings of the 41st Session of the ICAO Assembly, which is convened in Montreal, Canada, with participation of delegations of 193 countries.


HH Sheikha Moza Attends Opening of WISH 2022

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, attended on Tuesday the opening of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH 2022). The three-day conference is held under the theme "Healing The Future" at Multaqa Center in the Education City.


فازت دولة قطر باستضافة مؤتمر المندوبين المفوضين الـ 22 للاتحاد الدولي للاتصالات في عام 2026، وذلك بإجماع الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد بعد التصويت الذي جرى اليوم ضمن أعمال مؤتمر المندوبين المفوضين الـ 21 المنعقد في بوخارست.

The State of Qatar won the bid to host the 22nd Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 2026, with the unanimity of the member states of the ITU after the voting session that took place Tuesday within the work of the 21st Plenipotentiary Conference held in Bucharest.


WHO certifies all municipalities in Qatar as "healthy cities"

he World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday certified all the municipalities of Qatar as "Healthy Cities", thus becoming the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean to obtain the accreditation for all of its cities. Qatar University was also certified as a "Healthy University," joining Qatar Foundation(QF) Education City, which had earlier been named "Healthy Education City"





Number of Visitors to Qatar Increased by 138.3% Last August on An Annual Basis

The Planning and Statistics Authority has released the 104th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, the Authority highlighted the most important statistical changes that occurred in the country during August 2022 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.