Oman’s efforts in health, education fields praised in Geneva

Geneva: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) hailed in Geneva the progress made by the Sultanate of Oman in all fields by providing education and health services for all categories of the Omani society without discrimination, and the role of the Sultanate’s government in empowering women and giving them positions in state and private sectors.
The matter came during a discussion of the Sultanate’s second to fifth reports of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in the presence of the national team, assigned by the Council of Ministers, to draft these reports, in accordance with the contractual obligations of the Sultanate before the Committee on the follow-up, as well as discussion of the reports about the Convention at the High Commissioner for Human Rights headquarters in Geneva.
The team in-charge, headed by Sheikh Dr. Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Hadhrami, Vice President of the Supreme Court, and in the presence of Abdullah bin Nasser Al Rahbi, Sultanate’s ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), and other international organisations in Geneva, and the membership of Dr. Rashid bin Hamad Al Balushi Professor of Criminal Law in the College of Law in Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), and Maysaa bint Zahran Al Ruqaishiya, Head of Public Prosecution, reviewed the measures taken by the Sultanate in the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
Sheikh Dr. Al Hadhrami delivered a speech during which he thanked the CERD for convening this meeting to discuss the reports of the Sultanate and its recognised efforts to promote and protect human rights.
He touched on the work methodology and the consultation process for the preparation of these reports in the Sultanate.