Doha, Qatar: The Shura Council has reviewed the government’s efforts to implement the National Framework for Promoting Positive Values and Good Conduct in Qatari Society, stressing the need for sustained coordination among state institutions to reinforce national identity and strengthen societal values. The Shura Council convened for its weekly session yesterday, chaired by Speaker H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim.
Secretary-General of the Shura Council H E Nayef bin Mohammed Al Mahmoud read out the agenda, following which the legislative body approved the minutes of its previous meeting and pored over a report submitted by the government on the findings of follow-up efforts to monitor implementation of the National Framework for Promoting Positive Values and Good Conduct in Qatari Society, as well as the efforts and measures undertaken in this regard.
The Council had previously submitted a proposal during its 53rd annual session, calling for the substantive promotion of values and national identity in Qatari society, in recognition of the importance of thoroughly entrenching the system of societal values, safeguarding national identity, and substantially augmenting the role of families, educational institutions and community organisations in bringing up future generations.
In this regard, the legislators lauded the government’s cooperation, along with its commitment to follow up on the feedback and proposals they had propounded, emphasising that it is quite important to have consistent coordination and integration between the legislative and executive authorities to the advantage of the public interest and society’s aspirations.
In this regard, Al Ghanim said he was grateful for the government’s interest in weighing the Council’s perspectives, asserting that positive values and good conduct are a shared national responsibility that requires the combined efforts of all relevant institutions and entities, owing to the virtues of these traits in protecting national identity and a tight-knit society.
Giving overriding priority to the suggestions the Council had propounded demonstrates the ongoing cooperation between the Council and the government, reinforces the effectiveness of institutional work, and turns these proposals into concrete steps that respond to society’s needs and aspirations, the Speaker said. Chairman of the Education, Culture, Sports and Media Affairs Committee of the Shura Council,
H E Khalid bin Ahmed Al Obaidan, highlighted that monitoring the implementation of the National Framework for Promoting Positive Values and Good Conduct in Qatari Society is an outgrowth of the committee’s efforts to consider the matter of promoting national values and identity, which ultimately culminated in a proposal submitted by the Council to the government, which, in turn, contributed to charting a national framework dedicated to this aspect.
