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18 December 2024. (2024-12-18) Frequency. Annually. Qatar National Day (Arabic: اليوم الوطني لقطر, romanized: Al-Yawm al-Waṭani li-Qaṭar) is a national commemoration of Qatar 's unification in 1878. It is celebrated annually on 18 December. The holiday was established by a 21 June 2007 decree of the then Crown Prince and Heir ...
Friends of the Environment Centre (FEC) is an environmental organization established in 1992 in Qatar with the goal of promoting environmental awareness and developing conservation initiatives. As of 2015, the organization is chaired by Saif Al Hajari. History. The organization was formed in 1992. Activities
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change was established by a ministerial decision attended by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State No. 57 of 2021.The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is a service ministry that specializes in achieving many goals, foremost of which is protecting the environment, preserving its resources, and reducing emissions that cause climate ...
[14] [12] In 2018, Qatar Foundation lawyers filed a lawsuit to block Texas A&M from releasing records about the foundation's donations. [12] In 2024, Texas A&M announced it will close it's campus in Qatar by 2028. [15] 2004 – Carnegie Mellon University Qatar opened. [16] [12] 2005 – Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar ...
09-24: September 24. World Environmental Health Day [143] 09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH) [144] World Cassowary Day [145][146] 09-26: September 26. International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste [147] 09-29: September 29. World Rivers Day [148] 09: Last Sunday of September.
Geography of Qatar. Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km 2 (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.
World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that had resulted from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. One year later, in 1973, the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth". [6]
Website. QatarDebate.org. QatarDebate, a member of Qatar Foundation and the National Debating Organisation for Qatar, is a civic engagement initiative which aims to develop and support the standard of open discussion and debate among students and youth in Qatar and the broader Arab world. The centre focuses on using debate as a language ...