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The 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (UN Crime Congress opened at the Qatar national Convention Centre (QNCC) in Doha on Sunday 12 April in the presence of the Emir H.H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 

The session was attended by HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani who is also President of the congress, HE President of the United Nations General Assembly's sixty-ninth session Sam Kutesa and HE Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
 
It was also attended by a number of Their Excellencies the Ministers and heads of delegations participating in the Congress, guests, and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the state of Qatar and media representatives.
Addressing the Opening Session of 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani stressed that this congress is being held in the light of the increasing prevalence of all types of crimes and the continued existence of the hotbeds of conflict, tension, insecurity and instability as well as the lack of development in many areas of the world which led to the escalation of violence, terrorism and corruption. 

HE the Prime Minister added that hosting of this Congress by the State of Qatar comes out of its bear of international responsibility and its recognition of the importance of achieving criminal justice and establishing national communities and a safe international society governed by the rule of law and the principles of freedom and justice.  

HE noted to the importance of the fight against crime which adversely affect the achievement of international human security in all its dimensions, in international peace and security. 

HE the Prime Minister revealed an initiative aimed at saving a generation of displaced children and youth at the regional level by establishing a fund for education and professional development for the benefit of displaced persons and refugees who are victims of conflicts in the Middle East. 

The initiative focuses on providing a dual education system which combines between school's education and vocational training in institutions and is embodied in building schools in refugee camps with the coordination with refugee-hosting countries which have spared no effort to receive and accommodate the huge numbers of them in their schools, despite their limited resources, HE the Prime Minister said. 

HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani called to popularize the initiative later at the international level, and in this regard he urged all governments, international organizations, donor agencies, civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations for partnership and coordination and cooperation to support this initiative. 

HE warned that the duplication of the implementation of international law standards represents the major challenges faced by the crime prevention and criminal justice and constitutes a major obstacle to achieve the desired development of peoples, noting to the serious crimes and violations of international conventions of human rights committed in some areas of the world and the impunity of perpetrators of these crimes from the criminal justice because of the selective method in dealing with some of these crimes, which is reflected negatively on the credibility of human rights. 

HE the Prime Minister called on the United Nations to participate in the protection and promotion of human rights for all peoples in order to achieve justice and to restore credibility to the international community through the Security Council's commitment to implement the international legitimacy by taking all measures against the perpetrators of these crimes