A/HRC/44/44/Add.1 Summit for Education, held in Doha in 2012, it launched a global initiative to deliver quality schooling to the world’s hardest-to-reach children, mostly in urban slums, disaster-prone regions and conflict zones. The State is also a member of the Top Donors Group for the Syrian Arab Republic, and has participated in humanitarian coordination and funding efforts with the Dominican Republic, Turkey and Yemen.11 19. With regard to preventive solidarity, the Independent Expert lauds Qatar for the investments it has made in education at home and abroad. Qatar contributes through international organizations, such as UNICEF. Moreover, the Qatar Fund for Development informed the Independent Expert about its nascent “education in emergencies” programme and the goal of Sheikh Tamim Al-Thanito provide quality education to 1 million girls worldwide by 2021.12 The Silatech initiative, promoted by Sheikha Moza, is another example of human rights-based international solidarity, as it seeks to empower youth worldwide. Sheikha Moza is also the founder and chair of the Education Above All Foundation,13 and whose advocacy for the Sustainable Development Goals has been recognized by the Secretary-General.14 During his visit, the Independent Expert was informed of pilot projects involving the introduction of human rights education in school curricula.15 20. The Independent Expert commends Qatar for resolutely upholding the third element of international solidarity: international cooperation. Qatar hosts offices of a number of international organizations, including ILO and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Human Rights Training Centre16 and UNICEF. In 2018, Qatar announced its multi-year support for several United Nations entities, inter alia, $28 million for UNDP, $8 million annually between 2019 and 2023 for UNHCR, $16 million for UNRWA, $4 million annually for UNICEF and $15 million annually for the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee.17 Furthermore, the State has opened dedicated international cooperation departments in many government ministries, to mainstream the principle of international cooperation more effectively. The Independent Expert advises the Government to integrate measures to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in all its ministries, rather than allocate monitoring of progress in the Sustainable Development Goals to the Planning and Statistics Authority, as is now the case. 21. The Independent Expert was informed that Qatar was attempting to systematically incorporate climate change considerations into the State’s development practice, both at home and abroad; in 2019, for example, Qatar pledged $100 million to help least developed countries and small island developing States to cope with the challenges posed by climate change. He learned that the Qatar Fund for Development was studying how its projects could be made more environmentally friendly. The Independent Expert notes the importance of disaggregated data collection for measuring progress with regard to each of the Sustainable Development Goals. IV. Climate change 22. Regarding the intersection of human rights-based international solidarity and climate change, the Independent Expert welcomes the State’s participation in relevant international forums, but stresses the need for Qatar to do more to reorient its policies and activities towards combating climate change systematically. The Government informed the Independent Expert that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Municipalities and the Environment, Qatar Petroleum18 and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6 See www.unocha.org/middle-east-and-north-africa-romena/qatar. See also https://qatarfund.org.qa/en/. See https://educationaboveall.org/#!/home. See https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/12/sdg-advocate-her-highness-sheikhamoza-bint-nasser-met-with-antonio-guterres-and-henrietta-fore-at-hamad-bin-khalifa-university-todiscuss-progress-on-sdg-4/. See also https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200115-qatar-to-teach-human-rights-in-schools/. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/MENARegion/Pages/SouthWestSummary.aspx. See https://dohaforum.org/media/press-releases/2019/04/28/qatar-announces-half-a-billion-usd-infunds-to-un-agencies. See https://qp.com.qa/en/QPActivities/QPOperations/Pages/EnvironmentandSociety.aspx.