Riyadh: The GCC states have gone through a long journey in boosting human rights and got advanced positions in international development indicators, Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah said on Thursday. Sheikha Jawaher made the statement to KUNA following chairing the 19th meeting of GCC government bodies tasked with human rights held in Riyadh.
According to Kuwait News Agency, GCC states have achieved tangible progress in education, health, and environment sectors, along with women empowerment, supporting youth, maintaining children's rights, and boosting the role of the elderly and those with disabilities, based on national laws and development visions of member states. Sheikha Jawaher noted that the meeting discussed cementing joint collaboration and coordination among GCC members to bolster and protect human rights as well as to achieve the GCC human rights strategy for 2023-2025.
Sheikha Jawaher emphasized that Kuwait has been extending bridges of cooperation and coordination with GCC states in line with joint Gulf action, in a manner that ensures progress, prosperity, and good living conditions for the region's nations.