On the fringes of the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Missions of the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom organised a high-level event on girls’ right to education in Geneva. Sarah Al Amiri, the Minister of Education, was one of the participants.
Under the subject “Renewing Global Commitment to Leave No Girl Behind,” the event was held to commemorate the twelveth anniversary of the adoption of the Human Rights Council resolution on girls’ right to education. The Permanent Missions of the Dominican Republic and The Gambia co-sponsored the event.
Al Amiri, along with Awa Dabo, Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Kumar Iyer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom in Geneva, delivered the opening remarks.
Our ambition should remain clear: every girl should have access to and complete at least twelve years of safe, inclusive, equitable, and quality education,” the Minister stated in her remarks, calling for continuing concerted efforts to guarantee that every girl has access to quality education. She stressed the importance of ensuring that every girl has access to quality education. Education needs to do more than simply confer a qualification. She should be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and agency to determine what comes next.
We have already served on the Council three times, and we think that our candidature presents us with an opportunity to build on that engagement by collaborating with our international allies to advance and preserve human rights.
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