Cabinet approves draft law amending legal provisions of birth, death registration

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting held Wednesday morning at the Amiri Diwan.

Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi stated the following:

The Cabinet reviewed items on its agenda and approved a draft law amending certain provisions of Law No. (3) of 2016 concerning the registration of births and deaths.

The Council also approved a draft memoranda of understanding (MoU) including: 

• Cooperation in the fields of youth and sports between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Cyprus
• Cooperation in sports between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Lebanon
• Mutual recognition of seafarer certificates between the State of Qatar and the United Republic of Tanzania
• Cooperation between the National Archives of Qatar and the Oman National Records and Archive Authority on historical documentation, archives management, and preservation
• The draft second executive program of the cooperation protocol between the State of Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the field of youth for the years 2025-2027.

The cabinet concluded its meeting with a review of four reports, and appropriate decisions were made regarding them. 

The reports included the annual report on the activities of the Competition Protection and Anti-Monopoly Practices Committee for the years 2023-2024; a report on the outcomes of Qatar's participation in the Arab Labor Conference (Cairo - April 2025); a report on the results of Qatar's participation in the Fourth Tashkent International Forum (Uzbekistan - May 2025); and a report on the results of Qatar's participation in the 7th session of the Qatar-Kazakhstan Joint Higher Committee (Astana - July 2025).