HH The Amir issues Amiri Decision organizing Qatar National Archive

His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued today the Amiri Decision No.  (29) of 2023 organizing Qatar National Archive.

The decision is effective starting from its date of issue and is to be published in the official gazette.

Qatar National Archive is affiliated to the Amiri Diwan. It was reorganized in accordance with the aforementioned Amiri Decision to be an advanced national center that preserves the historical memory of the State, contributes to the documentary consolidation of the national cultural identity, and enhances the authenticity of its heritage and culture locally, regionally and globally.

Qatar National Archive aims to enrich the intellectual activity, monitor the history of the State, and organize and supervise the collection and preservation of documents and archives, in implementation of the provisions of Law No. (7) of 2023 on documents and archives. 

It also aims to enable access to information, records and documents and facilitate their use by setting standards and policies that regulate the process of managing public, private, historical and national documents in the country.

Qatar National Archive is concerned with identifying all documents of historical value in the possession of ministries and other government agencies or persons, and other documents and archives located abroad, and determining the mechanisms for the Archive to obtain and transfer these documents and archives to it, or to obtain copies of them.

Among the competencies of Qatar National Archive are to highlight the cultural and scientific values of documents, conduct historical research and studies, raise awareness of the importance of documentary heritage, and allow researchers and those interested to benefit from the informative material in its possession and view them.