The Hague: Qatar has reiterated its unlimited support to the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons (Chemical Weapons Convention), saying that this support emanates from its firm policy aiming at the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction and the prohibition of their acquisition. Qatar also highlighted the importance of this Convention and the serious threats posed by such weapons, looking forward to the day when the universality of the Convention is realized.
The State of Qatar also condemned in the strongest terms the use of the chemical weapons by any party under any circumstances as it is reprehensible and contrary to the rules of international law, pointing to the Security Council resolution No. 2209 of 2015 which stresses that those responsible for any use of chemical weapons must be held accountable and that any future use will lead to measures under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. This came in a speech delivered by HE Lieutenant Major (Air) Hassan Saleh Hassan Al Nisf, deputy head of the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, on the occasion of the 82nd session of the Executive Council of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. While stressing on the firm position of the State of Qatar over the years which strongly supports full and complete disarmament of chemical weapons, he said that Qatar shares the concern of the international community regarding the continued presence of stockpiles of chemical weapons, and strongly emphasizes that the full destruction of chemical weapons is a main pillar of the Convention.
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The Hague: Qatar has reiterated its unlimited support to the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons (Chemical Weapons Convention), saying that this support emanates from its firm policy aiming at the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction and the prohibition of their acquisition. Qatar also highlighted the importance of this Convention and the serious threats posed by such weapons, looking forward to the day when the universality of the Convention is realized.
The State of Qatar also condemned in the strongest terms the use of the chemical weapons by any party under any circumstances as it is reprehensible and contrary to the rules of international law, pointing to the Security Council resolution No. 2209 of 2015 which stresses that those responsible for any use of chemical weapons must be held accountable and that any future use will lead to measures under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. This came in a speech delivered by HE Lieutenant Major (Air) Hassan Saleh Hassan Al Nisf, deputy head of the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, on the occasion of the 82nd session of the Executive Council of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. While stressing on the firm position of the State of Qatar over the years which strongly supports full and complete disarmament of chemical weapons, he said that Qatar shares the concern of the international community regarding the continued presence of stockpiles of chemical weapons, and strongly emphasizes that the full destruction of chemical weapons is a main pillar of the Convention.
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