Qatar Urges Rectifying Deficiency in Implementation of Non-proliferation Int'l Commitments

Qatar Urges Rectifying Deficiency in Implementation of Non-proliferation Int'l Commitments

Vienna /Information Office/ 16 September 2015/ The unstable conditions in the Middle East require serious work to rectify the situation, eliminate the causes of tension and imbalance in the implementation of international commitments in the field of non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament, HE Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Qatar's ambassador to Austria and permanent envoy to international organizations in Vienna, said addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) 59th general conference. HE Al Mansouri said Qatar urges more effort to back IAEA with human and financial resources that guarantee responding to the growing demand from world countries for its services to facilitate the safe and sustainable use of nuclear energy in all fields. The Qatari ambassador said Doha has adopted peaceful applications of nuclear energy as a firm choice in its future plans for sustainable development within Qatar National Vision 2030 and beyond. Qatar prepared ambitious programs in this regard, including the equipment of technical, scientific, administrative and organizational infrastructure and putting in place legislative and regulative frameworks, he said. HE Al Mansouri said Qatar views cooperation with IAEA as a main element in developing national capacities and training national human resources as well as benefiting from the peaceful applications of nuclear energy in the different development fields such as industry, health, environment, and water resources. He highlighted the importance of implementing pledges stipulated in international legitimacy resolutions and the decisions of review conferences on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), especially since the current stalemate represents a growing threat to regional and international peace and security as well as the credibility of the non-proliferation system. HE Al Mansouri added that the post-2015 sustainable development plan that will be ratified by U.N. General Assembly this month relies a lot on nuclear energy and its peaceful applications in achieving social, economic and environment development as well as decreasing poverty.