New York/ Information Office/ 18 October 2016/ Qatar's delegation at the UN General Assembly said Tuesday that the concept of strategic balance cannot be reached with the presence of weapons of mass destruction, but must rely instead on a country's success of allocating its capabilities to develop its people. Member of Qatar's delegation to the UN General Assembly HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Thani read Qatar's statement to the General Assembly's first committee, Disarmament and International Security. His Excellency said that peace and stability cannot be reached in light of a race for obtaining arms. He Stressed Qatar's unlimited support to facing the danger of weapons of mass destruction, especially in the Middle-East where the threat of having a terrorist group obtain such weapons exist. His Excellency said that the UN Security Council's adoption of resolution 1540 was part of the international community's efforts in restricting the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The statement of the State of Qatar read that there was great concern when a report in August 24 of 2016, conducted in cooperation with the UN, to determine the parties that used chemical weapons in Syria. The report showed that two chemical attacks were carried out in Syria, one from a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime and another attack that was by ISIS.