New York – Information Office - 19 June

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid bin Raad Zeid Al Hussein received two messages from HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, related to the implications of the illegal siege Qatar is subjected to from Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain.

The two messages were handed over by HE Qatar's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, during a meeting with the UN Secretary-General and a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Her Excellency conveyed the State of Qatar's appreciation to the United Nations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their clear position on the matter and to the statements, they made in that regard. They statements conveyed their alarm at some of the negative consequences the siege has had on humanitarian conditions and the statements that called for supporting the mediation efforts of the State of Kuwait.