The State of Qatar stressed Wednesday that protecting the rights of the elderly in the context of disaster response requires a multidimensional approach that places their needs at the top of the humanitarian response plans, in terms of allocating funding and resources, and providing appropriate humanitarian care and assistance.

The State of Qatar expressed Wednesday its concern over the persistence of the phenomenon of enforced disappearance in the Gulf crisis, during which Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an unfair blockade on the State of Qatar, its citizens and residents.

HE acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta received the credentials of HE Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri as Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the IAEA.

The State of Qatar underlined the need for a binding international instrument to preserve information security, and standards and norms in the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICTs) in order to reduce risks to international peace, security, and stability, stressing that international law, in particular, the Charter of the United Nations, applied to States' use of ICTs.

The State of Qatar expressed deep concern about the serious human rights violations and crimes committed against the Yemeni people by all parties involved in the conflict, as well as the failure of the warring parties to abide by international humanitarian law, causing tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, including thousands of children and women.

HE Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Don Pramudwinai met on Tuesday with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Thailand Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi has underlined that our Arab nation stands at this critical juncture, which is rife with many political, economic and security challenges that threaten its present and future that requires collective action, not individual action, solidarity, not division, determination and will, not frustration and regression.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met on Tuesday with HE Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl, on the sidelines of the 152nd Session of the Arab League Council at the Ministerial Level.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi participated Tuesday in Arab foreign ministers consultative meeting held before the 152nd session of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level.

The State of Qatar said the continuation of the imposed blockade and the discriminatory unilateral coercive measures, without accountability, will foster a culture of impunity for the violators and will have far-reaching implications for the future human rights situation in the region.