The State of Qatar opened the 50th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development under the theme "Changing Population Age Structures and Sustainable Development" at the UN headquarters in New York.

The State of Qatar condemned today a gas attack that took place in Idlib, in the North-West of Syria and led to the killing of many people including children.

The Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute held a symposium on the relations between Qatar and South Africa, during which HE Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Shirish Soni delivered a lecture. The symposium was attended by a number of diplomats and staff of the Foreign Ministry.

An official source at the Department of Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry stated that that the Sri Lankan official authorities confirmed the spread of swine flu (H1N1) in the Republic of Sri Lanka, and reported the infection of a number of people with the disease and the death of some of them.

Speaker of Croatian Bozo Petrov and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Davor Ivo Stier held two separate meetings with Ambassador of Qatar to Croatia HE Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Thani.

The State of Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of an explosion on St. Petersburg Metro in Russia, killing and injuring a number of people.

HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi on Monday met Cypriot Ambassador to Qatar Charalambos Panayides on the occasion of ending his tenure in the country.

The State of Qatar will co-chair on Tuesday a high-level international conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region at the European Union headquarters in Brussels.

Nicola Renzi, San Marino's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Political Affairs and Justice, met with HE Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Malki, Qatar's non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs illuminated today its buildings in blue, to mark World Autism Awareness Day.