Weapons of mass destruction threat to peace - Qatar

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.

Qatar News Agency (QNA) reports that this was conveyed by Qatar's Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Al-Thani at the UN General Assembly's first committee, Disarmament and International Security, Tuesday.

According to Sheikh Ahmed, peace and stability cannot be reached in light of a race for obtaining arms.

He stressed Qatar's unlimited support in 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.

He 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 on Aug 24, conducted in cooperation with the UN, to determine the parties that used chemical weapons in Syria; showed that two chemical attacks were carried out in Syria.

One was from a helicopter belonging to the Syrian regime and another attack that was by IS. --BERNAMA