The State of Qatar has affirmed the importance of convening an international conference to discuss ways to regulate cybersecurity in international law, a call launched by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the podium of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. In a speech before the 30th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Ambassador Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri said the State of Qatar is one of the countries most interested in strengthening cybersecurity at the national and international levels. This year, it established the Qatar National Cybersecurity Agency and voted in favor of a UN resolution to draw up a comprehensive international convention against cybercrime.

In a statement delivered before a virtual meeting held on the sidelines of the sixty-fourth session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on empowering the next generation of youth towards sustainable development and prevention of crime and drug use, HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Ambassador Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri said young people make up 30 percent of the world's population, one third of whom are currently unemployed, not receiving education or training, or have been displaced from their homes due to conflict, which calls for providing them with opportunities to contribute to the economic, political and civil life of their societies, in a way that qualifies them to become a force to be reckoned with in order to achieve peace and prosperity.

Addressing the sixty-fourth session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri said that the State of Qatar is proud of the impressive successes achieved by the Global Program for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, including the United Nations Secretary-General 2020 Innovation Award which was presented to the Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, one of the Program's components.

In the context of the activities of the 14th United Nations Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Kyoto, the Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Dr. Ghada Wali, met with the Qatari delegation participating in the conference, which includes HE Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri, HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Japan Hassan bin Mohammed Rafi Al Emadi, and HE Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Nasser Al-Thani, a diplomat in the mission.

HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri, said in a speech he delivered to a high-level briefing session on integrating sport into comprehensive frameworks for crime prevention on the sidelines of the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held currently in the Japanese city of Kyoto, the State of Qatar intends to use the 2022 World Cup to launch a global awareness campaign on the role of sport as a catalyst in achieving sustainable development and a contributor to achieving justice and peace.

The State of Qatar highlighted the role sports can play in preventing violence among youth, combatting crime and drugs, and establishing peace and creating dialogue among different civilizations, one of the pillars of the Doha Declaration Global Programme which was announced at the conclusion of the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Qatar.

The State of Qatar called for applying the highest safety standards to nuclear reactors in the Middle East region, and stressed the importance of strengthening the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in achieving the common goals of nuclear proliferation prevention, nuclear disarmament and the promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This came in a statement of the State of Qatar, delivered by HE the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Federal Republic of Austria and the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri, during the 64th session of IAEA's General Conference which is being held in Vienna.

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani sent a written message to HE Minister of Interior of the Federal Republic of Austria Karl Nehammer pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the security fields.

The State of Qatar affirmed that it included youth crime prevention through sports as one of the pillars of the Global Program for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, which it financed. This is due to the State of Qatar's belief in the great role that sport plays in protecting youth from crime and drugs, empowering individuals and societies, achieving development and peace, and promoting dialogue between cultures and nations.

The State of Qatar underlined that the threat of narcotic drugs to the health and safety of all mankind still exists, in light of its escalating negative repercussions on the social, economic and political stability of countries, the rule of law and sustainable development. This came in the statement of the State of Qatar, delivered by Abdullah bin Nasser Al Fuhaid, the Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar and its Permanent Mission to the United Nations and International Organizations in Vienna, during the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), currently in session in Vienna.