The State of Qatar paid the final installment in its contribution to funding the Doha Declaration Global Program, which is being implemented in cooperation between the State of Qatar and UN and will run for five years (2016-2020).

HE Director-General of United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) Yury Fedotov received the credentials of HE Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri as Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to UNOV.

HE President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria has received the credentials of HE Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Austria.

The State of Qatar has underlined the importance of applying the highest standards of nuclear safety by the State that establishes nuclear facilities in accordance with the IAEA's approved work plan and take measures to develop contingency plans for a possible nuclear accident and ensure the implementation of preventive measures for facility personnel, the civilians and the preservation of the environment, so as to ensure the development of technologies for the safe use of nuclear energy.

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.

In a statement at the Ministerial Segment of the sixty-second session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs held in Vienna, the Acting Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the International Organizations, Mr. Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Fuhaid Al-Hajri, said that the State of Qatar was proud of its record in the fight against drugs. A comprehensive, integrated and balanced strategy, supervised by the National Committee for Combating Drugs, chaired by His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. This strategy focuses on prevention, protection of the community, law enforcement, and attention to drug victims and the involvement of the health, social and economic sectors. Judicial and human rights in the formulation and implementation of preventive initiatives.

The Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Austria Mr. Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Fuhaid Al-Hajri, met with the Deputy Chairman of the Austrian Economic Chamber, HE Dr. Richard Chantas, and discussed means of enhancing economic cooperation between the two friendly countries.

The Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Austria and the Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organizations met in Vienna with H.E. Thomas Greminger, Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and spoke about the State of Qatar joining the Organization as a cooperative partner within Asian Group Given the importance of the Organization's mechanisms and tools for Asian countries to meet the challenges of cross-border security, the challenges of sustainable development, and environmental challenges, as well as issues of education, youth empowerment, counter-terrorism and extremism.

Qatar's ambassador to Austria, H.E. Sheikh / Ali bin Jassim al-Thani, affirmed that Qatar has proved its ability to face the repercussions of the embargo imposed on it for more than a year and is now more powerful, immune, independent and self-reliant.

H.E. Sheikh / Ali Bin Jassim Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations met in Vienna with H.E. Mr. Neil Walsh, Head of the Division of Cybercrime, Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing at the United Nations Office at Vienna on Drugs and Crime. Discussions were concentrated on strengthening relationships between the State of Qatar and the United Nations in the field of combating cybercrime.