Qatar calls for strengthening efforts to combat terrorism

Qatar reiterated its rejection and condemnation of the use of “terrorism” as a pretext to attacking states and to try to fabricate crises to achieve political objectives contrary to the provisions of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. At the same time, Qatar stressed the need to make more efforts to address the root causes of terrorism that contributes to the eradication of this phenomenon and the final elimination of the conditions leading to it. This came in a statement delivered by Jassim Saud al-Jufairi, member of Qatar’s delegation participating in the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, before the Sixth Committee on “measures to eliminate international terrorism”. The statement stressed that the measures taken to combat terrorism should be in line with international law, the principles and purposes of the United Nations, international human rights law, refugee law, international humanitarian law, and relevant international treaties. The statement stressed the need to co-operate, abide by the international conventions and implement the resolutions adopted by the international community, in addition to put an end to the old and emerging conflicts, implement the resolutions of international legitimacy, end foreign occupation, recognise the right of peoples to self-determination, end state terrorism practices, and technical assistance and capacity-building for states facing the phenomenon of terrorism.