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QNA
Cairo
The 41st meeting of the committee of senior Arab officials in charge of the issues of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction kicked off at Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday.
Qatar is taking part in the meeting with a delegation led by HE Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al Thani, Qatar's ambassador to Austria and the permanent representative to the international organisations in Vienna.
The delegation also includes Yousef bin Sultan Yousef Laram, acting director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations.
The three-day meeting will discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the 40th meeting of the committee and examine the recommendations contained in the report of the secretary-general on the outcomes of the panel of the wise on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
The meeting will also discuss the preparations for the conference of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to be held in Vienna in May, as well as preparations for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference scheduled for September, among other issues.
