On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, the Permanent Delegation of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, along with the delegations of Bangladesh, the State of Kuwait, India and South Korea, organized an autism awareness exhibition today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The State of Qatar in partnership with Italy, chaired Saturday the first meeting of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) members. H.E. Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to UN Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani stressed today in her speech that The State of Qatar took steps regionally and internationally to enhance Responsibility to Protect.

The State of Qatar, which chairs the United Nations (UN) Asia-Pacific Group for the month of March, stressed the group's efforts to find ways to promote values of tolerance, accept differences among people and promote a culture of respect for diversity within the societies of the groups' countries and other countries of the world.

The State of Qatar informed the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General of a violation of Qatari sovereignty on the part of UAE.

The State of Qatar informed the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General that Qatari marine surveillance saw on Friday January 19 of 2018 an UAE naval ship unload a boat into the Qatari economic zone. The boat then obstructed and kidnapped a Qatari fishing boat that had seven fishermen and a captain aboard them, all of whom were Indian nationals. The fishermen were forced at gunpoint to enter the UAE economic zone.

The State of Qatar informed the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General of three air violations of Qatar's sovereignty committed by the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The State of Qatar stressed Friday that it is continuing its long history of enhancing the status of women, this time by establishing the Group of Friends of the UN for Gender Parity.

On 18 -19 January 2018, in Doha, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, under the auspices of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, in the presence of H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly, convened a regional dialogue for the purpose of encouraging fresh reflection on what sustaining peace means at the regional level.

The State of Qatar has stressed that the illegal measures taken by the siege countries constitute a grave violation of civil, economic and social rights as they have had a negative impact on the lives of thousands.

The State of Qatar has underlined that the continuation of the blockade and unilateral measures against it have grave consequences on the regional and international peace and security and exacerbate the current instability in the region and reflect negatively on the international campaign against terrorism.