Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano expressed his deep appreciation for the contribution of Qatar and other member states to fund the renovation of the IAEA laboratories at a cost of €30mn. At the opening ceremony of the IAEA new laboratories, Amano said that the donation enabled the agency to renovate its laboratories and thereby assist its member states benefit from nuclear science and technology to fight insects and pests that spread deadly diseases such as malaria, destroy agricultural crops and livestock and endanger public health. The ceremony was attended by Qatar’s Ambassador to Austria and its Permanent Representative to the United Nations and international organisations in Vienna Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al-Thani.