Doha meeting seeks to raise awareness on chemical arms

The annual meeting of the representatives of chemical industries and national authorities of the state parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was inaugurated yesterday in Doha.The meeting, which concludes tomorrow, was inaugurated by Major General Staff (Pilot) Nasser Mohamed al-Ali, chairman of the Qatar National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons. Brigadier (Air) Hassan Saleh al-Nesf, deputy chairman of the Committee, addressed the opening session of the meeting and talked about Qatar’s experience in raising community awareness on related issues. He said that the Committee has maintained close co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in this regard and held many annual workshops for students to raise their awareness on the issue. The Committee has also organised an annual competition to design a poster on risks of such weapons, in addition to other prizes on research on the international conventions regarding weapons of mass destruction.The meeting is aimed at enhancing engagement between national authorities and chemical industry representatives on CWC.