Qatar chairs meeting of GCC diplomats with UNODC Executive Director in Vienna

Qatar on Friday presided over a meeting of GCC countries' ambassadors accredited to the UN Office in Vienna with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, at the headquarters of the GCC Permanent Mission. Chaired by Qatar's Ambassador and its Permanent Representative to the UN Office and International Organisations in Vienna Jassim Yacoub al-Hammadi, the meeting discussed co-operation relations between the GCC countries and the UN Office in Vienna, and emphasized the importance of holding periodic meetings between officials from both sides.The meeting also discussed ways to activate the memorandum of understanding signed between the GCC General Secretariat and the UNODC, and considered holding workshops at the headquarters of the GCC Permanent Mission to be managed by experts from the UN Office, and ways to benefit from the training programs provided by the Office.