Qatar urges a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East at the UN, calling for regional consensus, stronger IAEA safeguards and progress at the 2026 NPT Review conference. Qatar has reiterated its call for the urgent establishment of a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, warning that expanding arsenals and the threat of use heighten risks to regional and global security. Khalid Ibrahim Al Mansouri, a member of Qatar’s delegation to the 80th UN General Assembly, set out Doha’s position during the First Committee’s discussions on nuclear weapons at UN Headquarters in New York. He told delegates the spread and modernisation