UN’s failure to stop Iranian attacks sending ‘dangerous signal’: Qatar

Qatar’s envoy to UN condemns Iranian drone, missile strikes across the Gulf as ‘clear violation of international law’.

Qatar has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take immediate steps to halt Iranian attacks on countries across the Middle East, warning that a failure to act sends a “dangerous signal”.

Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, Qatar’s ambassador to the UN, on Wednesday condemned Iran’s missile and drone strikes on targets across the region as “a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter”.

“The continued targeting of our territory by the Islamic Republic of Iran does not reflect good faith, and impacts deeply the foundation of understanding upon which bilateral relations between our countries have been built,” she told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York.

“The Security Council must act [and] fulfil its responsibility. Failure to respond would send a dangerous signal that attacks against uninvolved neighbours carry no consequences,” she said.

Her comments came shortly before the Security Council voted in favour of a draft resolution denouncing the wave of Iranian attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.