Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani head of-state 2024 Emir of Qatar since June 2013, when his father Hamad bin Khalifa abdicated. Architect of Qatar's active regional mediation posture and host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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No state can firmly be established and stable in the presence of armed factions that are not under its control. These are self-evident and unquestionable matters.
لا يمكن لدولة أن تقوم وتستقرّ بوجود فصائل مسلّحة خارج سيطرتها. هذه أمور بدهيّة لا جدال فيها. Context: Tamim's state-monopoly-on-arms doctrine at the 79th UNGA — paradoxically coexisting with Qatar's defense of Hamas. Often read as implicit critique of Iran-aligned militias.
Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani head of-state 2024 - gadebate.un.org — UN canonical PDF, 79th UNGA Qatar address