In November, Ambassador Khaled Abdalla Bukraa, speaking...

In November, Ambassador Khaled Abdalla Bukraa, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 107 (crime prevention and criminal justice), said, "We want to underscore the importance of punishing drug pushers, and also drug users, in the elimination of organized crime, and this is why it is necessary to apply the death penalty in accordance with the legislation and the religious faith of a country. On this basis, we confirm a State's right of sovereignty to apply the death penalty, as others also have done."