In preparation, Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta Ramusino and Senior Program Coordinator Claudia Vaughn visited Doha, Qatar, for organizational meetings in July 2019, including meeting with the General-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi.
(L-R) Wael Al Assad, Senior Advisor to the National Committee for the Prohibition of Weapons, Qatar (and Pugwash Council); Claudia Vaughn, Pugwash; Paolo Cotta Ramusino, Pugwash; Dr. Ahmad Hassen Al-Hammadi, Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar.