The first secretary of the Kingdom's permanent delegation to the United Nations said, "Taking effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and diplomatic and consular representatives is a tool to move the international responsibility towards the state which breached its obligations towards the citizens of other states and their nationals, and we should look at the concept as one of ways to ensure the rights of individuals in the international community and the protection of the interests of countries, and in this regard, the Kingdom condemns the recent attacks against Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad, which constitute a flagrant violation of Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 1961, Vienna Convention on consular relations of 1963, and the international law which guarantees the inviolability of diplomatic missions, and imposes full immunity and respect for diplomatic missions accredited to any State in a clear and binding manner. " In conclusion he called on all states that have not yet acceded to the conventions and international treaties related to the security, and the protection and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and their representatives to make every effort to become a member, expressing his thanks to the General Assembly and the International Law Committee for its efforts in the formulation of special items on protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions. -- SPA 12:58 LOCAL TIME 09:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w