As the President of the Security Council for the month of March 2022, the United Arab Emirates is mindful of the importance of the working methods of the Council in enhancing its effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency. The UAE is committed to and will encourage the implementation of Presidential Note S/2017/507 and relevant subsequent Presidential Notes.
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attacks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, 17 January, as well as in other sites in Saudi Arabia. The attacks, which were committed and claimed by the Houthis, resulted in 3 civilian deaths and 6 other civilians injured. The
As delivered. Excellencies, colleagues, Today is a historic day for the United Arab Emirates as we return to the UN Security Council for the second time in our nation’s fifty-year history. It’s truly an honor to stand here alongside my fellow representatives from Albania, Brazil, Gabon, and Ghana, and it will be a privilege to
NEW YORK – 17 November 2021 – The UAE welcomed calls to hold an annual briefing between the UN Security Council and the League of Arab States, stressing that it would help the Council address the considerable security challenges in the Middle East. The statement was made at a Security Council open debate, convened by
UAE Selected to Host COP28 in 2023 UAE and USA Launch $4 Billion AIM for Climate Initiative to Invest in Agricultural Innovation for Climate Action UAE and IRENA Announce $1 Billion Energy Transition Accelerator Financing Platform for Renewable Energy Projects in Developing Countries UAE Launches Hydrogen Leadership Roadmap to Achieve National Net Zero Ambition UAE
NEW YORK – 9 November 2021 – The UAE underscored the importance of preventative action at the UN Security Council’s open debate on exclusion, inequality and conflict chaired by Mexico’s President H.E. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. H.E. Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, stressed that addressing the root
NEW YORK – 22 October 2021 – At the UN Security Council’s annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), the UAE underscored the urgent need for strengthened investment in women in peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts – particularly as crises continue to intensify around the word. H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs,
NEW YORK – 13 October 2021 – The UAE underscored the importance of promoting and embracing peaceful co-existence and tolerance to advance societies enriched by diversity and peace at the UN Security Council. In a written statement submitted for the body’s open debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace presided over by Kenya’s President H.E. Uhuru
NEW YORK – 25 September 2021 – Today at a United Nations (UN) energy summit, the UN as well as a group of international organizations and governments announced a compact to help UN peacekeeping missions transition to renewable energy. The initiative responds to the UN Secretariat’s commitment to source 80% of its power from renewable
