The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the most critical challenges of our time, many of which cut across national borders and require our focused global cooperation. For example, the pandemic and global conflicts demonstrated the need to secure and develop effective international responses to protecting global trade routes. Other challenges include global inequality and strategic competition
NEW YORK – 18 May 2021 – Today, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) announced the signing of an agreement to support the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, as well as to enhance the voices of women, youth, and persons with
On 17 May 2021, the Permanent Missions of the UAE, Mexico, and Switzerland to the UN, together with the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), co-hosted a panel discussion to hear perspectives from technology innovators and other experts on how frontier technologies could be better utilized by the UN system to ensure the
NEW YORK – 4 May 2021 – The UAE urged the international community to close the gap on access to science and technology to improve lives across the world. “Science and technology have played a significant role in the last year,” H.E. Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technologies, said via a video
NEW YORK – 27 April 2021 – The UAE reiterated its commitment to upholding international humanitarian law and constructively addressing threats to objects indispensable to the survival of civilians during the UN Security Council’s open debate on the issue. These objects include food stocks, agricultural areas, crops, livestock, drinking water installations, and supplies. “The UAE
NEW YORK – 22 April 2021 – The UAE renewed its support for a peaceful, comprehensive, and just resolution to the Palestinian question in line with relevant UN resolutions, the Madrid Principles, the Arab Peace Initiative, and the Quartet road map. In a written statement submitted to the UN Security Council for the open debate
NEW YORK – 8 April 2021 – The UAE underlined the importance of partnerships and cooperation in efforts to reduce the social, economic, and security impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including through exchange of information, technical expertise, and financial and material assistance. In a written statement to the UN Security Council for
NEW YORK – 8 April 2021 – In its briefing to the Group of Arab Member States (Arab Group) to the UN, the UAE stressed the importance of representing the Arab voice during its membership in the Security Council, as well as addressing the various issues relating to the Arab region on the Council’s agenda,
NEW YORK – 7 April 2021 – The UAE invited the international community to share perspectives on action-focused commitments on the role of youth to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID-19 world and to maintain the ongoing dialogue between youth and decision-makers at the UN. Speaking to more than 10,000 participants via a
