NEW YORK/ABU DHABI – 30 March 2021 – H.E. Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, met with ambassadors from African Member States to the United Nations to provide an overview on the UAE’s objectives for its membership on the UN Security Council for the term 2022-2023. The meeting was an important element
NEW YORK – 26 March 2021 – The UAE underscored its commitment to empowering women as partners and active contributors across all aspects of society during the 65th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The UAE delegation to the two-week hybrid meetings was led by Minister of Community Development H.E. Hessa
NEW YORK – 19 March 2021 – The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to achieving gender equality and advancing the role of women at the sixty-fifth session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. H.E. Hessa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, delivered the statement on behalf of the UAE at the
NEW YORK – 11 March 2021 – The UAE urged the UN Security Council to unequivocally condemn the obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian aid by armed groups and demand that they fully respect their obligations under international humanitarian law. The UAE submitted a written statement to the UN Security Council for its open debate
NEW YORK – 1 October 2020 – The UAE called UN Member States to uphold their obligations to promote and protect the fundamental freedoms and rights of women at the UN’s High-Level Meeting on Beijing+25, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. In her virtual address to the UN General
NEW YORK – 28 September 2020 – The governments of the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Somalia, in coordination with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today convened nearly 1,000 delegates to assess and expand commitments to
NEW YORK – As part of the United Arab Emirates’ commitment to continue its support to UN-Women, the UAE has announced a financial contribution of 15 million dollars to support the mandate of the UN-Women over the next three years. The UAE’s new pledge, which was announced on the sidelines of the General Debate of
NEW YORK – Confirming its commitment to multilateralism, the United Arab Emirates outlined nine goals and objectives for its engagement during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 74), which commenced on September 17, 2019. Multilateralism is at the core of the UAE’s foreign policy, and its commitment to the UN Charter
NEW YORK – The United Arab Emirates has expressed its regret and categorical rejection of allegations it is facing in light of ongoing developments in Aden, affirming its firm stance as a Coalition partner and determination to continue exerting all efforts to de-escalate the current situation in Yemen. This statement followed comments by Saud Al
