Delivered by: His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Dennis Francis for his outstanding leadership of the previous session. I also congratulate His Excellency Philemon Yang on assuming the presidency of the 79th session
The United Arab Emirates has welcomed today’s adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution on the modalities for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference. Co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and Senegal, the Conference will be held in the UAE in 2026, and aims to provide a platform for the international community to focus on accelerating
Delivered by: Ms. Fatema Yousuf, First Secretary UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Thank you, Mr. President. I also thank the briefers for their important statements at our meeting today making the 25th anniversary of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture
Delivered by: His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates welcomes today’s timely debate following the recent publication of the Secretary-General’s report on the Responsibility to Protect. This provides an opportunity to take stock of the progress we have made collectively on upholding our commitment to the principle of R2P
Lt. Colonel Dana Humaid, Director General of the International Affairs Office, Ministry of Interior Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to represent the UAE at today’s Panel on ‘Novel Approaches to Peace Operations and Potential Domains of Conflict’. Hosting the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. The United Arab Emirates is delivering this statement in an explanation of vote before the vote on the draft resolution titled “International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica”. In 2012, the remains of a baby girl
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, and Chair of the Arab Group for the Month of May UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, Thank you for your swift response in convening this emergency special session of the General Assembly at the request of the Arab Group, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation,
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, Thank you for convening this important meeting. The United Arab Emirates deeply regrets that the Security Council was unable to adopt its first-ever resolution on weapons of mass destruction in outer space. By failing to adopt this resolution, the Council missed an important
Delivered by Mr. Mohamed Bouassiba, Second Secretary Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this important annual debate on the use of the veto in the Security Council, which we consider as an opportunity to engage in constructive dialogue on situations in which the veto is used. We would like to express
