Delivered By: Ms. Sarah Al Awadhi, Second Secretary At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the solid and innovative policy briefs submitted to inform the Summit of the Future next year. The UAE welcomes the New Agenda for Peace and looks forward to the consideration of its many recommendations. Today, I
Delivered by: Shahad Matar, Spokesperson Mr. President, Our meeting today follows the inability of the Security Council to adopt a resolution to extend the cross-border aid delivery mechanism to Syria. As you all know, the weeks leading up to the voting session were marked by several rounds of consultations facilitated by the penholders, Brazil and
Delivered by: Fatema Yousuf, First Secretary I thank you for convening today’s consultation. We thank the cofacilitators – The Netherlands and Jamaica – for providing the draft Issues Paper on the Intergovernmental Process for the Declaration on Future Generations as we continue discussing the guiding principles for the Declaration on Future Generations. The United Arab
Delivered by: Sarah AlAwadhi, Second Secretary We thank the co-facilitators, Germany and Namibia, for convening this consultation. We also thank you for providing us with a draft decision which will serve as the basis for our discussions to agree on the scope and elements of the Summit of the Future. We align our statement with
Delivered by: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Colleagues, the draft resolution before you is a testament to the importance of clean energy and the role that it has played and will continue to play in ensuring universal energy access and transforming our energy systems. Before I continue, I wanted to briefly reflect on how
Delivered by: Fatema Yousuf, First Secretary Thank you, and I thank the Secretary-General for his latest policy briefs and his continued guidance. The UAE would like to share the following comments: First, on the International Finance Architecture, the UAE fully supports ambitious progress on IFI reform this year. The concrete recommendations in the SG’s policy
Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Excellencies, colleagues, I’d like to thank you for holding this important meeting today. I wish to express our sincere appreciation to Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, and to UNRWA’s staff. You have made tireless efforts in improving the situation of Palestinians, and in particular, those
Delivered by: Her Excellency Razan Al Mubarak , UN High-Level Climate Champion for COP28 Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, It is an honour to address you today. I would like to thank the members of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for giving me this opportunity to speak about the importance of indigenous peoples, – human
Delivered by Mrs. Ameirah Alhefeiti Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, We thank you for holding this important session to commemorate the International Day to combat Islamophobia. We commend Pakistan for spearheading, on behalf of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, the efforts that led to the adoption of the resolution establishing
