Excellencies, colleagues, At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Csaba Kőrösi, for convening this High-level Forum on promoting a culture of peace in the digital era. I also wish to thank the briefers and panelists for their insights on this important topic. New and emerging technologies
Delivered by: Reem AlAmeri, Attache Thank you, Mr. Chair. Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his briefing as well as for the transitional report on the UN Youth Office. The UAE acknowledges the significant progress that has been made since January 2023 through the efforts of the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on
Delivered by: Sarah AlAwadhi, Second Secretary Thank you, Mr. Chair, The United Arab Emirates takes the floor in an explanation of vote after the vote on the amendment on preambular paragraph 13 in the resolution entitled “Promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech” which was adopted by consensus today. It is regrettable
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
