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
Delivered by: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State Madam President, At the outset, we thank you for holding the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women, and welcome its focus this year on the importance of bridging the digital divide for the empowerment of women and girls. Madam President, We
Mr. Chair, Let me begin by congratulating Ambassador Tijjani Mohammad Bandi, Permanent Representative of Nigeria on his re-election as Chair of the C34 Bureau, as well as the other members of the Bureau Egypt, Canada, Poland, Japan, and Argentina. I wish to thank Ambassador Richard Arbeiter of Canada and his team for their excellent work
Delivered by: Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Excellencies, colleagues, Thank you to the co-chairs, Qatar and Rwanda, for organising this meeting, and to the Secretary-General as well as UN Women’s Executive Director for sharing with us some insights as we take stock five years on about UN efforts to strengthen gender parity within the system
