HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Xiaohong, Good morning, Excellencies and colleagues. Thank you for joining this latest briefing ahead of the 15th Crime Congress, which the United Arab Emirates is proud to be hosting in Abu Dhabi from 26 September to 1 October. I am delighted to be joined by Under-Secretary-General
Delivered By: Nora Alawadhi, Third Secretary Let me begin by thanking all the organisers, Ambassador Musayev and Azerbaijan, and the UN Environment Programme, for hosting this year’s World Environment Day. It was very welcome also to hear a youth perspective on this day. We continue to recognize climate change as one of the defining challenges
Delivered by: Ms. Sarah AlAwadhi, First Secretary Excellencies, Colleagues, The United Arab Emirates aligns itself with statements delivered by Bahrain on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council Group and by Uruguay on behalf of the G77 and China. We would also like to thank President Thapa, Under-Secretary-General Li, and Madame President Mottley for convening this
Delivered By: Ms. Reem AlAmeri, Third Secretary Thank you, Ambassador Yıldız, for convening this meeting, and thank you Mr. President-designate for the briefing. Once again, the United Arab Emirates extends congratulations on your appointment. We are of course very familiar from COP28 with the responsibilities that the role entails, as well as the unique opportunities
Delivered By: Sheikha Dr. Moza bint Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Madam Chair, I would like to begin by thanking UN Women and all the speakers for sharing their valuable insights on a topic that is so important to us all. Violence against women and girls is an act that
Delivered By: Ms. Fatema Yousuf, Acting Deputy Permanent Representative Thank you, Madam Chair. I am grateful to UN Women for its continued support to the Commission and for the opportunity to place the spotlight on a demographic often sidelined in our global discourse: older women. In the United Arab Emirates, we believe that the
Delivered By: Colonel Saeed Aldhaheri, Police Adviser Mr. Chair, On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate all the members of the Bureau for your re-election at the Bureau of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C34). The UAE aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Kingdom of Morocco on behalf of the
Delivered By: Ms. Reem AlAmeri, Third Secretary Madam Chair, At the outset, please allow me to express the United Arab Emirates’ appreciation to Ukraine as the Chair of the 64th session of the Commission for Social Development in guiding our work. Building off of our collective energy at the Second World Summit for Social Development
Delivered By: Ms. Fatema Yousuf, Acting Deputy Permanent Representative Excellencies, Mr. President, Thank you to Denmark, Ethiopia, Norway, Pakistan, UN DESA and UNDP for co-organizing this event. Having helped establish the International Day of Clean Energy in 2023, it remains close to our hearts. 2025 saw the revelation of increasingly alarming data on the climate
