Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Rajasingham for their important briefings. In 2015, at the official request of the Government of Yemen, the UAE joined the framework of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And
Delivered By: Ms. Fatema Yousef, Acting Deputy Permanent Representative The UAE congratulates Somalia for assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and thanks them for convening today’s meeting, as well as Germany as Chair of the PBC and the briefers for their insights. Today’s discussion builds on the momentum of the recently adopted
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Khaled Khiari and Director of Operations and Advocacy Ms. Edem Wosornu on their briefings on the catastrophic situation in Sudan. And while I agree with what Mr. Hudson said about the importance of Sudan transitioning to a civilian led
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this timely open debate, and as this is the first time this month that I speak in the Security Council, I would like to congratulate Slovenia for assuming the Presidency. I also thank former UN Secretary-General
The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Türkiye express our joint support for the Security Council Resolution currently under consideration, drafted by the United States after consultation and in cooperation with Council members and partners in the region. The historic Comprehensive Plan to End
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, It is an absurdity that one of the warring parties can carry on politicizing this forum by disseminating false and baseless accusations. This is a party that is directly responsible for the devastation of its own country. A party that has a record of
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, Thank you for convening this meeting to bring attention to a crisis of unimaginable scale. I also thank Under-Secretary General Fletcher, and Assistant Secretary General Pobee for their briefings on the horrific situation unfolding in Sudan. For over 900 days, the civil war in
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I thank the Russian Federation for presiding over today’s meeting and I am grateful to Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov for his sobering briefing. Madam President, For the last two years, we have witnessed untold suffering and destruction in the Gaza Strip. But now diplomacy has
Delivered By: HE Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I congratulate the Russian Federation on assuming the Presidency of the Security Council for this month. I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his remarks as well as the briefers. I also wish to congratulate Executive Director Bahous on her reappointment at the helm of UN
