UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Security Sector Reform

Delivered By: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Mozambique for taking the initiative to organize this meeting, which is long overdue. Improving security sector governance is a key feature in the Action for Peacekeeping Initiative, Our Common Agenda, and the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative, and of course in many

UAE and Japan Explanation of Vote at the UN Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of Japan and the United Arab Emirates in our capacity as penholders on Afghanistan. Today, the Security Council unanimously adopted two resolutions concerning the situation in Afghanistan. The first extends the

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Yemen

Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative  UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, First, we would like to express our deep condolences to Mozambique and Malawi following the catastrophic hurricane that hit the two countries, and we reaffirm our solidarity with them during this difficult time. I thank the Special

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr President, At the outset, I’d like to thank SRSG Roza Otunbayeva for her updates, and also today’s briefer, Ms Akbar, for her powerful testimony. The Security Council last met in this setting in December. While in the chamber, we received news of the Taliban’s

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Women, Peace and Security

Delivered By: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State Please check against delivery. Madam President, We thank Mozambique for organizing this open debate on the eve of International Women’s Day and Foreign Minister Dlhovu for chairing today’s meeting. Throughout your country’s history, Mozambican women have proven time and again that we should not underestimate

UAE Statement at the Security Council Meeting on Chemical Weapons in Syria

Ms. Maisoon AlDah, First Secretary Mr. President, I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today. I would also like to reiterate the UAE’s firm condemnation and rejection of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention and