Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Madame President. I’d like to start by thanking the United Kingdom as penholder for its tireless efforts in facilitating the negotiations around this important resolution. The UAE welcomes the adoption of this resolution, which is focused on neutralizing the threat posed by Al-Shabaab,
Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you to the Russian Federation for convening us today to discuss the state of the Afghan economy and thank you to the really excellent briefers for very sobering updates but that were also very detailed and practical in terms of the asks and the
Please check against delivery Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Abdulla Shahid on his presidency of this session. We are confident that we will collectively make further progress in addressing urgent international issues and building a safer and sustainable world. A world in which our peoples can look to
Delivered by: Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr President. First, the United Arab Emirates extends its heartfelt condolences to Poland for the two civilians killed in yesterday’s incident. The news of missiles hitting Polish territory, and the increases in strikes across Ukraine, seemed to signal the frightening escalation many of us have talked
Delivered by Mrs. Ameirah Alhefeiti Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, First, I would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee, and Mr. Eric Tiare, for their comprehensive briefing. We also listened carefully to Mr. Zakaria Ramadane. Mr. President, The UAE attaches great importance to peace and security in the Sahel region. Despite the extremely complex challenges
Delivered by His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his informative briefing and affirm the UAE’s support for his mandate and for UNSMIL’s efforts to find a lasting solution in Libya. We
Delivered by Mrs. Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Please Check Against Delivery. Thank you, Mr. President, I also thank the briefers for their valuable input and the detailed information they provided, including on the priorities of the United Nations police in the context of peace operations, as well as the efforts being made in this
Delivered by: His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Your Excellency, Mr. President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Deputy Secretary-General, I thank Ghana for organizing and presiding over this important discussion on the growing threat of terrorism in coastal West Africa and the Sahel. In a
Delivered by Mr. Saod Rashid AlMazrouei, Alternate Political Coordinator Please Check Against Delivery. Madam President, At the outset, we welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan. We take note of his briefing. We also welcome Ambassador Taher El-Sonni in our meeting today. We would like to note the importance of making the
