Pillars: Security Council

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

Delivered by Ms. Fatema Yousuf, First Secretary  Please Check Against Delivery. Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to first thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. Mr. President, We meet today only thirteen days following our last meeting on the Syrian Chemical Weapons file in the absence of developments on this important track. The

Delivered by Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Please check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of Japan and the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting. Once again, we meet at a moment of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Over