Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. [In response to remarks made by the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations]: I’d like to say at the outset that there hasn’t been a Council meeting on this subject when the Council hasn’t collectively demanded the urgent release
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, On behalf of the United Arab Emirates and Japan, I want to express our deep gratitude for today’s adoption. I want to thank all Council Members for reinforcing, over the past year, our shared and enduring commitment to Afghanistan. I’d like to also
Delivered by: Ms. Reem Al Ameri, Attaché UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo for his briefing today. I would like to reiterate the UAE’s explicit rejection and condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I’d like to reflect on the vote we just held, and what it says, though, about this conflict and this body. We welcome its adoption, and we’re grateful for this Council’s support. We believe that the resolution begins to unblock life-saving aid whose
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, Last week a group of Security Council members travelled to the Rafah border. We saw firsthand the dire challenges that we have been discussing in this chamber for over two months now, and we met victims who endured and survived the hell unleashed
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates welcomes today’s unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2719. We joined our A3 colleagues in support of this resolution because it marks a historic milestone in our collective pursuit of global peace and security. Throughout this process, the
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings today. As this is our last meeting on the Syrian political and humanitarian file during the UAE term at the Security Council, allow me to
Delivered by: Aysha AlMenhali, Second Secretary Mr. Chair, I want to express the UAE’s gratitude to Brazil for convening us today. I also extend our thanks to the briefers. Let me begin by stressing the importance of the Peacebuilding Commission on the role it plays in assisting post-conflict and transition countries, to foster peace and
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva for her invaluable briefing; and since this is our last meeting as co-penholders on this file, allow me to also recognize your tireless commitment to Afghanistan and to its people, and your steady leadership of UNAMA. I assure
