Delivered by H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change & Minister of Industry & Advanced Technology Your Excellencies, colleagues, It is indeed with great pleasure and great honor to chair this meeting, and I would like to thank the members of the UN Security Council and the distinguished briefers and guests
Advancing the agenda through partnerships: Women’s economic inclusion and participation as a key to building peace I am greatly honored to preside over this Open Debate today, in particular on the occasion of International Women’s Day. I thank Sima Bahous for her insightful briefing and the work of UN Women. I also thank Kristalina Georgieva
Delivered by H.E. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan; and Maj. Gen. (rtd.) Charles Tai Gituai, IGAD RJMEC Interim Chairperson, for their valuable briefings. I also want to thank Ms.
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I would like, at the outset, to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their briefings. As the speakers ahead of me have noted, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has reached catastrophic levels. Today, more
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Director-General Rafael Grossi for their briefings. My country is also following the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with deep concern. The reports that we have received about fires affecting the plant suggest a dangerous development in the conflict. The humanitarian and environmental catastrophe resulting from a serious
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Ms. Deborah Lyons and Ms. Mariam Safi for their valuable insights. Our meeting today is taking place at a critical period for Afghanistan as the Council considers how the UN can best
UAE: Today the Council convenes to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The UAE, Norway, Albania, and Brazil have come together under our shared commitments for the principles of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) to highlight once again the critical situation that Afghan women and girls find themselves in, and to urge their full, equal and
NEW YORK – 1 March 2022 – Today, the United Arab Emirates assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. In addition to addressing recent developments on security issues across the globe, the UAE will prioritize the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, climate security, and cooperation between the
