NEW YORK – 10 January 2020 – During the UN Security Council Open Debate on the upholding of the UN Charter to maintain international peace and security, the UAE supported the call made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to stop escalation in the Middle East and renew international cooperation. “Our meeting comes at a time when the Middle East is going through a critical
NEW YORK – H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, has been reappointed to lead deliberations on how to reform the UN Security Council. The President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, announced the reappointment of Ambassador Nusseibeh as Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on UN Security
During the General Assembly plenary meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, the UAE renewed its longstanding commitment to the government. Speaking on behalf of the UAE, Mr. Saud AlShamsi, Deputy Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, expressed concern for the continuous attacks in the country, noting that it claimed over 8,200 lives in
NEW YORK – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reaffirmed its commitment to the continued efforts to achieve & maintain a world free of the threat posed by nuclear weapons & other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during the United Nations (UN) Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons &
NEW YORK – 19 November 2019 – The UAE underscored the importance of tolerance and dialogue in reconciliation efforts and affirmed the UAE’s commitment to promoting peaceful coexistence and political solutions to address global challenges, during the UN Security Council Open Debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace specifically the role of reconciliation. “The UAE has
NEW YORK – During the annual UN Security Council Open Debate on women, peace and security (WPS) on 29 October 2019, the UAE emphasized the importance of ensuring the full and meaningful participation of women throughout all stages of peace processes and negotiations. In her statement, H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the
NEW YORK – The UAE, in its capacity as the Chair of the Group of Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), urged the international community to create an environment conducive to peace efforts in the Occupied Palestine Territories by alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people and by halting any illegal and
NEW YORK – On the margins of the High-Level Week on women, peace and security (WPS), the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United Nations (UN) and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) launched a new joint initiative on advancing the role of women in post-conflict reconstruction that
NEW YORK – At the plenary meeting of the Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee – otherwise known as the Third Committee – of the UN General Assembly on 2 October 2019, the UAE’s youth delegates to the UN underlined the importance of empowering young people to participate in the decision-making process – a key priority
