Delivered by: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State I want to begin by thanking Minister Vieira for chairing today’s meeting. I also wish to thank our briefers, Secretary-General Guterres, UN Women Executive Director Bayous, ICRC President Spoljaric, Ambassador de Oliveira and Ms. Al-Karib for their valuable remarks. Mr. President, Globally, the number of
Delivered by: Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his important statement. I also thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, and the Deputy Special Coordinator, Ms. Lynn Hastings, for their detailed
Delivered by: Mohammed Bastaki, Counsellor Mr. President, I thank SRSG Caroline Ziadeh for her valuable briefing today. I welcome the participation of Prime Minister Brnabić and President Osmani-Sadriu in today’s meeting. When the Council last met on this file in April, there was hope for greater stability and prosperity in the region. Indeed, in that
Delivered by: Ahmed AlMahmoud, Security Council Affairs Adviser UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Special Representative Salvador, Executive Director Russell, Executive Director Waly, and Ms. Manigat for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Haiti, Dominican Republic, as well as the representative of Jamaica. Mr. President, We deeply
Delivered by: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State Mr. President, Thank you to our briefers today – Assistant-Secretary-General Khiari, President Bachelet, President Mbeki, and Ms. Alvarez – for their valuable statements. Peace-making is not the purview of the few alone, but a shared responsibility of the many. This Council has often spoken with
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative I’d like to begin by thanking today’s briefers, SRSG Catriona Laing and Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef, and we also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting. Over the past two decades, and against many odds, Somalia has proven to be a great example of resilience, and
Delivered by: Shahad Matar, Second Secretary Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank the co-organisers for this meeting and the briefers for their valuable contributions to today’s discussion. The United Arab Emirates reaffirms its condemnation of all acts of conflict-related sexual violence. As a member of the International Alliance on Preventing Sexual
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President, and I’d also like to thank our briefers, Martin and Tor, for their invaluable remarks and insights today, and to thank them for all the fantastic work they are doing in very difficult circumstances. This morning’s explanation of vote of the
Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, It is perhaps beyond me to put into words the abject horrors we are witnessing in Gaza. That is why the United Arab Emirates fully supported the Council to take action today, and we still support that the Council does take action on
