New York, July 8: The United Arab Emirates joined over 80 countries, international organizations, and companies at the United Nations in New York on July 7-8 for the 18th Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. Chaired by the European Union, the plenary focused on major policy areas such as capacity building
July 2, New York: The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Latvia today concluded the first phase of co-facilitating the United Nations’ review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a landmark global process to work towards a vision of a people-centered, inclusive and development oriented Information Society. The President of
New York, July 23: On Thursday, the UAE Mission to UN took part in an open debate held at the United Nations Security Council in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question. The meeting was chaired Murray McCully, the Foreign Minister of New Zealand which assumed the Council’s presidency for
New York, June 17: On Wednesday, diplomats from 17 countries completed an intensive course in international law held by the Institute for Executive Education (IEE) of New York University School of Law. The course was the first of the IEE’s customized programmes sponsored and developed jointly and by the United Arab Emirates Mission to
New York, June 13: The UAE Permanent Mission to UN, in partnership with Pineda Foundation/World ENABLED, organized several activities to promote global coordination and cooperation on the human rights of persons with disabilities. On Wednesday a high-level event was convened under the title “Delivering Inclusion: Innovations in Local Practice from the UAE and the Broader
New York, May 28: On Thursday, the United Arab Emirates Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a panel discussion on “The Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Harmonizing the High-Level Review Processes”. The discussion centred around the need to harmonize all of the concurrent high-level review processes to ensure that gender equality remains
New York: On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates announced a wide range of initiatives to accelerate deployment of clean energy at the UN Sustainable Energy for All (SE4A) Forum, notably in support of the UN goal to double the global share of renewable energy by 2030. The country’s actions include major domestic policy reforms,
From September 2014 to May 2015, the UAE Mission to the UN hosted the UAE Panel Series on Women, Peace and Security, in partnership with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and UN Women. The Panel Series aimed to inform the Global Study on the Implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)
New York, May 12: UAE Minister of State, Reem Al Hashimy, met the President of the 69th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, H.E. Sam Kutesa at his office on Tuesday in New York. During the meeting, both sides discussed priorities of the 69th session, underscoring the need to formulate a transformative
