Mr. Chair, Let me begin by congratulating Ambassador Tijjani Mohammad Bandi, Permanent Representative of Nigeria on his re-election as Chair of the C34 Bureau, as well as the other members of the Bureau Egypt, Canada, Poland, Japan, and Argentina. I wish to thank Ambassador Richard Arbeiter of Canada and his team for their excellent work
Delivered By: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we listened carefully to Mr. Sachs and Mr. McGovern. Acts of sabotage against energy infrastructure, such as explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September, are unacceptable. They
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I would first like to thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her comprehensive briefing. I also thank Ambassador Hilale for briefing us and for Morocco’s notable contribution as chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peace-building Commission. This is another good example
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Madam President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting. Two nights ago, the people of Hokkaido were put in grave danger by the DPRK’s most recent illegal intercontinental ballistic missile launch,
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his thorough briefing and his constant efforts in pursuit of peace between Israel and Palestine. I also thank Deputy Commissioner-General Stenseth for her valuable remarks. The UAE is grateful to Council Members for their constructive approach towards
Delivered By: His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Madam President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Ambassador Martin Sajdik for their informative briefings. It is profoundly unfortunate that we meet today to discuss the lessons learned from the Minsk Agreements in the shadow of the very war we
Delivered by: His Excellency Majid Al Suwaidi, Ambassador and Director-General of the 28th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Please check against delivery. Thank you, Mr President. Allow me to begin by thanking you, Your Excellency, and Malta for convening this important Debate. I also want to thank the
Delivered by: Ghasaq Shaheen, Political Coordinator Madam President, I would like to thank you for keeping the Children and Armed Conflict agenda a priority for this Council, and choosing to focus our discussion today on prevention. The UAE looks forward to working with you as Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Madam President, I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Acting Executive Director Chen for their valuable briefings, and I also took note of the informative briefing from Ms. Praxl from the Global Center on Cooperative Security. In January alone, 10 attacks in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of
