Delivered by H.E. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I would like to thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, for his comprehensive briefing. We also listened carefully to Ms. Bintou Samake, and we welcome
Delivered by Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mohamed Abushahab Thank you Mr. Chair, and thank you to the briefers. At the outset, I would like to reiterate the UAE’s longstanding position of support and commitment to the Biological Weapons Convention. Pursuant to the Convention, biological weapons must never be developed, produced, stockpiled, acquired, retained or
Delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative Lana Nusseibeh Thank you, Madam President. I would like to join others in congratulating you and your team for assuming the presidency and wishing you a productive month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. The UAE welcomes the unanimous adoption of the resolution, which endorses the African Union Peace and Security Council’s decision to reconfigure AMISOM into the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), while continuing its critical work in providing security assistance to Somalia. This resolution is a result of extensive and
Delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative Lana Nusseibeh I thank both the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Joyce Msuya, and the Executive Director of the World Food Program, Mr. David Beasley, for their valuable briefings. Each meeting and briefing that we hold on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine underscores the war’s devastating impact
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her comprehensive briefing and her work. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to this Council meeting, and congratulate his country on joining the East African community. In the aftermath
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Volker Perthes, for his briefing on the latest updates and developments in Sudan, including the UN initiative to facilitate a Sudanese-led dialogue. I also welcome the representative of Sudan to this meeting, Mr. Ammar Mohammed. The UAE welcomes the efforts made by
The following is a joint statement delivered by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on behalf of Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates (in its national capacity), the United Kingdom, and the United States. Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for her valuable briefing. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea continues to demonstrate its disregard for international law by resuming missile tests since last September. DPRK has launched 13 ballistic missiles since the beginning of this year alone,
