Good morning. Ambassador Jun, thank you for organizing this important meeting, which we are happy to be co-hosting it with China and the Permanent Missions of Egypt, Kenya, Mexico and South Africa. A really important cross-regional briefing today. Of course, we note the important context set by the briefers today, I think very thought provoking.
As delivered. Thank you Ambassador Allen. Colleagues, The UAE is really honored to co-sponsor this critical Arria-formula meeting along with the Netherlands, and I thank our co-hosts, the US and the UK, for bringing us together today and to Ambassador Mohammad Bahr Aluloom for his very powerful opening statement. I would also like to thank
Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates would like to thank Viet Nam for organizing this important and timely open debate and Mark Lowcock, Peter Maurer, and Kevin Rudd for their briefings. The UAE strongly supports an enhanced focus at the Security Council on preventative and reactive measures to protect infrastructure that enables civilian to survive
The United Arab Emirates thanks Viet Nam for organizing this open debate, as well as Special Representative Pramila Patten, and other briefers for their powerful insights. It has now been more than twenty years since the Security Council formally called on parties in conflict to protect women and girls from wartime sexual violence for the
The UAE commends Viet Nam for convening such an important meeting. We would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to those who have been killed or injured by landmines, unexploded ordinance, or improvised explosive devices. Over the past decade, there have been more than 150,000 casualties from improvised explosive devices globally. Some 80%
Delivered by H.E. Shamsa Saleh, Secretary General of the UAE Gender Balance Council Theme: Building back better – women’s participation and leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery Thank you for the opportunity to present the UAE’s perspective at this important meeting. The Commission on the Status of Women provides us with innovative solutions to global
The UAE would like to thank the United States for prioritizing this important matter during its presidency of the Security Council. The UAE recognizes the importance of food security to ensure human security. Therefore, the UAE has been actively supporting the UN in its global efforts to supply necessary provisions, including food, to those in
Check against delivery Thank you, Madam Chair, I would like to start by thanking Ireland, the chair of today’s meeting, as well as Mexico, Estonia, Kenya, Niger, Norway, Tunisia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, St.Vincent and the Grenadines and Vietnam for convening this discussion on the occasion of International Women’s Day. When talking
Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and the UAE commends the UK for their continued leadership in climate action and for keeping this issue central to the Security Council’s agenda. Almost five years since signing the Paris Agreement, our efforts to keep global warming in check are facing many challenges. Environmental crises
