NEW YORK – 15 June 2021 – Addressing the UN membership at the general debate of the annual Conference of the State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities through a video message yesterday, H.E. Hessa Buhumaid, UAE Minister of Community Development, emphasized the importance of mainstreaming a disability perspective into
The UAE will assume its elected seat on the UN Security Council on January 1, 2022 NEW YORK – 11 June 2021 – Today, Member States of the United Nations gathered at the General Assembly and elected the United Arab Emirates to serve on the United Nations Security Council alongside Albania, Brazil, Gabon, and Ghana
NEW YORK/ABU DHABI – 27 May 2021 – Minister of State for International Cooperation H.E. Reem Al Hashimy and Assistant Minister for Public and Cultural Diplomacy Omar Ghobash met virtually with members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) at the United Nations. The objective of the meeting was to introduce the
NEW YORK – 21 May 2021 – H.E. Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, called for increased dialogue and exchange about policies, best practices, and measures to strengthen creative economies at the United Nations. Through a video statement, Minister Al Kaabi addressed the UN General Assembly at its high-level event on culture and
NEW YORK – 20 May 2021 – The UAE stressed that it has been gravely concerned by the escalating spiral of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The UAE welcomed the news of a ceasefire agreement and expressed hope that it is durable, lasting, and might contribute to the resumption of a credible
NEW YORK – 18 May 2021 – Today, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) announced the signing of an agreement to support the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, as well as to enhance the voices of women, youth, and persons with
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
