NEW YORK, 25th March, 2017 (WAM) — Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, recently participated in an interactive panel discussion on “Public Policies for Happiness”, co-organised at the United Nations headquarters by the permanent missions of the UAE, Australia, Bhutan, Denmark, Ecuador, Rwanda, Slovenia and Thailand, to mark the International Day
Thank you, Madam President, At the beginning I would like to thank the Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, for her statement, and we commend her steadfast efforts and dedication in coordinating and leading the international efforts to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls around the world. I am also
Thank you, Ambassador. I would first like to thank His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Permanent Representative of Tunisia, for his committed leadership and excellent contributions during his term as President of the Board for 2016. I am grateful to the Executive Board members for electing me President of the UN-Women Executive Board for 2017.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, has participated in the United States Institute of Peace, USIP, fourth annual Sheikha Fatima Lectureship, which was also attended by the Ambassador of the UAE to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba. Washington, DC – HE Lana
New York – The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York marked the International Day of Tolerance on 16 November. Tolerance is a fundamental pillar of the UAE’s foreign policy, which is reflected in the UAE’s deep commitment to the principles of mutual respect, dialogue, cooperation, non-interference in
Statement delivered by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the General Debate of the 71th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, Ministers and heads of delegations, At the outset, I am pleased to congratulate Your Excellency on assuming the presidency of this
New York, The Permanent Missions of the United Arab Emirates and the United States to the United Nations in partnership with UN Women and World Enabled convened an expert discussion on the empowerment of young women and girls with disabilities. Organized at the sidelines of the 9th Conference of State Parties to the Convention
New York, The United Arab Emirates has highlighted the success of its policy to empower and integrate people with disabilities into the community, creating equal opportunities to them and improving their conditions across the country. In a statement delivered yesterday at the United Nations by Hussain Saeed Abdulla Ahmad Al Shaikh, Assistant Under-Secretary
NEW YORK – With the support of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood and Rym al Falasi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the UAE engaged in a critical discussion
