UAE Promotes Importance of Women’s Economic Inclusion, Partnerships for Sustainable Peace on International Women’s Day

NEW YORK – 8 March 2022 – The United Arab Emirates convened the first signature event of its presidency of the United Nations Security Council, a ministerial-level open debate to promote the importance of women’s economic inclusion and public-private partnerships to galvanize a more sustainable peace on International Women’s Day. The debate, which was chaired

UAE Remarks at Event Marking the International Day of Human Fraternity

Excellencies, colleagues, friends, It is a pleasure to join you all today to celebrate the second-ever International Day of Human Fraternity. Today’s gathering is a display of our shared commitment to a peace founded on friendship, humility, and co-existence. This is human fraternity in action. In 2020, together with Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, we

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on Threats to International Peace and Security

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Madam President, At the outset, I would like to thank Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her informative briefing. Madam President, The UAE is closely monitoring recent developments. In the context of our discussion today, I would like to focus on the following aspects: First, the UAE

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on the Situation in Afghanistan

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check Against Delivery Thank you, Madam President. We would also like to thank António Guterres, the Secretary-General; Ms. Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and Head of UNAMA; and Ambassador Tirumurti, Chair of the Security Council’s 1988 Sanctions Committee, for their thorough briefings. We also welcome the civil society briefer, Ms. Mahbouba Seraj, and thank

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Wars in cities – protection of civilians in urban settings

The UAE thanks Norway for organizing this open debate. Thank you, Prime Minister, for your personal presence and for chairing this meeting. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Peter Maurer for their very insightful briefings. We have also listened carefully to the briefer in Sana’a, and of course, strongly reject the