UAE Renews Commitment to Collaborating for Peace and Security in Africa

NEW YORK – 19 May 2021 – The UAE renewed its commitment to working with partners to maintain peace and security in Africa, including when elected to the UN Security Council for the 2022-2023 term. The UAE submitted a written statement to the UN Security Council’s ministerial open debate on addressing root causes of conflict

UAE and UN Partner to Empower Women in Peace and Security

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

RECAP: Technology as a Peace Enabler

On 17 May 2021, the Permanent Missions of the UAE, Mexico, and Switzerland to the UN, together with the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), co-hosted a panel discussion to hear perspectives from technology innovators and other experts on how frontier technologies could be better utilized by the UN system to ensure the

UAE Statement at UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on “the Impact of Emerging Technologies on International Peace and Security”

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.

UAE Statement at UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting “Delivering accountability through innovation and partnership: harnessing technology to deliver justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide”

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

Statement by the UAE at the Open Debate of the UN Security Council on the Protection of Objects Indispensable to the Survival of the Civilian Population

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