Priority: Global Citizenship

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Small Arms: Addressing the Threat Posed by Diversion, Illicit Trafficking and Misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons and their Ammunition to Peace and Security

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Delivered by: Major General Salem Al Kaabi, Chief of Military Judiciary of the Armed Forces UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Madam President, Thank you for chairing this meeting and I congratulate Ecuador on their successful presidency of the Council this month. I would also like to thank the USG Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, as well as

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

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Delivered by: Rashed Azzam, Attache Thank you, Mr. President, I would first like to thank Judge Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor, for their valuable briefings. I also welcome the representatives from Croatia, Rwanda, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina to this session. I would like

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime, Growing Challenges and New Threats

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Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I want to begin by thanking President Noboa for chairing today’s meeting and the Ecuadorian Presidency for bringing this salient topic for discussion by the Security Council. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres for his remarks, as well as Executive Director Waly, Professor

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the 1267/1989/2253 Committee, the 1373 Committee, and the 1540 Committee

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Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I would like to thank Ambassador Frazier, Ambassador Montalvo Sosa, and Ambassador Nusseibeh for their briefings of the Da’esh/Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, the 1540 Committee, and the Counter-Terrorism Committee. The United Arab Emirates has benefited a great deal from its time as Chair

Statement by the Chair of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee

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Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President.            Excellencies, distinguished participants, As Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 concerning counter-terrorism, I have the honour to brief the Council on key aspects of the work of the Committee, supported by its Executive Directorate (or

Joint Statement on Behalf of the Chairs of the UN Security Council 1267/1989/2253 Committee

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Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President.         Excellencies, distinguished participants, On behalf of the Chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267, 1989 and 2253, concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities; Security

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Combating Forced Separation and Illegal Exploitation of Children

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Delivered by: Reem AlAmeri, Attache Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Permanent Mission of Russia for convening this Arria-formula meeting, and I also thank the briefers for sharing their perspectives on this issue. Forced separation of children, especially refugees and asylum seekers, from their families and their subsequent trafficking and exploitation continues to plague

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Contributions of Regional Mechanisms for Peace and Security

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Delivered by: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State Mr. President, Thank you to our briefers today – Assistant-Secretary-General Khiari, President Bachelet, President Mbeki, and Ms. Alvarez – for their valuable statements. Peace-making is not the purview of the few alone, but a shared responsibility of the many. This Council has often spoken with