Delivered by: His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, At the outset, I’d like to offer the sincere condolences of the United Arab Emirates to the People’s Republic of China regarding the passing of former President Jiang Zemin. His tenure will be remembered for China’s economic prosperity and stability. China, under his
Delivered by: Ghasaq Shaheen, Political Coordinator Thank you, Madame President. Many thanks to our briefers, as well as to Kenya and Norway, for spotlighting the issue of climate security on the Council agenda. The UAE is pleased to co-sponsor this event alongside our main organizers. I would like to make three points today on how
Delivered by: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I’d like to begin by thanking Ambassador Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, and Ambassador Trine Heimerback for enhancing the transparency of the work of their respective Committees through this briefing of the Security Council. The United Arab Emirates commends the three
Delivered by: Saeed Al Dhaheri, Counsellor/Police Adviser Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Commissioner Adriana Polaz for her presentation in the name of the co-facilitators and main sponsors of the draft resolution A/77/L.20, on “cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)”. We thank Canada for their
Please check against delivery Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Abdulla Shahid on his presidency of this session. We are confident that we will collectively make further progress in addressing urgent international issues and building a safer and sustainable world. A world in which our peoples can look to
Delivered by: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates has a longstanding position of support and commitment to the Biological Weapons Convention, and recognizes it as an important part of the global non-proliferation architecture. The Convention’s prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition, or retention of biological weapons is core
Including women in peace processes works. As an Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh has an intimate understanding of why women’s involvement in peace and security matters. “Not only is it the right thing to do as a moral imperative,” she says, “but it is the smart thing to do.” “Women bring integrated
Delivered by: Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation Thank you, Madame Chair. At the outset, the UAE would like to begin by thanking India in her capacity as the current Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and Minister Jaishankar for organizing and hosting us for this very special meeting. We deeply
Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares for his briefing to the Security Council today. I would like to begin by addressing the most important element of this discussion for all of us today: the preservation of Article 100 of the
