The UAE will assume its elected seat on the UN Security Council on January 1, 2022 NEW YORK – 11 June 2021 – Today, Member States of the United Nations gathered at the General Assembly and elected the United Arab Emirates to serve on the United Nations Security Council alongside Albania, Brazil, Gabon, and Ghana
Check against delivery. Thank you, Mister Chair, I would like to thank Niger and all co-hosts for convening this important meeting. Allow me to share with you two propositions on how we believe the Group’s objective to ensure a gendered approach in the Sahel region can best be achieved. First, we must ensure active coordination
NEW YORK/ABU DHABI – 27 May 2021 – Minister of State for International Cooperation H.E. Reem Al Hashimy and Assistant Minister for Public and Cultural Diplomacy Omar Ghobash met virtually with members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) at the United Nations. The objective of the meeting was to introduce the
Delivered by H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Check against delivery. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, The UAE aligns itself with the statement delivered by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group. And I would like to also add my thanks to Niger, Algeria, and Azerbaijan for requesting on behalf of the OIC,
NEW YORK – 20 May 2021 – The UAE stressed that it has been gravely concerned by the escalating spiral of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The UAE welcomed the news of a ceasefire agreement and expressed hope that it is durable, lasting, and might contribute to the resumption of a credible
The United Arab Emirates thanks China for organizing this open debate. This is an opportunity to collectively enhance our understanding of the pandemic’s impact on conflict-affected countries in Africa, to discuss methods of cooperation to jointly address the root causes of conflict, and curb this pandemic. Since the onset of COVID-19, the pandemic has severely
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
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
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
