Priority: Regional Stability

Delivered by: Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his important statement. I also thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, and the Deputy Special Coordinator, Ms. Lynn Hastings, for their detailed

Delivered by: Mohammed Bastaki, Counsellor Mr. President, I thank SRSG Caroline Ziadeh for her valuable briefing today. I welcome the participation of Prime Minister Brnabić and President Osmani-Sadriu in today’s meeting. When the Council last met on this file in April, there was hope for greater stability and prosperity in the region. Indeed, in that

Delivered by: Ahmed AlMahmoud, Security Council Affairs Adviser UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Special Representative Salvador, Executive Director Russell, Executive Director Waly, and Ms. Manigat for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Haiti, Dominican Republic, as well as the representative of Jamaica. Mr. President, We deeply

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative I’d like to begin by thanking today’s briefers, SRSG Catriona Laing and Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef, and we also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting. Over the past two decades, and against many odds, Somalia has proven to be a great example of resilience, and

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President, and I’d also like to thank our briefers, Martin and Tor, for their invaluable remarks and insights today, and to thank them for all the fantastic work they are doing in very difficult circumstances. This morning’s explanation of vote of the

Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, It is perhaps beyond me to put into words the abject horrors we are witnessing in Gaza. That is why the United Arab Emirates fully supported the Council to take action today, and we still support that the Council does take action on

Delivered by: Nasra AlRahma, First Secretary Mr. President,  I thank Special Envoy Xia for his informative briefing. I also thank Mr. João Samuel Caholo, the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, and Ms. Joséphine Malimukono for their contributions to today’s discussion. I welcome the participation of the representatives of the

Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank the Special Representative, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, and Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane for their valuable briefing. I also welcome the participation of Ambassador Taher Al-Sunni to this meeting. I wish to reiterate, once more, the UAE’s condolences

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, Long before the unjustifiable Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, Gaza was already one of the most desperate places on Earth to live. All Council members have rightly condemned the indiscriminate murder of innocent Israeli civilians and the taking of 199 of