UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Women, Peace and Security

Delivered By: Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State Please check against delivery. Madam President, We thank Mozambique for organizing this open debate on the eve of International Women’s Day and Foreign Minister Dlhovu for chairing today’s meeting. Throughout your country’s history, Mozambican women have proven time and again that we should not underestimate

UAE Statement at the Security Council Meeting on Chemical Weapons in Syria

Ms. Maisoon AlDah, First Secretary Mr. President, I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today. I would also like to reiterate the UAE’s firm condemnation and rejection of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention and

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Political and Humanitarian Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic

Delivered By: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Please Check Against Delivery. Mr. President, We thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their important briefings today. We also thank Ms. Rasha Muhrez, for her touching briefing and we express our sincere condolences to her and all those affected by the

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on The Situation in Libya

Delivered By: H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Madam President, At the outset, we would like to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his thorough briefing and we welcome Ambassador Al-Sunni in our meeting today. We would also like to affirm the UAE’s support to the Special

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Situation in Somalia

Delivered By: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates Madam President, I thank Deputy Special Representative Gbeho, AUC Special Representative El-Amine and UN Women Executive Director Bahous for their comprehensive briefings. We also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting. Over the last six decades, Somalia has endured profound challenges, from conflict

Statement of the United Arab Emirates at the opening of the 2023 session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34)

Mr. Chair, Let me begin by congratulating Ambassador Tijjani Mohammad Bandi, Permanent Representative of Nigeria on his re-election as Chair of the C34 Bureau, as well as the other members of the Bureau Egypt, Canada, Poland, Japan, and Argentina. I wish to thank Ambassador Richard Arbeiter of Canada and his team for their excellent work

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Threats to International Peace and Security

Delivered By: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we listened carefully to Mr. Sachs and Mr. McGovern. Acts of sabotage against energy infrastructure, such as explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September, are unacceptable. They