UAE Statement at the UN General Assembly Session on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia

Delivered by Mrs. Ameirah Alhefeiti Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, We thank you for holding this important session to commemorate the International Day to combat Islamophobia.  We commend Pakistan for spearheading, on behalf of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, the efforts that led to the adoption of the resolution establishing

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Afghanistan

Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr President, At the outset, I’d like to thank SRSG Roza Otunbayeva for her updates, and also today’s briefer, Ms Akbar, for her powerful testimony. The Security Council last met in this setting in December. While in the chamber, we received news of the Taliban’s

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