Priority: Regional Stability

Delivered by: Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Reena Ghelani for their thorough briefings today, and we appreciate their work on this file. Mr. President, It is unfortunate that, despite the ongoing developments to the humanitarian and security situation in Syria, the

Delivered by: Mrs. Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, At the outset, we welcome Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of UNSMIL. We thank him for his valuable briefing and wish him all the success in his new duties. We also assure

Delivered by His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Please Check Against Delivery. Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Resident Coordinator Denise Brown for their briefings. As we heard today, a significant percentage of critical civilian infrastructure, including power stations and water supply infrastructure, has either been

Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative Please Check Against Delivery. By voting in favor of resolution 2653, the UAE reiterates its support for Council efforts to directly address the difficult security situation in Haiti through targeted sanctions against armed gangs. The violence and terror that armed gangs impose on the people of Haiti

Delivered by: Mrs. Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I would like to thank Ms. Rugwabiza for her valuable and detailed briefing. We also welcome the participation of Her Excellency Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, as well as the representative of the Republic of Rwanda to

Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Special Representative Ms. Caroline Ziadeh for her valuable briefing to the Council and for her tireless efforts alongside the Mission’s team. I also welcome the participation of Serbia and Kosovo in today’s meeting. Mr. President, The UAE stresses the importance of intensifying

Delivered By: Mrs. Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, At the outset, I thank Special Representative, Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, for his valuable briefing, and we welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, in today’s meeting. Mr. President, The persistence of violence in Mali is a

Delivered By Mrs. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Helen La Lime, for her thorough briefing and their efforts in Haiti. We also welcome the participation of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We also