Priority: Regional Stability

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his comprehensive briefing. What we heard today about the fragile humanitarian, security, and political situation in the occupied Palestinian territory underscores the necessity of actively relaunching a credible peace process that

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Cooperation between the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)

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Mr. President, I would like to thank the Russian Federation for organizing this meeting. I also thank UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Stanislav Zas, for their insightful presentations. The UAE attaches great importance to prioritizing regional views in conflict resolution as well as in peacebuilding and

UAE: When Will the Appeasement of the Houthi Terrorist Group End?

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NEW YORK – 15 February 2022 – The United Arab Emirates called for an end to the appeasement of the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen during a United Nations Security Council briefing on the situation in the country. The Council was briefed by Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen; Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on Somalia

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Madam President, I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. James Swan, and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and the Chair of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, and the Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, Mr.

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I would like to thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Mr. Weixiong Chen, the Acting Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate, for their valuable briefings. Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates places great importance on countering extremism and terrorism in

Joint Statement on the January 30 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Launch

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Good afternoon.  Thank you for being here today.  The DPRK’s January 30 (local time) launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a significant escalation in the DPRK’s recent violations of multiple Security Council resolutions and seeks to further destabilize the region. We condemn this unlawful action in the strongest terms.  This IRBM marks the

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on the Situation in Afghanistan

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check Against Delivery Thank you, Madam President. We would also like to thank António Guterres, the Secretary-General; Ms. Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and Head of UNAMA; and Ambassador Tirumurti, Chair of the Security Council’s 1988 Sanctions Committee, for their thorough briefings. We also welcome the civil society briefer, Ms. Mahbouba Seraj, and thank

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Wars in cities – protection of civilians in urban settings

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The UAE thanks Norway for organizing this open debate. Thank you, Prime Minister, for your personal presence and for chairing this meeting. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Peter Maurer for their very insightful briefings. We have also listened carefully to the briefer in Sana’a, and of course, strongly reject the

UN Security Council Condemns Houthi Terrorist Attack on United Arab Emirates

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NEW YORK – 21 January 2022 – During a closed meeting of the United Nations Security Council, H.E. Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, presented a classified briefing on the Houthi terrorist attacks. Ambassador Nusseibeh was joined by an official from the UAE armed forces. Following the conclusion