Mr. President, The serious developments in Ukraine undermine regional and international peace and security. Throughout this crisis, my country has consistently called for de-escalation and dialogue; we placed great hope in the various diplomatic initiatives and channels aimed at resolving the crisis. Those calls reflected our alarm at the consequences for civilians present in Ukraine,
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mrs. Joyce Msuya for their important briefings. We also welcome the participation of Mrs. Joyce for the first time in the Council. In today’s statement, I would like to first address the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank the Special Representative Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her comprehensive briefing and express our full support for the efforts of UNAMI. Today we are participating in a briefing on UNAMI for the first time since we joined the Security Council. Therefore, I would like to take this
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General for their remarks. This is the fourth meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine in less than a month. In light of the recent and alarming tensions, my country’s position has been to call for de-escalation
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
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
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
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.
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
