Priority: Regional Stability

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank both the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for their valuable briefings on the status of cooperation between their respective organizations. We also thank the civil society representative, Ms. Razan Al-Aqeel, for

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the twenty-first report on the implementation of resolution 2334. Our discussion today comes as the region approaches the month of Ramadan as well as other upcoming

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to express our deepest and sincere condolences to the Permanent Mission of Ireland and its staff on the passing of the Deputy Permanent Representative, Mr. Jim Kelly. I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. The use of biological weapons or any weapons of

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization, for their valuable briefings. What we have

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Ambassador Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India and Chair of the Sanctions Committee on Libya, for their insightful briefings. I also would like to thank Dr. Jazia Shuaiter for her valuable opinion and welcome Ambassador Taher

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Griffiths for their briefings. Over the past several years of the Yemen crisis, there have been many genuine regional and international efforts to support reaching a comprehensive political solution that meets the

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Zbigniew Rau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for 2022, and Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for their comprehensive briefings. The UAE supports the role

UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. The total elimination of chemical weapons is a shared goal among the international community considering the horrific effects of their use. In this context, we reiterate the UAE’s principled

Delivered by H.E. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan; and Maj. Gen. (rtd.) Charles Tai Gituai, IGAD RJMEC Interim Chairperson, for their valuable briefings. I also want to thank Ms.