Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. [In response to remarks made by the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations]: I’d like to say at the outset that there hasn’t been a Council meeting on this subject when the Council hasn’t collectively demanded the urgent release
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, On behalf of the United Arab Emirates and Japan, I want to express our deep gratitude for today’s adoption. I want to thank all Council Members for reinforcing, over the past year, our shared and enduring commitment to Afghanistan. I’d like to also
Delivered by: Ms. Reem Al Ameri, Attaché UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo for his briefing today. I would like to reiterate the UAE’s explicit rejection and condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I’d like to reflect on the vote we just held, and what it says, though, about this conflict and this body. We welcome its adoption, and we’re grateful for this Council’s support. We believe that the resolution begins to unblock life-saving aid whose
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, Last week a group of Security Council members travelled to the Rafah border. We saw firsthand the dire challenges that we have been discussing in this chamber for over two months now, and we met victims who endured and survived the hell unleashed
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings today. As this is our last meeting on the Syrian political and humanitarian file during the UAE term at the Security Council, allow me to
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva for her invaluable briefing; and since this is our last meeting as co-penholders on this file, allow me to also recognize your tireless commitment to Afghanistan and to its people, and your steady leadership of UNAMA. I assure
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his informative briefing, and I welcome the participation of both the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in today’s meeting. The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns yet another unlawful intercontinental ballistic missile
Delivered by: His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Thank you, Mr. President. At the outset, I would like to extend our sincere condolences on behalf of the United Arab Emirates to the government and people of Kuwait on the passing of the late Emir, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. He
