From September 2016 to June 2017, the Permanent Missions of the UAE and Norway to the UN hosted the Every Woman Every Child Everywhere Panel Series. The need to address this core constituency of women, children, and adolescents in humanitarian settings led to the launch of the Panel Series which aimed to measure progress in translating this norm
NEW YORK – H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State, headed the UAE delegation to the two-day United Nations’ High-Level Meeting convened by the President of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace. “This meeting has come at a critical time when our world is marred
NEW YORK – The UAE urged United Nations’ agencies and Member States to take collective action to identify countries that support and finance terrorism, and hold them accountable. This call was made at the UN High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace by H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State and Head of the UAE delegation
NEW YORK – Saud Al Shamsi, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, has underlined the importance of young people as essential partners in achieving peace and security, at the open debate of the UN Security Council on Youth, Peace and Security. In his statement, Mr. Al Shamsi confirmed that
NEW YORK – At the United Nations’ Security Council, the UAE urged the international community to intensify efforts to combat impunity for sexual violence in conflict and reaffirmed its commitment to the UN’s ongoing efforts in addressing these heinous crimes. H.E. Mrs. Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, spoke
NEW YORK – During the plenary meeting of the 62nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the United Arab Emirates reiterated its commitment to achieving gender equality and empowering women, by strengthening its partnership with the Commission and meeting the objectives of the Session. The UAE’s national statement was delivered by
NEW YORK – The Arab Group at the United Nations has called on the international community not to recognise any unilateral actions that threaten a two-state solution, and to intensify all international and regional efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. This came at the UN Security Council Open
NEW YORK – H.E. Mrs. Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations in New York, visited New Delhi and Beijing earlier this month at the invitation of the Indian and Chinese governments. Nusseibeh was accompanied by Kaha Imnadze, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN, in their capacity as
NEW YORK – H.E. Mrs.Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, has completed her term as President of the UN-Women Executive Board for 2017, the governing body of the UN entity dedicated to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women. Saud Al Shamsi, Deputy Permanent Representative of the UAE to the
