Delivered by His Excellency Mohamed Abushahab, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Please Check Against Delivery. Madam President, I would like to begin by welcoming you, Minister Botchway, and thanking you for presiding over this important and timely meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his opening remarks, and Assistant
Delivered by: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, The United Arab Emirates has a longstanding position of support and commitment to the Biological Weapons Convention, and recognizes it as an important part of the global non-proliferation architecture. The Convention’s prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition, or retention of biological weapons is core
Delivered by: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I welcome the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and the EU in today’s meeting. Mr. President, In October, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina exercised their constitutional right to participate in elections. Following the elections, we hope that Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue
Delivered By: Mrs. Ameirah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Please check against delivery. Mr. President, I would like to begin by congratulating you on assuming the presidency of the Council and note that you can count on our full support. I also thank Gabon for a successful and productive presidency last month as well as you,
Myan Tantawy, Women, Peace and Security Expert Please Check Against Delivery. Thank you, co-chairs. We listened carefully to the briefings from the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Boniadi and Dr. Ebadi today. We are closely following the developments in Iran. At this time of unrest, we call for calm and we stress the need to exercise utmost
Delivered by: Her Excellency Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Mr. President, The UAE welcomes the adoption of today’s resolution and thanks the United Kingdom, as penholder, for facilitating the inclusive consultations that led to its adoption. In light of the terrorist attack in Mogadishu on 29 October that killed dozens of innocent people,
Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative Mr. President, I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Secretary-General Grynspan for their informative briefings. Mr. President, The war in Ukraine is yet another stark reminder of how humanitarian suffering in one part of our globalized world translates into more suffering in other parts. In Ukraine, the approach of
Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative+ Mr. President, I thank ICAO President Mr Sciacchitano for his briefing, and at the outset, I would underline that the UAE has engaged in both the ICAO Council and Assembly in relation to the matter before us today. The 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Chicago
Delivered by: Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation Thank you, Madame Chair. At the outset, the UAE would like to begin by thanking India in her capacity as the current Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and Minister Jaishankar for organizing and hosting us for this very special meeting. We deeply
