Delivered by: His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Your Excellency, Mr. President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Deputy Secretary-General, I thank Ghana for organizing and presiding over this important discussion on the growing threat of terrorism in coastal West Africa and the Sahel. In a
Delivered by Mr. Saod Rashid AlMazrouei, Alternate Political Coordinator Please Check Against Delivery. Madam President, At the outset, we welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Karim Khan. We take note of his briefing. We also welcome Ambassador Taher El-Sonni in our meeting today. We would like to note the importance of making the
Delivered by Ms. Fatema Yousuf, First Secretary Please Check Against Delivery. Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to first thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. Mr. President, We meet today only thirteen days following our last meeting on the Syrian Chemical Weapons file in the absence of developments on this important track. The
Delivered by Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Please check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of Japan and the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting. Once again, we meet at a moment of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Over
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
