Delivered by: Mr. Saod AlMazrouei, Alternate Political Coordinator UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery Mr. President, I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. In the context of today’s discussion, we reiterate the UAE’s explicit rejection and condemnation of the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, under any circumstances. And we all agree that the
Delivered By Mrs. Amierah AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Please check against delivery. Mr. President, I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing and for presenting the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 2334, which paints a bleak picture of the current situation on the ground. Mr. President, The Middle East region
Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her updates. Having just concluded this year’s high-level week of the General Assembly, a resounding message we heard from many world leaders remains at the forefront of our minds: the world wants peace in
Delivered by Mrs. Amiera AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative Please Check Against Delivery. Madam President, I thank our briefers for their statements. Once again, they have confirmed the bleak picture of the situation in Afghanistan. The discrimination against women and girls, the collapse of the economy, and the lack of liquidity, not to mention the continued
Delivered by Mrs. Amiera AlHefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Please Check Against Delivery. Madam President, At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Helen La Lime, Mrs. Ghada Waly, and Ms. Valerie Guarnieri for their thorough briefings and providing a detailed picture of the developments in Haiti, which the UAE continues to follow
Please Check Against Delivery Mr. President, I would like to thank His Excellency Abdullah Shahid for his distinguished leadership of the previous session. I would also like to congratulate His Excellency Csaba Kőrösi on assuming the presidency of this session and wish him success in this role. At the precipice of a new era for
Delivered by: Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation Madam President, At the outset, I would like to thank you for organizing this important meeting. I would like to also thank His Excellency, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and His Excellency, Mr. Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International
Delivered by: Ms. Ghasaq Shaheen, Political Coordinator Madam President, I would like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Nicholas Haysom for his thorough and informative briefing regarding the situation in South Sudan. We also listened with interest to Ms. Lilian Rizik’s briefing. I welcome the Representative of South Sudan to
Delivered by H.E. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative Thank you, Madam President. I would also like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Mr. Maximo Torero, and Mr. David Beasley for their excellent briefings. And the magnitude of the crises they are describing is, as David said, of biblical proportions. Their projections of the hundreds of thousands
