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UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Briefing by the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to thank His Excellency Zbigniew Rau, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for 2022, and Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for their comprehensive briefings. The UAE supports the role

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on Chemical Weapons in Syria

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. The total elimination of chemical weapons is a shared goal among the international community considering the horrific effects of their use. In this context, we reiterate the UAE’s principled

UAE Intervention at the Virtual Briefing on the Horn of Africa Drought

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Thank you, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, for this informative briefing, and we echo your call for action to avert the consequences of the drought in the Horn of Africa. The UAE attaches great importance to the security and stability of the Horn of Africa and the well-being of its people. We are very concerned by the

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council on the Situation in South Sudan

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Delivered by H.E. Amiera Alhefeiti, Deputy Permanent Representative I would like to thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan; and Maj. Gen. (rtd.) Charles Tai Gituai, IGAD RJMEC Interim Chairperson, for their valuable briefings. I also want to thank Ms.

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Ukraine

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I would like, at the outset, to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their briefings. As the speakers ahead of me have noted, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has reached catastrophic levels. Today, more

UAE Statement at the UN Security Council Emergency Meeting on Ukraine

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I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Director-General Rafael Grossi for their briefings. My country is also following the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with deep concern. The reports that we have received about fires affecting the plant suggest a dangerous development in the conflict. The humanitarian and environmental catastrophe resulting from a serious