Delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative Lana Nusseibeh At the outset of the meeting, I should like, on behalf of the Security Council, to express our deepest sympathy to the Government and people of the United States of America on the passing of Dr. Madeleine Korbel Albright. Madeleine Albright had a long and distinguished career
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I thank both the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, for their valuable briefings on the status of cooperation between their respective organizations. We also thank the civil society representative, Ms. Razan Al-Aqeel, for
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the twenty-first report on the implementation of resolution 2334. Our discussion today comes as the region approaches the month of Ramadan as well as other upcoming
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset, I would like to express our deepest and sincere condolences to the Permanent Mission of Ireland and its staff on the passing of the Deputy Permanent Representative, Mr. Jim Kelly. I thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. The use of biological weapons or any weapons of
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. At the outset I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization, for their valuable briefings. What we have
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Ambassador Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India and Chair of the Sanctions Committee on Libya, for their insightful briefings. I also would like to thank Dr. Jazia Shuaiter for her valuable opinion and welcome Ambassador Taher
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Griffiths for their briefings. Over the past several years of the Yemen crisis, there have been many genuine regional and international efforts to support reaching a comprehensive political solution that meets the
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Check against delivery. I want to join others in thanking Ambassador Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez for his briefing today, and his able chairmanship of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). I assure you of the UAE’s full support for the Committee. I also wish to extend the
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
