I thank Mr. Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), for his briefing. We appreciate his efforts and those of MINUSMA in supporting Mali’s stability. We also welcome the participation of …
At the outset, I would like to express sincere appreciation to Mozambique and to congratulate it on its successful presidency of the Security Council last month. I wish the same to the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to than…
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her informative briefing.
The conflict in Ukraine has shattered the lives of its citizens and heightened geopolitical tensions to levels not seen since the Cold War era. The countless lives lost and the worsening humanitarian crisis underscore…
I would like to take this opportunity to commend Mozambique for its successful Security Council presidency. We welcome the opportunity to exchange views on preventing and resolving conflicts in Africa. Mozambique’s historical journey to peace and progress is an inspiration to us all. I also want to …
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the General Assembly’s adoption by consensus of resolution 77/276, which requests an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. Climate change is the defining threat of the twenty-first century. We therefore
believe that the interna…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Keita for her briefing and welcoming the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi in today’s meeting.
The Security Council’s visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo provi…
I would like to thank Mozambique for organizing this valuable discussion today and you personally, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting. Mozambique has had to endure these threats, specifically in Cabo Delgado, where the Southern African Development Community mission has been present since…
The United Arab Emirates unequivocally condemns the September 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. Those criminal acts caused severe environmental harm and endangered global energy security. The sabotage of transboundary energy infrastructure is of serious concern to the international…
I thank Ambassador Pérez Loose for his briefing. I assure him of the unwavering support of the United Arab Emirates for the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and his chairmanship. We are grateful to the Group of Experts for its contribution in promoting the impleme…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Tareq Talahma for their important briefings.
Last week marked the twelfth year of the war in Syria. Syrians are still suffering from the horrendous consequences of that war. The recent earthquake exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Syria and added to the pain of…
I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing and his continuous efforts.
I would like to begin by noting Sunday’s meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh following the Aqaba summit. We hope that the constructive engagement between the two parties at this critical time will contribute to…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing and welcome the participation of the representative of the Republic of Korea here today.
We join the Secretary-General in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democra…
I would like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his informative briefing today. We support his strong message on the ripple effects of this conflict across the globe.
The war in Ukraine does not exist in a vacuum. Food insecurity is just one way the conflict manifests …
I thank Mozambique for taking the initiative to organize today’s meeting, which is long overdue.
Improving security sector governance is a key feature of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) and the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative, as well as many peace…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of Japan and the United Arab Emirates in our capacity as co-penholders on Afghanistan.
Today, the Security Council unanimously adopted two resolutions concerning the situation in Afghanistan (resolutions 2678 (2023) and 2679 (2023)). The firs…
At the outset, we would like to express our deep sympathy to Mozambique and Malawi following the catastrophic cyclone that hit the two countries. We reaffirm our solidarity with those countries for that disaster.
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Ms. …
The irrational hatred of any group is an exercise in closing the mind. It strips away our empathy away at a time when understanding is most needed. I want to make three points in that regard.
First, the United Arab Emirates has consistently taken a strong stance against intolerance in all its forms…
I deliver this explanation of vote on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council (A3) — Ghana, Gabon and Mozambique — and the United Arab Emirates.
The A3 and the United Arab Emirates would like to recognize and thank the penholder for its efforts in facilitating the negotiations p…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva for her updates, as well as and today’s briefer, Ms. Zubaida Akbar, for her powerful testimony.
The Security Council last met in this setting in December (see S/PV.9227). While in the Chamber, we received news of the Taliba…
We thank Mozambique for organizing this open debate on the eve of International Women’s Day, and Foreign Minister Dlhovo for presiding over today’s meeting. Throughout Mozambique’s history, its women have proven time and again that we should not underestimate women’s contributions to peace. As Dame …
