I also would like to commend Japan for focusing our attention on this timely topic, and I would like to thank
Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith and Ms. Diago Ndiaye for their informative and insightful briefings.
Thirty-one years after the original An Agenda for P…
At the outset, I thank the Prosecutor, Mr. Karim Khan, for his thorough briefing on the updates relating to the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Darfur. I also welcome the participation of the Representative of the Sudan, Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed, in today’s meeting.
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At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Ghada Mudawi for their briefings.
Over the past 12 years of the crisis, Syria’s territories have been used as a theatre for political and military operations, which has had an impact on the Syrian people. Those operations have also led …
At the outset, I would like to express our condolences and sympathy to the Government and the people of Gabon as well as to our colleagues in the Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations on the passing of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo.
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I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his valuable briefing.
We meet again to discuss the critical situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, which has reached an extremely sensitive and dangerous stage owing to the illegal and unilateral measures and practices adopted against the Palestinian people…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for her briefing. We also listened carefully to the remarks of Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony.
This topic is of particular importance to the United Arab Emirates, which recognizes interreligious dialogue and understanding as essen…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their comprehensive briefings, and I welcome the participation in this meeting of the representatives of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Despite the end of the truce and the disruption of the political track due to the behaviour and pro…
I would also like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing and extend my welcome to Her Excellency Ms. Dzhaporova, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, and His Excellency Mr. Gerwel, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, and I thank them for their pa…
At the outset, we welcome your presence, Mr. Foreign Minister, and your country’s decision to highlight this important topic for the first signature event of your Security Council presidency. I am grateful to the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his valuable briefing and to Judge Joan E.…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Ruiz Massieu for his valuable briefing and for his tireless efforts towards supporting the goals of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, namely, establishing peace in the country. I welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Francia Márquez Mina, Vice-…
I thank Ms. Giovanie Biha for her valuable briefing and efforts in leading the important work of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). I take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Saleh Annadif for his tireless efforts during his tenure. I also thank…
At the outset, the delegation of the United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Ecuador on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council. We welcome the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2672 (2023), extending the cross-border aid delivery…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new colleagues, Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, to the Security Council. We wish you, Mr. President, success during your presidency of the Council this month. I also thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo, Deputy High Representati…
At the outset, I would like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for its prompt response to the request to hold this meeting to discuss the serious provocations that threaten the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. We also thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing on the latest developments.…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Helen La Lime for her briefing and efforts as well as the efforts of the
United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, for her introductory remarks. We also congratulate Gabon on chairing the Security Cou…
At the outset, I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings today. As we approach the end of several Member States’ terms on the Security Council, I want to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to our colleagues from Norway a…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of today’s resolution on Myanmar (resolution 2669 (2022)). I thank the United Kingdom for its efforts in facilitating the adoption of the text. I also thank the members of the Council for their flexibility during the negotiations.
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I feel obliged to respond to what we just heard about the recent Taliban decision to close universities to women and girls in Afghanistan. We express our deep disappointment about that unfair decision, and we condemn it because it deals a fatal blow against women and girls by permanently depriving t…
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates welcomes today’s unanimous adoption by the Security Council of two important resolutions relating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (resolutions 2666 (2022) and 2667 (2022)). We appreciate the
flexibility shown by Council members during the negotiation …
At the outset, I thank Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for her briefing, and we affirm the support of the United Arab Emirates for her efforts. I also thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secr…
