I would like to express our deepest appreciation for the tireless and continuing efforts of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, as well as the Division for Palestinian Rights, in supporting our brother people of Palestine in achieving their legitimate a…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths for their valuable briefings.
As the years have passed, the Syrian crisis has become more complex and fractured, and has come to encompass issues that include refugees, internally displaced persons, foreign interventions, terrorism and economic collapse. This …
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his invaluable briefing.
We meet today at a time when the Middle East peace process is going through a delicate phase that requires special attention from the international community. While a sharp rise in violence and tensions is being witnessed in the occupied Pales…
I would like to begin by thanking Ambassadors de la Fuente Ramírez, Kamboj and Heimerback for enhancing the transparency of the work of their respective Committees through today’s briefing.
The United Arab Emirates commends the three Chairs for their admirable work in supporting the Security Counci…
I thank President Zelenskyy for addressing us today and Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Since our last meeting on Ukraine (see S/PV.9195), temperatures have indeed started to drop as the first snow falls across the country. We have repeatedly shared our grave concern about the fa…
I would like to thank Ghana for convening today’s meeting on this important topic, as well as all the briefers for their invaluable insights.
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the ongoing international cooperation countering piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea. We are encouraged b…
I would like to thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Ms. Reena Ghelani for their briefings.
Yemen has reached a critical phase since the truce ended, with the Houthi terrorist militia continuing its hostile posture towards the Yemeni people and their legitimate Government. That has, in turn, deepened the H…
I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and welcome the participation of the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched its eighth intercontinental ballistic missile in 2022, and it is reported to h…
I would like to start by thanking the United Kingdom, as penholder, for its tireless efforts in facilitating the negotiations around the important resolution we have just adopted (resolution 2662 (2022)). The United Arab Emirates welcomes the adoption of the resolution, which is focused on neutraliz…
A the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee and Mr. Eric Tiaré for their comprehensive briefings. We also listened to the briefing of Mr. Zakaria Ramadan.
The United Arab Emirates attaches special importance to achieving peace and security in the Sahel region. Despite the many extremely co…
First, the United Arab Emirates extends its heartfelt condolences to Poland for the deaths of the two civilians killed in yesterday’s incident. The news of missiles hitting Polish territory and the increase in the number of strikes across Ukraine seemed to signal the frightening escalation that many…
At the outset, we would like to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his informative briefing, and we affirm the support of the United Arab Emirates for his mandate and the efforts of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to find a lasting solution in the count…
I would like to thank the briefers for their valuable input and the detailed information they provided, including on the priorities of the United Nations police in the context of peacekeeping operations, as well as the efforts being made in that respect.
I also take this opportunity to commend Mr. …
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
I thank the delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany for facilitating the negotiations on the draft resolution entitled “The situa…
I thank Ghana for organizing and presiding over this important discussion on the growing threat of terrorism in coastal West Africa and the Sahel. In a region suffering from extremism, the Accra Initiative is a vivid illustration of Ghana’s wise vision and active role in countering extremism and ter…
At the outset, we welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, and take note of his briefing. We also welcome Ambassador Taher Elsonni to today’s meeting.
We would like to note that in the future, it is important to make the report of the Prosecutor available to…
I thank you, Mr. President, and I also thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We meet today only 13 days after our most recent meeting (see S/PV.9164) on the Syrian chemical
weapons dossier, in the absence of any developments on that important track. The October report, like those before it,…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing and welcome the participation of Japan and the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
We are once again meeting at a moment of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. Over the past few days, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ha…
I would like to start by welcoming you, Madam President, and thanking you for presiding over this important and timely meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary- General Guterres for his opening remarks and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee, Commissioner Adeoye, Former President of Ireland and C…
The United Arab Emirates has a long-standing position of support and commitment to the Biological Weapons Convention and recognizes it as an important part of the global non-proliferation architecture. The Convention’s prohibition on the development, production, stockpiling, acquisition or retention…
