I welcome the participation of Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union (EU) in today’s meeting.
In October, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina exercised their constitutional right to participate in the elections. We hope that, following the elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and to assure you of our full support in managing the Council’s work. I also thank Gabon for its successful and productive presidency last month and thank Mr. Grandi for his …
I thank the President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Sciacchitano, for his briefing.
At the outset, I would underline that the United Arab Emirates has engaged in both the ICAO Council and Assembly in relation to the matter before us today.
As stressed in the preamble…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Secretary- General Grynspan for their informative briefings.
The war in Ukraine is yet another stark reminder of how humanitarian suffering in one part of our globalized world translates into more suffe…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2657 (2022) and thanks the United Kingdom, as penholder, for facilitating the inclusive consultations that led to its adoption.
In the light of the terrorist attack in Mogadishu on 29 October, during which dozens of innocent peo…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for
his detailed briefing and for his efforts and attempts to calm the escalating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Despite the repeated appeals by the members of the Security Council over the past months to defuse tensions, we regret the co…
At the outset, we welcome Judge Joan E. Donoghue and express to her our thanks and appreciation for her valuable briefing (see A/77/PV.20). We wish her good health and every success.
The United Arab Emirates expresses its firm support for the work of the International Court of
Justice as the main …
At the outset, I would like to thank Assistant-Secretary-General Martha Pobee and Special Envoy Hanna Tetteh for their thorough briefings and tireless efforts in the Abyei Area. I also welcome the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at this meeting.
Promoting dialogue and peaceful coexiste…
At the outset, I welcome the adoption today of resolution 2654 (2022), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year and reflects the Mission’s critical and effective role in supporting stability in the region. We also extend o…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
The United Nations was established following the Second World War with the objective of saving humankind from the scourge of war. Ensuring that weapons of mass destruction of any kind are never used is at the very heart of that commitment. The Council must be unifi…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, for his briefing to the Security Council today.
I would like to begin by addressing the most important element of this discussion for all of us today, the preservation of Article 100 of the Charter of the United Nati…
At the outset, I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his thorough briefing and appreciate his endeavours to support peace efforts in the region. We also welcome the participation of the representatives of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and South Africa in today’s meeting.
The G…
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
In the context of today’s meeting on the chemical dossier, the United Arab Emirates reiterates its explicit position of rejection and outright condemnation of the use of chemical weapons under any circumstances, by anyone and anywhere. Their use …
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Reena Ghelani for their thorough briefings today. We highly appreciate their efforts on that dossier.
Despite the ongoing developments in the security and humanitarian situations in Syria, it is unfortunate that the Syrian dossier does not garner enough attention i…
At the outset, we welcome Mr. Bathily and thank him for his valuable briefing, wishing him every success in his task. We assure him of the United Arab Emirates’ full support for his efforts and those of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We look forward to the renewal of UNSMIL’s …
By voting in favour of resolution 2653 (2022), the United Arab Emirates reiterates its support for the Security Council’s efforts to directly address the difficult security situation in Haiti through targeted sanctions against armed gangs.
The violence and terror that armed gangs impose on the peop…
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Resident Coordinator Denise Brown for their briefings.
As we heard today, a significant percentage of critical civilian infrastructure, including power stations and water supply infrastructure, has been
either damaged o…
The United Arab Emirates thanks Gabon for organizing this open debate and welcomes the fact that Gabon has joined the shared commitments to prioritize women and peace
and security during its presidency. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Executive Director Sima Bahous, African Union …
At the outset, I thank Ms. Rugwabiza for her valuable and detailed briefing and welcome the participation of Her Excellency Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, and of the Permanent Representative of the R…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her valuable briefing to the Security Council and for her tireless efforts alongside the team of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Serbia and Kosovo in today’s meeting.
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