I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank Mr. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, for his valuable opinions.
The provision of aid to Syrian civilians rem…
We thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Ms. Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and Ambassador Tirumurti, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011)…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his comprehensive briefing and vigorous diplomatic efforts to advance the political process. We also listened carefully to the briefing by Ms. Thuraya Hijazi.
More than a decade has passed since the beginning of the Sy…
The United Arab Emirates thanks Norway for organizing this open debate, and we thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for your personal presence and for presiding over this meeting. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Peter Maurer for their insightful briefings. We also listened carefu…
I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Ambassador Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India and Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, for their comprehensive briefings. W…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for his valuable briefing. I
would like also to welcome the Presidential Adviser for Stabilization and Consolidation…
At the outset, I thank you, Madam President, for presiding over today’s important debate, and I welcome the distinguished Ministers present in the Chamber today. I also thank the Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his invaluable briefing, as well as Ms. Nada Majdalani and Mr. Gidon Bromberg for …
The United Arab Emirates thanks Norway for organizing this important open debate on such a critical subject and for presiding over this meeting. We also thank High Commissioner Bachelet for her insightful briefing. We listened carefully to the briefings from Ms. Zarqa Yaftali and Ms. Kaavya Asoka.
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At the outset, I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for his comprehensive briefing, and I welcome him in his first briefing on the Sudan in the Security Council. I would like to note in that regard that we closely follow the work of the Cour…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for their valuable briefings. We also thank the civil society representative, Ms. Ola Al-Aghbary, for highlighting critical issues.
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We also welcome the participation of the Ambassador of Mali in today’s meeting.
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I would like to thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), for his comprehensive briefing and…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Khatir Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, for his valuable briefing. The United Arab Emirates affirms its support for his good offices in the region. We a…
Madam President, at the outset I sincerely congratulate you on Norway’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I wish you every success in managing the business of the Council. I also thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for…
I am pleased to be participating in this important meeting. The United Arab Emirates considers the coordination of humanitarian aid and disaster relief one of the most important roles of the United Nations and a top priority of its own foreign policy, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus dise…
It is a pleasure for me to take part in this important debate on the culture of peace, which is a necessity today if we are to combat violence, hate speech and intellectual and religious intolerance in order to achieve a more peaceful and tolerant world. I would like to thank the Secretary-General f…
I am pleased to take part in this important debate on sport for development and peace, which comes after a period of isolation for humankind due to the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic. The pandemic has had adverse effects on physical and psychological well-being. Sport plays a pivotal rol…
At the outset, I would like to express the United Arab Emirates’ appreciation for the efforts undertaken by the United Nations, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights in support of our brother Palestinian people. The …
At the outset, I would like to express the thanks of the United Arab Emirates for the opportunity to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). I also want to express my thanks and appreciation to the Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, for his comprehensive briefi…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting on the crime of human trafficking, which is the most common form of transnational organized crime and requires concerted national and international efforts to address it.
We are of the view that the United Nations G…
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates would like to thank Mexico for organizing today’s meeting. We would also like to thank President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for presiding over this debate. We also extend our thanks to Secretary-General António Guterres and Ms. Lourdes Tibán Guala for their i…
