At the outset, my delegation would like to express its appreciation to the President for presiding over this important debate. I also thank the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian
Rights for their unwavering efforts in suppo…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate Italy on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and applaud its convening of today’s open debate on human trafficking in conflict situations. 1 would like to thank the Secretary-General and all of the other briefers that we have heard fr…
At the outset, I would like to say that the United Arab Emirates looks forward to the adoption of draft resolution A/72/L.8, on the situation in Afghanistan, by the General Assembly, and thanks Germany for its great work in facilitating the draft resolution. Mobilizing support for the Islamic Republ…
At the outset, I would like to express the appreciation of the United Arab Emirates for the collaborative work carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). I would also like to express our appreciation for the commendable leadership of the Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Yukiya Am…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I thank the French presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, and Mr. Mubin Shaikh for their briefi…
At the outset, I wish to thank France for having
convening this open debate on women and peace and security. We join others in thanking the Secretary- General’s Chef de Cabinet and the Executive Director of UN-Women. We pledge our continued support to UN-Women for its role in advancing this agenda.…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate France on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and thank it for presiding over this important quarterly debate. The United Arab Emirates also extends its gratitude to Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affair…
At the outset, I would like to thank the
Secretary-General and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for their comprehensive reports. On behalf of my country, I welcome the adoption of the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Traff…
I speak in exercise of my right to reply to the statement made by the representative of Iran.
First, the three islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are an integral part of the territory of the United Arab Emirates. We categorically reject all of Iran’s allegations regarding the three i…
We regret the fact that the representative of the State of Qatar has once again sought to distract all of those gathered here from the international commitments that his country should be upholding. Four countries have taken entirely legitimate measures against the State of Qatar, which claims to be…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his tireless efforts to improve the United Nations systems approach to combat terrorism.
We congratulate Mr. Vladimir Voronkov on his appointment to head the new United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.
More than ever, the internati…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate Uruguay on its presidency of the Security Council this month and reiterate the importance of the topic under discussion today.
The United Arab Emirates is deeply committed to the protection of civilians and medical care in conflict situations, w…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate the United States on acceding to the presidency of the Council and appreciate its presiding over this quarterly debate. I want to thank Mr. Nikolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing earlier today.
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On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on its presidency of the Council this month and its championing of efforts to combat human trafficking around the world. We hope that today’s debate will contribute to a greater understanding of the role of confli…
Allow me to take this opportunity to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting on agenda item 30, “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”. It is a great honour for me to represent the United Arab Emirates in the capacity of Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2…
At the outset, I would like to express my thanks to Sweden for convening this open debate. The United Arab Emirates emphasizes the importance of today’s discussions.
We condemn the terrorist attack on the Kandahar Governor’s guest house, which injured the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the Isla…
The United Arab Emirates is grateful for Spain’s leadership on this critically important security issue. The United Arab Emirates thanks the briefers for their insight on the evolving challenges in and the opportunities for strengthening global non-proliferation efforts.
Previous speakers have high…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on the sixtieth anniversary of the International Atomic Energy Agency and its success in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear technology. This year marks the sixtieth an…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on women and peace and security and for highlighting this priority issue. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your successful presidency of the Security Council this month. We join others in thanking the Execut…
On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, I congratulate Malaysia on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
We recognize the critical importance of this debate and honour the twentieth anniversary of the children and armed conflict report. We are participating in today’s debat…
