On behalf of the United Arab Emirates and Japan, I want to
express our deep gratitude for today’s adoption. I thank all Security Council members for reinforcing, over the past year, our shared and enduring commitment to Afghanistan. I would also like to recognize Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu and …
For the record, I would like to state that the draft resolution that was put into blue on Friday received 83 sponsors from the membership, but that today’s resolution 2720 (2023) was not open for co-sponsorship, due to the last minute nature of the negotiations and due to the fact that it was put in…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo for his briefing today.
I would like to reiterate the United Arab Emirates’ firm position that explicitly rejects and condemns the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provis…
Last week, a group of Security Council members travelled to the Rafah border. We saw first-hand the dire challenges that we have been discussing in this Chamber for more than two months now, and we met victims who endured and survived the hell unleashed on Gaza following the 7 October attacks on Isr…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings today.
As this is our last meeting on the Syrian political and humanitarian file during the term of the United Arab Emirates at the Security Council, I would like to share with the Council few of our thoughts on this file.
Since 2…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva for her invaluable briefing; and since this is our last meeting as co-penholders on this file, allow me to also recognize her tireless commitment to Afghanistan and to its people and her steady leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanist…
At the outset, I would like to extend sincere condolences on behalf of the United Arab Emirates to the Government and the people of Kuwait on the passing of the late Emir, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He was a true leader and a tireless advocate for peace in the region who c…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his informative briefing, and I welcome the participation of both the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns yet another unlawful intercontinental ballistic missile…
I will begin by expressing my deep appreciation to Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings today on the latest developments concerning the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). I also extend my thanks to Ambassador Frazier for her role as the Security Council …
I thank Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya for his valuable briefing and important efforts in supporting Libya. I also thank Mr. Osamu Yamanaka for his comprehensive briefing and welcome the partici…
I thank you, Madam President, for presiding over this meeting, and we congratulate Ecuador on its successful presidency of the Council this month. We also thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary- General, Ms. Cécile Aptel and Ms. Folade Mutota for their valuable briefings.
The issue of the dive…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing. We appreciate the efforts that he and his team are making to support peace in South Sudan, including his continued engagement with countries of the region in support of the Re…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative Mr. Abdou Abarry for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to reiterate the United Arab Emirates’ support for the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). We appreciate UNOCA’s critical role in coordinating with regional and sub…
I would like at the outset to thank Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, its Chief Prosecutor, for their valuable briefings. I also welcome the representatives of Croatia, Rwanda, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzeg…
At the outset, I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Keita, for her comprehensive briefing. We appreciate her efforts and those of her team to support peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the Democratic R…
At the outset, I am pleased to thank the Deputy to the High Representative of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing. We
also listened carefully to Ms. Wright’s statement, and we welcome the participation of Ukraine’s representative in this meeting.
Regarding …
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing. We are profoundly grateful for his steadfast moral leadership. By taking the rare step to invoke Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations, he is compelling us to confront the enormity of the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. It is our fervent …
The United Arab Emirates is deeply disappointed about the outcome of today’s vote. Regrettably, and in the face of untold misery, the Council is unable to demand a humanitarian ceasefire.
Let me be clear. Against a backdrop of the Secretary- General’s grave warnings, the appeals by humanitarian act…
The draft resolution presented by the United Arab Emirates (S/2023/970), which in less than 24 hours garnered the co-sponsorship of at least 97 States Members of the United Nations, is clear in its intention: an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. It reiterates the Security Council’s demand that all p…
We are pleased to be participating in the discussion of agenda item 72, which is an important one. The issue of providing humanitarian assistance to afflicted peoples is a top priority for the United Arab Emirates. The annual renewal of today’s draft resolution (A/78/L.20) is a very important step t…
