We have all heard today how the scale of suffering in Gaza competes with some of the darkest periods in our history. This moment can be an inflection point, or it can be the point of no return.
We are seeing the conflict spill over in the Middle East. The Houthis are holding maritime trade hostage …
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the
statement delivered by the representative of Bahrain on behalf of the Group of Arab States (see A/78/PV.51).
We are here today to discuss the veto of a Russian draft amendment that was originally part of resolution 2720 (2023), submitt…
I would like to say at the outset that here has not been a Security Council meeting on the subject when the Council has not collectively demanded the urgent release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip. In fact, the resolution adopted by the Council last week (resolution 2720 (2023)), penned by th…
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…
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 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…
I would like to thank the United Kingdom again today for its tireless and effective efforts in its capacity as a penholder that has steered resolution 2715 (2023) to its adoption.
As the Council terminates the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) in respons…
I would like to begin by thanking China for its stewardship as President of the Security Council for the month of November. In a month that proved to be exceptionally challenging, China helped to steer our discussions on critical issues with wisdom and skill. I also wish to congratulate Ecuador and …
I thank Executive Director Bahous, Executive Director Russell and Executive Director Kanem for their painful briefings. They highlight the critical turning point we have reached in Israel’s 47-day war on Gaza, which followed the 7 October attacks by Hamas on Israel, and the grave choices that lie be…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Rousseff and Mr. Sachs for their invaluable briefings today. The United Arab Emirates thanks China for bringing this important topic to the Security Council’s attention. China’s leadership on sustainable development and its
impact on peace and securi…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the Council’s adoption of resolution 2712 (2023) today — its first on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict since 2016. It is crucial that the Council has come together around the urgent need to protect civilians, especially children. We recognize that the vote and its …
The war on Gaza has raged for 40 days. While we have held several meetings, heard devastating briefings and seen heart-wrenching reporting, the Council has been unable to produce anything that would alleviate the suffering of the civilians in Gaza.
Outside this building and in our region, in partic…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for leading us in a moment of silence for the lives lost in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
By now we have all heard the acronym coined by health workers in Gaza: “WCNSF”, which stands for “wounded child, no surviving family”. I just want to …
Mr. President, thank you for your presence here with us in New York today and for the special dedication that Brazil has shown to peace in our region. I also pay special tribute to our briefers today and to their teams’ dedicated work in the most unimaginable circumstances on the ground in the Gaza …
The votes of the United Arab Emirates today were made strictly on the merit of the draft resolutions submitted to the Security Council (S/2023/792 and S/2023/795) and how they tangibly respond to the dire situation in Gaza. We know what the most pressing humanitarian needs are. The United Nations an…
I would like to begin by thanking today’s briefers, Special Representative Catriona Laing and Ambassador Mohammed El-Amine Souef. We also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting.
Over the past two decades and against the odds, Somalia has proved to be a great example of resilience and of th…
It is perhaps beyond me to put into words the abject horrors we are witnessing in Gaza. That is why the United Arab Emirates fully supported the Security Council taking action today, and why we still support the Council taking action on the situation. For more than 140 years, the Al Ahli Baptist Hos…
I would like to thank our briefers, Mr. Martin Griffiths and Mr. Tor Wennesland, for their invaluable remarks and insights today and for the fantastic work they are doing in very difficult circumstances.
The United Arab Emirates explanation of vote this morning on draft resolution S/2023/773 outlin…
Long before the unjustifiable Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, Gaza was already one of the most desperate places on Earth to live. All Council members have rightly condemned the indiscriminate murder of innocent Israeli civilians and the taking hostage of 199 people, including children. We reite…
