I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and I welcome the participation of Ukraine’s Foreign Minister in this meeting today.
We cannot begin without expressing our deep sorrow for the lives lost and shattered in the war in Ukraine. We mourn the deaths of at least 8,000 civilians and share in…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Minister Borg, for presiding over this important meeting. I would also like to thank High Representative Borrell Fontelles for joining us today.
Almost 25 years ago, hundreds of Emirati troops were deployed to Kosovo to support stabilization efforts there. …
I thank Deputy Special Representative Gbeho, Special
Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission for Somalia Souef and UN-Women Executive Director Bahous for their comprehensive briefings. We also welcome Somalia’s participation in this meeting.
Over the past six decades…
I would first like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Rugwabiza for her comprehensive briefing. I also thank Ambassador Hilale for briefing us and for Morocco’s notable contribution as Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), w…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his thorough briefing and his constant efforts in pursuit of peace between Israel and Palestine. I also thank Deputy Commissioner-General Stenseth for her valuable remarks. The United Arab Emirates is grateful to the Council members for their constructive a…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Acting
Executive Director Chen for their valuable briefings. I also took note of the informative briefing by Ms. Praxl of the Global Center on Cooperative Security.
In January alone, 10 attacks by Da’esh in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Co…
I begin by extending the heartfelt condolences of the United Arab Emirates to Syria and Türkiye over the devastating earthquake this morning; We have dispatched search and rescue teams and field hospitals to both countries and offer our full support at this difficult time. I also thank Under-Secreta…
I thank Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane for briefing us today. We recognize the work that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is doing in extremely difficult circumstances. I thank Ms. Aminata Cheick Dicko for her contribution, and I welcome …
I also would like to commend Japan for focusing our attention on this timely topic, and I would like to thank
Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith and Ms. Diago Ndiaye for their informative and insightful briefings.
Thirty-one years after the original An Agenda for P…
I would also like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her briefing and extend my welcome to Her Excellency Ms. Dzhaporova, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, and His Excellency Mr. Gerwel, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland, and I thank them for their pa…
At the outset, the delegation of the United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Ecuador on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council. We welcome the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2672 (2023), extending the cross-border aid delivery…
I thank President Zelenskyy for addressing us today and Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Since our last meeting on Ukraine (see S/PV.9195), temperatures have indeed started to drop as the first snow falls across the country. We have repeatedly shared our grave concern about the fa…
I would like to thank Ghana for convening today’s meeting on this important topic, as well as all the briefers for their invaluable insights.
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the ongoing international cooperation countering piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea. We are encouraged b…
I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and welcome the participation of the representatives of Japan and the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched its eighth intercontinental ballistic missile in 2022, and it is reported to h…
I would like to start by thanking the United Kingdom, as penholder, for its tireless efforts in facilitating the negotiations around the important resolution we have just adopted (resolution 2662 (2022)). The United Arab Emirates welcomes the adoption of the resolution, which is focused on neutraliz…
First, the United Arab Emirates extends its heartfelt condolences to Poland for the deaths of the two civilians killed in yesterday’s incident. The news of missiles hitting Polish territory and the increase in the number of strikes across Ukraine seemed to signal the frightening escalation that many…
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…
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…
