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)…
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…
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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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…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the presentation of the Security Council’s annual report to the General Assembly (A/75/2), and we thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to discuss its findings.
We all know that this annual report plays a critical role in improving the transparency and legi…
The United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria on behalf of the Group of Arab States (see A/75/ PV.67). I would also like to thank the Niger, Algeria, and Azerbaijan for requesting the convening of this important meeting on behalf of the…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.52, entitled “International Day of Human Fraternity”, on behalf of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The draft resolution expresses deep concerns at those acts that adv…
At the outset, my country, the United Arab Emirates, appreciates the efforts of the United Nations, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights to support our brother Palestinian people.
The Middle East is the scene of ma…
In my capacity as Chair of the group of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.27, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation”.
At the outset, I would like to than…
At the outset, I would like to say what a privilege and interesting challenge it was to co-Chair the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform during the seventy-second, seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions of the General Assembly. I am pleased to see my co-Chair from last year,…
It is my honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates.
I thank the President for convening today’s high-level meeting on the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
I want to speak to all the girls and boys whom we have here today, because they, and boys and girls just like them around the world who might be …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Ambassadors of Ghana and Slovakia on their appointment as co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session.
According to a 2019 public-affairs study by Edelman on the views …
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the States members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in my capacity as Chair of the OIC Group.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate South Africa on its successful presidency of the Council this month. I would also lik…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Germany and France on their successful and innovative joint presidencies of the Security Council over the past two months. I would…
I would like to thank Foreign Minister Maas and Germany for convening today’s open debate. The high-level participation in this discussion on sexual violence in conflict, as well as the late hour due to the very long list of speakers today, is a testament to the global importance of this issue to ma…
I would like to thank France, and Foreign Minister Le Drian in particular, for convening today’s open debate on a critically important issue. France continues to be a leader in the fight against terrorism financing, and we applaud the new resolution 2462 (2019), which was adopted earlier today. The …
