I thank Mr. Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), for his briefing. We appreciate his efforts and those of MINUSMA in supporting Mali’s stability. We also welcome the participation of …
At the outset, I congratulate the Republic of Mozambique on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish His Excellency the Ambassador and his team success in leading the work of the Council. The United Arab Emirates will provide them with full support. I also thank Malta …
At the outset, I would like to express our condolences and sympathy to the Government and the people of Gabon as well as to our colleagues in the Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations on the passing of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo.
I would lik…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Ruiz Massieu for his valuable briefing and for his tireless efforts towards supporting the goals of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, namely, establishing peace in the country. I welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Francia Márquez Mina, Vice-…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of today’s resolution on Myanmar (resolution 2669 (2022)). I thank the United Kingdom for its efforts in facilitating the adoption of the text. I also thank the members of the Council for their flexibility during the negotiations.
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I feel obliged to respond to what we just heard about the recent Taliban decision to close universities to women and girls in Afghanistan. We express our deep disappointment about that unfair decision, and we condemn it because it deals a fatal blow against women and girls by permanently depriving t…
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates welcomes today’s unanimous adoption by the Security Council of two important resolutions relating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (resolutions 2666 (2022) and 2667 (2022)). We appreciate the
flexibility shown by Council members during the negotiation …
At the outset, I thank Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for her briefing, and we affirm the support of the United Arab Emirates for her efforts. I also thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secr…
At the outset, I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Haysom, and Major General Gituai for their briefings on the latest political, security and humanitarian situation in South Sudan, which my country has also been following closely. I also thank Gabon for updating the Coun…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Keita for her efforts and detailed briefing today. I also thank Ambassador Biang for leading the recent visit of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. I thank Ambassador Ngyema Ndong for bri…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Perthes for his updates, including on the efforts of the trilateral mechanism, in the light of the common understanding reached on the draft constitutional document, which led to the signing of a political framework agreement earlier this w…
A the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee and Mr. Eric Tiaré for their comprehensive briefings. We also listened to the briefing of Mr. Zakaria Ramadan.
The United Arab Emirates attaches special importance to achieving peace and security in the Sahel region. Despite the many extremely co…
I would like to thank the briefers for their valuable input and the detailed information they provided, including on the priorities of the United Nations police in the context of peacekeeping operations, as well as the efforts being made in that respect.
I also take this opportunity to commend Mr. …
At the outset, the United Arab Emirates aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
I thank the delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany for facilitating the negotiations on the draft resolution entitled “The situa…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and to assure you of our full support in managing the Council’s work. I also thank Gabon for its successful and productive presidency last month and thank Mr. Grandi for his …
At the outset, I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for
his detailed briefing and for his efforts and attempts to calm the escalating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Despite the repeated appeals by the members of the Security Council over the past months to defuse tensions, we regret the co…
At the outset, I welcome the adoption today of resolution 2654 (2022), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year and reflects the Mission’s critical and effective role in supporting stability in the region. We also extend o…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
The United Nations was established following the Second World War with the objective of saving humankind from the scourge of war. Ensuring that weapons of mass destruction of any kind are never used is at the very heart of that commitment. The Council must be unifi…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Reena Ghelani for their thorough briefings today. We highly appreciate their efforts on that dossier.
Despite the ongoing developments in the security and humanitarian situations in Syria, it is unfortunate that the Syrian dossier does not garner enough attention i…
At the outset, we welcome Mr. Bathily and thank him for his valuable briefing, wishing him every success in his task. We assure him of the United Arab Emirates’ full support for his efforts and those of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). We look forward to the renewal of UNSMIL’s …
