I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh for her valuable briefing today. I welcome the participation of Prime Minister Brnabić and President Osmani-Sadriu in today’s meeting.
When the Council most recently met to discuss this file in April (see S/PV.9312), there was …
I thank Mr. Adedeji Ebo for his briefing.
I would also like to reiterate the firm position of the United Arab Emirates whereby we reject and explicitly condemn the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances. Their use constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions o…
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the General Assembly’s adoption by consensus of resolution 77/276, which requests an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice. Climate change is the defining threat of the twenty-first century. We therefore
believe that the interna…
I would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, for his comprehensive briefing.
What we heard today about the fragile humanitarian, security and political situation in the occupied Palestinian territory serves to underscore the need to actively relaunch a …
I should like to begin by aligning my country’s delegation with the statement delivered by the representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see A/75/PV.88).
The United Arab Emirates welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 75/291, on the s…
The representative of Iran continues to claim that the three islands under discussion belong to Iran, whereas we wish to stress that the three islands are Emirati islands under occupation. We have repeatedly requested that negotiations be held, whether directly or by resorting to the International C…
At the outset, we would like to offer our condolences to Kuwait and its people following the death of Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. May God rest his soul in peace and bring patience and solace to his people and the Arab and Islamic nations.
My delegation would like to respond to the statem…
I take this opportunity to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting on agenda item 30, “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to India, the outgoing Chair of the Kimberley Process, for its distinguish…
My country’s delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the Observer State of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
At the outset, we thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to discuss rolling back malaria. In that connection, I would like to make t…