I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing and his continuous efforts.
I would like to begin by noting Sunday’s meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh following the Aqaba summit. We hope that the constructive engagement between the two parties at this critical time will contribute to…
I thank Mozambique for taking the initiative to organize today’s meeting, which is long overdue.
Improving security sector governance is a key feature of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) and the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative, as well as many peace…
At the outset, we would like to express our deep sympathy to Mozambique and Malawi following the catastrophic cyclone that hit the two countries. We reaffirm our solidarity with those countries for that disaster.
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Ms. …
The irrational hatred of any group is an exercise in closing the mind. It strips away our empathy away at a time when understanding is most needed. I want to make three points in that regard.
First, the United Arab Emirates has consistently taken a strong stance against intolerance in all its forms…
We thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths for their important briefings. We also thank Ms. Muhrez for her touching briefing and express our sincere condolences to her and all who have been affected by the earthquake.
Our brother people of Syria suffered devastating tragedy this month. After 12 years …
At the outset, we thank the Special Representative, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his informative briefing and welcome Ambassador Elsonni to today’s meeting.
We would also like to stress the support of the United Arab Emirates for the proposal of the Special Representative in relation to the High Leve…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we listened carefully to Mr. Sachs and Mr. McGovern.
Acts of sabotage against energy infrastructure, such as the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September, are unacceptable. They pose …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing. I welcome the participation of the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
Two nights ago, the people of Hokkaido were put in grave danger by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s most recent illegal intercontinental ballistic missile…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Am bassador Martin Sajdik for their informative briefings.
It is profoundly unfortunate that we are meeting today to discuss the lessons learned from the Minsk agreements in the shadow of the very war that we had all hoped they would prevent. …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you every success. I also express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to our colleagues in the delegation of Japan for their outstanding efforts and profe…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Ghada Mudawi for their briefings.
Over the past 12 years of the crisis, Syria’s territories have been used as a theatre for political and military operations, which has had an impact on the Syrian people. Those operations have also led …
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his valuable briefing.
We meet again to discuss the critical situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, which has reached an extremely sensitive and dangerous stage owing to the illegal and unilateral measures and practices adopted against the Palestinian people…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for her briefing. We also listened carefully to the remarks of Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony.
This topic is of particular importance to the United Arab Emirates, which recognizes interreligious dialogue and understanding as essen…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their comprehensive briefings, and I welcome the participation in this meeting of the representatives of Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Despite the end of the truce and the disruption of the political track due to the behaviour and pro…
At the outset, I would like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for its prompt response to the request to hold this meeting to discuss the serious provocations that threaten the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. We also thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing on the latest developments.…
At the outset, I would like to thank both Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings today. As we approach the end of several Member States’ terms on the Security Council, I want to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to our colleagues from Norway a…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
Like other members of the Security Council, the United Arab Emirates is concerned about the recent increase in tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We continue to stress the importance of de-escalation and restraint. All sides should r…
I thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his thorough briefing and his efforts in supporting peace in the region.
Here in the Security Council at this time last year, Mr. Wennesland expressed his concern about developments in the occupied Palestinian territory,
noting that if they …
I thank our briefers for their remarks and for their valuable efforts under their respective mandates.
The United Arab Emirates recognizes nuclear non-proliferation as a cornerstone of our collective security. We have long supported international efforts, including by the Council and the Internatio…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his valuable briefing, and I also thank Your Excellency Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, for your briefing. I would like to seize this opportunity to commend you on the important role that you and your predecessor, Amb…