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Lana Nusseibeh

lines on the record: 55
first: 2020-05-27
most recent: 2020-10-29
sittings or episodes: 8
sources: un-security-council

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“The United Arab Emirates will remain a committed partner, together with other Member States, United Nations agencies and civil society, to facilitate enabling environments for women and girls, in all parts of the world, for them to realize their full, equal and meaningful participation.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“Only last month, as a follow-up to last year’s Oslo conference, the United Arab Emirates reiterated its support through additional financial contributions to the Gender Standby Capacity and Protection Standby Capacity Projects, as well as to Nadia’s Initiative. We call on all Member States to ensure their foreign aid specifically targets such indispensable programmes and to closely work together with United Nations entities and other organizations with a view to ending sexual and gender-based violence. It is without question that, for our shared ambition in preventing conflicts and achieving safer and more peaceful societies, we must deliver on the commitments made since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000).”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“While the focus on promoting women’s participation is essential, we cannot dismiss the fact that the number of cases of sexual and gender-based violence remains unwaveringly high and continues to increase. The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns these crimes, as they pose a serious threat to peace and security, and holding perpetrators accountable is a critical component of preventing and deterring S/2020/1084 these crimes. Funding allocated to sexual and gender-based violence is still far from covering the actual needs and the United Arab Emirates continues to contribute to international efforts in this regard.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“The number and influence of women uniformed personnel are an essential part of building sustainable peace, yet numbers of female peacekeepers remain persistently low. Through the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Women, Peace and Security Initiative, the United Arab Emirates, in cooperation with UN-Women, has enabled the successful graduation of over 300 women from Asia, Africa and the Middle East to facilitate their effective contribution to peacekeeping, conflict resolution and all aspects of building peace. The third round of trainings will commence next year. Through this, the United Arab Emirates anticipates contributing to closing the gaps related to gender-responsive security sector reform and therefore calls on all Member States to identify and address barriers that women peacekeepers face.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates firmly believes that women’s active engagement is a peace and security imperative, and 20 years after the inception of the women and peace and security agenda, we can no longer allow for women and women’s issues to be sidelined. As we strongly believe that multilateral efforts are essential to achieving this goal, the United Arab Emirates and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security will launch, as a result of our panel series on the role of women in post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding throughout the past year, a United Nations action plan that will outline concrete priority actions and reforms, encouraging Member States and United Nations agencies to introduce and extend measures that ensure post-conflict activities are gender-mainstreamed.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“Over the past two decades, the women and peace and security agenda has been pivotal in recognizing the disproportionate effects of conflicts on women and girls, but it has particularly contributed to their recognition as active agents and the meaningful role that they play when it comes to conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict recovery processes. While it is our duty to protect the progress made and to ensure that gains will not be lost and inequalities further deepened, the advancement of the women and peace and security agenda is a key priority for the United Arab Emirates and will remain as such during its recently announced candidacy for an elected seat on the Security Council for the 2022-2023 term, with its focus on the full and effective implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and the subsequent nine resolutions.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates thanks the Russian Federation for convening this year’s annual open debate on women and peace and security, which continues to be one of our priority topics. We thank the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2020/946) on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). We are observing the twentieth anniversary of the landmark resolution 1325 (2000) today under exceptional circumstances as the world is currently unified in halting the spread and overcoming the consequences of the global coronavirus disease pandemic. These past months have once again demonstrated the detrimental effects of crises on women and girls worldwide, at the same time highlighting how crucial their positive contributions in such contexts are, as they make up the majority of front-line workers.”
2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source
“Their experience could inform how the Council and the United Nations system more broadly allocate resources and staff earlier with a view to preventing conflict.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates is also working towards that end during the pandemic: of the over 100 countries to which we have shipped medical aid since March, a large percentage are countries on the Council’s agenda. Our purpose is to reduce the pandemic’s intensification of fragility. Similarly, risk-informed early warnings could result in the Security Council’s rapid mobilization of mandates and resources. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other humanitarian agencies have taken steps towards an anticipatory approach, including in their Security Council briefings.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“To support mainstreaming, my country has made gender equality a cross-cutting requirement of its foreign aid by 2021, including in conflict-affected countries, and we have completed two cycles of training for women peacekeeping training in partnership with UN-Women at the Khawla Bint Al Azwar Military School for Women, in Abu Dhabi. Fourthly, we urge the United Nations to move towards anticipatory action. If there are credible warnings around health, climate change, violence and other factors that intensify or enable conflict, they should be matched by increased and coordinated development, humanitarian and peacebuilding activity to prevent or mitigate conflict.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“The Council and other United Nations bodies have established that gender equality is central to durable peace and economic recovery, and we have unfortunately seen the pandemic — like other crises — have a disproportionate impact on women and girls. Accordingly, the pandemic is a further prompt to ensure that the Council is always briefed on the role of women in peacebuilding and peace processes, that Council-mandated missions have sufficient gender resources and that United Nations peace and security activities have clear gender metrics linked to personnel performance evaluations.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“As one dimension of coordination, we would expect heads of missions authorized by the Security Council to systematically liaise with Resident Coordinators in order to identify the contributions they can make to pandemic recovery and to longer-term peace and security, on the one hand, and the support missions need from other agencies, on the other hand. The role of Resident Coordinators should also be front and centre in ensuring that the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund coheres with the overall United Nations portfolio in a country. Thirdly, we must accelerate efforts aimed at mainstreaming gender in peace and security.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates was one of the first countries to endorse the Secretary-General’s original appeal for a global ceasefire in response to COVID-19, as we believe humanitarian pauses are a powerful tool for de-escalating conflicts, providing space for political processes and slowing the spread of disease, all with substantial associated peacebuilding benefits. Secondly, Member States and the United Nations system should continue to empower Resident Coordinators in order to facilitate the international response to COVID-19 and enhance the work of the Organization on preparedness and peacebuilding. Resident Coordinators are best placed to ensure that there is lockstep coordination among the United Nations development, humanitarian and security pillars, with a view to achieving collective outcomes.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates would like to thank Indonesia for ensuring the Security Council’s continued focus on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its effect on the most vulnerable people. It is already abundantly clear that the pandemic is worsening conditions that both lead to and amplify conflict and violence, from hunger to disruption of basic services to hate speech. These impacts serve to underscore that States Members of the United Nations and the Organization itself must take a holistic approach to peace and security. Accordingly, we would like to share four thoughts on how the Security Council and its partners can work to sustain and foster peace in the face of the pandemic and other shocks. First, we welcome the precedent set by resolution 2532 (2020) and its demand for ceasefires in the face of pandemics.”
2020-08-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/799 (2020) · source
“We trust that today’s open debate can facilitate a practical, results-oriented approach to the growing wave of security threats related to climate change. It is the defining challenge of our era, and the Security Council can and must be part of the solution.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“Lastly, the Security Council’s response to climate change needs to be coordinated with other parts of the United Nations system and its partners and must be focused on conflict prevention and climate adaptation as two sides of the same coin. As part of the broader concept of anticipatory action, it is clear that resilience-focused development and humanitarian activities must increase in countries that are vulnerable to both climate change and insecurity, in order to curtail the likelihood of conflict. Accordingly, we would expect warnings in the Security Council on climate impacts to elicit commensurate responses in international agencies, including their boards, and vice versa. The United Arab Emirates is committed to that approach moving forward.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“Thirdly, we believe in a principle of “do no harm” for Council-mandated missions. Missions should have enhanced guidance and internal controls to ensure that they are not intensifying local climate effects, such as groundwater depletion or deforestation. Renewables should also become the first consideration for a mission’s energy supply, with the added benefit that they are cheaper than diesel in almost all multi-year deployments and create long-term infrastructure for local communities as part of a peace dividend. We highlight the work of Energy Peace Partners and the International Renewable Energy Agency in this regard.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“We commend the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and other partners for their investments in the modelling and analytics to drive disbursement of funding in advance of credibly-predicted disasters and stresses, which are most often related to climate change. The range in estimates of cost savings in terms of lives and expenses by early action is wide — from $7 to $50 for every single dollar invested — but it resoundingly demonstrates that early action is the direction in which the United Nations system must go. We would welcome the use of these climate-linked forecasts in Security Council deliberations, with the objective of mobilizing resources and mandates before, rather than after, a crisis spirals out of control.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“At this stage, we would support targeted analytical training for mission staff in countries and situations where climate is most relevant, so they can integrate climate into their Council-facing products and their own programming, using comparable methodologies. We would also expect that existing in-country resources, such as the United Nations Development Programme, the humanitarian coordinator and other agencies, could provide some of this capacity. Secondly, we call for further development of the anticipatory-action capabilities of the United Nations.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“These factors all contribute significantly to conflict, violence and recruitment by terrorist groups, with disproportionately negative impacts on youth and children, women and persons with disabilities. We have also moved past confusing the securitization of climate with its militarization. We would therefore like to raise four points today on how to potentially operationalize the climate-security nexus in the context of the Security Council. First, we believe that the Council would benefit from enhanced and standardized analysis of the security implications of climate change in situations on the Council’s agenda, building on the work of the Climate Security Mechanism.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates would like to thank Germany for organizing today’s open debate and bolstering the Security Council’s work on climate change. We would also like to thank the briefers for their briefings. In the years since Germany and other States Members of the United Nations first addressed the topic of climate security in the Council, we have long moved past the point of recognizing that there is a link between climate change and security. There is ample evidence around the world, including in our region, of how droughts, extreme weather patterns, desertification and other climate impacts lead to societal unrest, unemployment, competition for resources and displacement.”
2020-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/751 (2020) · source
“We must work together to enhance compliance measures and dismantle structural barriers in order to achieve more for survivors and those at risk of sexual and gender-based violence, especially during these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“Secondly, in order to strengthen prevention in the context of security sector reform, we must support affected countries financially and with technical expertise to enhance their response to conflict-related sexual violence. We must also increase the representation of women in national police services, considering in particular the positive correlation between the percentage of female officers and the reporting rates for sexual violence-related crimes. Thirdly, we need to ensure that all our efforts to document and investigate sexual violence are survivor-centred and well-coordinated and that they adhere to the principles of safety, confidentiality, informed consent, independence and impartiality. In conclusion, I wish to reaffirm the commitment of the United Arab Emirates to addressing sexual violence in conflict situations.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“The panel will include an in-depth discussion on improving the implementation of gender-sensitive legislation and address cultural and structural barriers to women’s access to justice. Furthermore, the United Arab Emirates takes note of the Secretary-General’s recommendations on conflict-related sexual violence, and we would like to highlight the following priorities. First, noting the rise in sexual and gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, we call on fellow Member States to continue to financially and politically support the United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict to enable it to continue with its critical work of ensuring accountability for sexual violence crimes.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“Earlier this year, the second cohort of the United Arab Emirates and UN-Women joint women, peace and security programme successfully completed its military and peacekeeping training. The new cohort of graduates included 223 women from 11 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The programme has managed to build the capacity of women in our region and beyond. The meaningful participation of women in the security sector actively protects against and prevents conflict- related sexual violence and creates an empowering environment for women around the world. As part of our panel series with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, we will host a high-level panel examining women’s access to justice in post-conflict reconstruction in New York on 23 July.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“Last year, the United Arab Emirates also co-hosted the Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises conference with Norway, the United Nations and other partners, including a $10 million pledge to fund a range of anti-sexual and gender-based violence entities. Similarly, we made one of the largest- ever humanitarian contributions, of $25 million, to the United Nations Population Fund in 2019, allowing the agency to continue its work on behalf of women in conflict- afflicted communities. The United Arab Emirates has also earmarked its financial contribution to the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to enhance the work of the team with respect to the investigation of sexual and gender-based crimes.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“The Secretary-General’s report (S/2020/487) confirms that more than 1,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were predominantly against Yazidi women and girls. Nadia’s initiative is a true advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence, and its programmes are community- driven and survivor-centric. The United Arab Emirates has funded reconstruction efforts and donated over $2 million to provide comprehensive potable water, sanitation and hygiene projects for more than 60,000 Yazidis living in six villages in Sinjar. It is vital that survivors of sexual violence have a chance to start afresh in their homeland.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“It is unacceptable that to this day the perpetrators have not been brought to justice to answer for their crimes. As Member States, we have a responsibility to ensure that perpetrators of sexual violence are held accountable and are brought to justice. Last year, the Council adopted resolution 2467 (2019), which strengthens justice and accountability and calls for a survivor-centred approach to the prevention of, and response to, conflict-related sexual violence. I would like to take this opportunity to share the efforts of the United Arab Emirates towards this outcome. The United Arab Emirates has recognized the plight of Yazidi women and has worked with Nadia’s initiative to ensure that the community of Sinjar recovers from conflict-related sexual violence.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has also exacerbated sexual and gender-based violence, which underlines the need for the international community to increase its efforts to combat conflict-related sexual violence in its response to the pandemic. My country has supported the Secretary- General’s call for a global ceasefire in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which would reduce conflict-related sexual violence and enable the delivery of services for victims. Our region is still recovering from the horrors of Da’esh and the aftermath of the pain and suffering inflicted upon the people of Syria and Iraq. We must not forget the women and children who were forced into sexual slavery and tortured at the hands of terrorists and extremists.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“I would like thank Minister Maas and Germany for convening this meeting. I also thank Special Representative Pramila Patten and Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie for highlighting many important points today. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Despite some progress, sexual violence, including rape, continues to be widely used as a tactic of war in conflict situations, with devastating consequences both for individuals and their families and for the broader sustainability of peace and economic recovery.”
2020-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/727 (2020) · source
“Progress in Libya will necessarily involve a difficult compromise by all parties in Libya and a recognition that any hopes for a military victory are illusory. We reaffirm our commitment to Libya and the outcomes of the Berlin Conference, and we urge others to make the same commitment here today because — and I was asked why my country has an interest of being at this table — ensuring Libya’s long-term peace and stability is a core interest for peace and security in the international community at large.”
2020-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/686 (2020) · source
“Gargash, outlined earlier in his statement the fact that the United Arab Emirates has consistently supported a comprehensive and lasting political solution to the Libyan crisis and that its efforts have always been in accordance with the principles of international law, the Charter of the United Nations and Security Council resolutions, and we continue to support the tireless efforts of the United Nations to work with the parties to reach a ceasefire and resume a political process. I feel that I must say this again here for the record because of the accusations that were levelled at my country. Yes, the solution must come from the Libyan people, but that includes all of the Libyan people, not a select few.”
2020-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/686 (2020) · source
“I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for allowing this right of reply. I will make it brief despite the fact that the Libyan representative was fairly lengthy in his accusations against, I think, almost every constructive player in the international community. We regret that, given the constructive nature of this meeting under your leadership, an attempt was made by the representative of Libya to undermine it. My Minister, Mr.”
2020-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/686 (2020) · source
“We hope that today’s open debate will be one of many discussions on how the Security Council can operationalize the health-security nexus. COVID-19 has shown us that we must take united action in order to protect global health and security as critical public goods.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“It is also incumbent upon Member States in the General Assembly, notably the Fifth Committee, to ensure that budgets related to gender and sexual and gender-based violence are protected and to drive progress through mandatory markers and other accountability tools. Fourthly, given the crucial importance of humanitarian access in crisis situations, we see a potential role for the Council in addressing closed borders and ports during pandemics. Such efforts would have to be highly sensitive and must not infringe upon the rights and responsibilities of Member States to regulate the potential spread of disease, but the Council can be in a position encourage the flow of essential medical and humanitarian supplies to serve those most in need.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Furthermore, peacekeeping staff must be protected from pandemics and, more important, must not contribute to their spread. We welcome the steps taken in that regard and highlight, as one potential solution, the use of the Organization’s medical commodities stockpiles for peacekeeping and other staff found in United Nations supply depots, thus allowing for quick, needs- based deployment around the globe. Thirdly, COVID-19 has exposed the fact that pandemics create conditions for increased sexual and gender-based violence, more reason for the Council to be systematically briefed on gender-mainstreaming on the issues under its consideration and to ensure that missions have the appropriate staff and resources to deliver on strong mandates related to gender and sexual and gender-based violence.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates was one of the first countries to endorse the Secretary-General’s global appeal because we believe that ceasefires have the potential to reduce the spread and toll of the disease, especially by improving humanitarian situations, which are otherwise highly conducive environments for contagion and fatalities. We hope that resolution 2532 (2020) is a turning point and sets a precedent for future Council action on pandemics. Secondly, we echo the resolution’s recognition of the important role that peacekeeping missions, in close coordination with host countries, can play in responding to health crises. We note the precedent established during the Ebola response, where peacekeeping missions lent vital support to medical and humanitarian operations in West Africa.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“Those effects could include the loss of humanitarian access, the displacement and large movements of people, increased recruitment among armed groups, increased violence as a result of induced poverty and the collapse of institutions, and limitations on the ability of peace operations to fulfil their mandate, ultimately endangering the maintenance of international peace and security. Today we would like to share four initial reflections on how the Security Council could substantively respond to pandemics. First, we welcome the adoption of resolution 2532 (2020), which calls for a general and immediate cessation of hostilities in all situations on its agenda and a durable humanitarian pause.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“That understanding is also reflected in our domestic action and our commitment to transparency in public data and free testing and treatment for citizens, residents and visitors alike. We believe in the adage that no one is safe until everyone is safe. As COVID-19 has underscored, an effective pandemic response requires the simultaneous, coordinated mobilization of the Organization’s development, humanitarian and security pillars. In the context of the Security Council’s work, moving beyond mere recognition of the linkages between health and security requires new and careful thinking. However, the Council can and must play its part. The consequences of the pandemic may bear on the Security Council’s mandate, especially for countries on its agenda.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates would like to thank Germany for organizing today’s open debate and maintaining the Security Council’s focus on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We would also like to thank the briefers for their presentations. The United Arab Emirates has long viewed health and security as part of a nexus, with one affecting the other, and both requiring close multilateral attention and cooperation. That understanding has informed our country’s international response to COVID-19, including our endorsement of the Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire, our contributions to the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme, and the bilateral delivery of more than 1,000 metric tons of medical supplies to over 70 countries, including many on the Security Council’s agenda.”
2020-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/663 (2020) · source
“In conclusion, the United Arab Emirates reiterates its continued commitment to upholding the rights of children around the world and to the valuable architecture established by the Council 15 years ago. We urge other Member States to promote a qualitative leap in implementation. In order to do so effectively, full engagement and consultation between the United Nations and Member States are critical to strengthen child protection capacities and develop strategies to prevent grave violations.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“Together with other coalition member States, we reiterate that the coalition will continue to uphold its commitments and obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as relevant Security Council resolutions on the protection of children in armed conflict. On behalf of the United Arab Emirates, as a coalition member, allow me to take this opportunity to express the coalition’s deep appreciation of and full support for the critical mandate and work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and her Office. We look forward to continuing to work closely with her to strengthen the protection of children in Yemen and around the world.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“These actions by the Houthis are exacerbating the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on families in the areas under their control. Extremist and terrorist groups in our region also continue to pose a serious threat to children. Da’esh in Syria and Iraq, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham in Syria, Al- Shabaab in Somalia and Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, for example, deliberately kill, abduct and sexually abuse children, as well as recruit children for suicide bombings. We welcome the delisting of the coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen, as a recognition from the United Nations of the Coalition’s unwavering commitment to protecting all civilians in armed conflict, especially children, and the precautionary and protective measures the coalition has taken to strengthen the protection of children in Yemen.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“In the longest and most entrenched of the crises in our region, we are appalled by Israel’s neglect of children in the occupied Palestinian territories and its detention of hundreds of Palestinian children in 2019. The current plans for annexation threaten to further undermine their rights. In Yemen, the Houthis continue to be listed for grave violations, including killing, maiming and recruiting children, deliberately attacking schools and hospitals, and using dozens of schools for military purposes. We are deeply concerned by and condemn in the strongest terms the Houthis’ escalating obstruction of humanitarian relief efforts, with the Secretary-General verifying 1,553 such incidents attributed to the Houthis, an increase of nearly 650 per cent from the already high number of incidents of Houthi obstruction in 2018.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“We have also funded two pre-pilot programmes in Iraq and Colombia so that refugees and vulnerable migrants can get a UNESCO Qualifications Passport in order to have access to higher education and employment opportunities in the future. My country is deeply concerned by the high level of grave violations against children in 2019 described in the Secretary-General’s report this year. In particular, we are alarmed by the sharp increase in the number of verified incidents of denial of humanitarian access to children, the overwhelming majority of which were perpetrated by non-State actors, particularly in Yemen, Mali, the Central African Republic and Syria. The vulnerable situation of children is particularly troubling in the Middle East, where the number of violations continues to be unacceptably high.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“The United Arab Emirates firmly believes that education is not only the right of every child, but also an essential tool for uplifting entire communities. The concept note highlights how access to safe, high-quality education and vocational training is one of the critical needs of children affected by armed conflict, and the Secretary-General’s report (S/2020/525) similarly emphasizes that ending the cycle of violence for children in armed conflict requires comprehensive reintegration programmes that must include education and vocational training. Since 2017, the United Arab Emirates has worked with partners such as UNICEF to support the education of 20 million children in 59 countries, including through the rebuilding of 16 schools in Mosul and Baghdad in the past year alone.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“In order to mitigate the impact of armed conflict on children, the United Arab Emirates takes this opportunity to renew once again its support for and commitment to the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire. We note with concern that lack of political will has prevented the silencing of guns in most conflict situations. The United Arab Emirates continues to prioritize the provision of medical care in conflict situations around the world, which has a direct impact on children and their communities. As part of the United Arab Emirates’ efforts to support the global fight against COVID-19, we have provided aid to more than 60 countries. Our humanitarian efforts are also directed towards the long-term interests of children threatened by conflict, including such interests as education.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this open video-teleconference on children and armed conflict. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Virginia Gamba and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore for their insightful briefings today. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is having broad-reaching and long-term impacts on lives and livelihoods. For children living in conflict situations, this adds yet another layer of vulnerability. They already struggle to access health services and coverage for their basic needs, including access to education. The weakening of their social protection systems incentivizes child recruitment by armed groups as well as their sexual exploitation.”
2020-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/594 (2020) · source
“Thirdly, the United Arab Emirates would like to commend the Secretary- General for the report’s comprehensive approach, which highlights the growing challenge of protecting civilians from such threats as the malicious use of digital technologies and as climate change. These are no longer the threats of tomorrow, but the threats of today. We encourage the Council to incorporate more regularly in its analysis the impact of these challenges on the maintenance of international peace and security. Finally, it is important that measures taken by Member States to address the COVID-19 pandemic be consistent with international humanitarian law and its fundamental principles. The United Arab Emirates will spare no effort in promoting the protection of civilians and upholding international law.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source
“In order to do so effectively, we would like to propose four recommendations. First, we urge the Security Council to tailor and apply the range of tools at its disposal to address effectively the growing threat to civilians posed by non-State actors, and to ensure their compliance. Too often, Security Council resolutions, including those imposing measures under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations, are ignored by non-State actors. Secondly, the United Arab Emirates would like to express its support for Security Council efforts to negotiate a resolution, welcoming the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire. We urge Council members to overcome their divisions. At this moment of crisis, unity of action is essential.”
2020-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/465 (2020) · source