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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - UN-UAE-STATEMENTS
![]() UN hails creation of UAE's Aid Coordination Office
Posted on 09/07/2008
The establishment of the UAE's Aid Coordination Office, prepared in close collaboration with UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is a very important and appreciated initiative, according to the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Response Coordinator, John Holmes.
"A lot of work has gone into developing this Office and ensuring that it is in line with international standards of accountability and transparency, Holmes said in
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 Gargash receives President of UN GA
Posted on 07/07/2008
HE Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, met here yesterday with Sergian Kerim, the President of the General Assembly of the UN who is currently visiting the UAE as part of a regional tour. Dr Gargash welcomed Kerim and reviewed with him aid and relief assistance offered by the UAE to the third world countries. They also discussed the situation in the Middle East, as well as security and stability of the Gulf region. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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![]() UAE Ambassador to UN office in Geneva reiterates Palestinian people's rights
Posted on 19/06/2008
UAE Permanent Representative to United Nations office in Geneva Ambassador Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, underlined support of the UAE to the Arab group and Organisation of Islamic Conference statements on the humanitarian rights of Palestinian people. He also thanked John Dogard, former human rights rapporteur in the occupied Palestinian territories, who reported the humanitarian suffering underwent by the Palestinian people to the international community despite pressures no to do so.
Speaking
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 UAE participates at UN meeting on AIDS
Posted on 11/06/2008
The UAE will participate at a high-level meeting on AIDS, which will take place here on June 10th. The meeting will review progress made in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.
The UAE delegation will be headed by Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami, Minister of Health. Other Members of the delegation include Ambassador Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jerman, UAE Permanent Representative at the UN and Dr. Mahmoud Fikri, Executive Director of
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 Ghobash attends ILO conference in Geneva
Posted on 05/06/2008
Minister of Labour Saqr Ghobash is attending the 97th session of the International Labour Conference, currently being held in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 3 000 delegates from 181 Member States are participating in the Conference, which runs from 28th May to 13th June. The conference will discuss a number of pertinent issues including the rights of employment and the world food crisis. Meanwhile, a member of the UAE business delegation to the conference, Khaleefa Matar Al Ka'abi was elected to
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![]() UN General Assembly debate on human trafficking lauds efforts of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed
Posted on 04/06/2008
New York - A United Nations General Assembly debate on human trafficking has hailed the efforts of HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces to support the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT).
"Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly Debate on Human trafficking have expressed their commendations to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan for his generous donation of $ 15
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 UAE urges international family to protect Palestinian civilians
Posted on 29/05/2008
The UAE called upon the international community to take the necessary measures to protect the Palestinian civilians from collective punishment and excessive violent measures taken against them by the Israeli Occupying Power.
The UAE also demanded the world family to exert the necessary pressure on Israel to compel it to fully comply with its commitments as stated in the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons and their Properties in the Time of War, and lift its
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![]() UAE: Right to food a basic human right
Posted on 28/05/2008
Geneva - The United Arab Emirates has reiterated the right to food as one of the basic human rights.
Addressing a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on global food crisis, Obaid Salem Al Za'abi, UAE's Permanent Representative to the UN's Headquarters in Geneva said that the current crisis had many reasons, but one was that this Council had been unable to secure the right to food on the ground for many years. The failure was linked to the fact that many countries had separated this
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![]() UAE ranks highly among peaceful nations
Posted on 25/05/2008
The UAE has ranked among the more peaceful nations in the world in a survey measuring crime rates, arms sales and human rights.
The Emirates ranked 42nd out of 140 countries assessed in the Global Peace Index, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit – above Madagascar but below Lithuania.
Iceland was rated as the most peaceful country in the world, ahead of Denmark and Norway. Iraq measured as the least peaceful, while the US, also fared poorly, coming 97th.
Andrew Williamson, the
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![]() UAE Releases First Anti- Human Trafficking Report
Posted on 19/05/2008
Abu Dhabi, May 18, 2008: The UAE is committed to doing everything in its power to help stop human trafficking wherever it occurs and to aggressively interdict those who are responsible for it with the toughest possible penalties, according to the first annual report released by the UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking.
The annual report, ŇCombating Human Trafficking in the UAE 2007Ó released a year after the committee was formed, highlights the countryŐs stand on the crime, the
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 UAE joins UNESCO's ICCROM
Posted on 12/05/2008
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to join the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). This came during the regular meeting of the Ministerial Commission for Services, held here today under the chairmanship of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs.
ICCRIM is an intergovernmental organisation which was established by UNESCO in Rome in 1959. It occupies a unique position in being the only
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 UAE representative addresses UN human rights council
Posted on 10/04/2008
Geneva - Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, UAE's Permanent Representative to the UN's European Headquarters yesterday addressed a session of the human rights council's universal periodic review, dedicated to the human rights report submitted by Morocco. Al Zaabi said Morocco made an impressive presentation and bluntly expressed its keenness to fulfil all commitments and to cooperate with all human rights bodies.
"We appreciate the efforts made by the Kingdom of Morocco to enhance human rights and to
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![]() UAE calls for stronger int'l cooperation on non-restricted use of chemicals
Posted on 10/04/2008
THE HAGUE - The United Arab Emirates has called the international community to further boost cooperation on the use of chemicals for non-restricted purposes. It further appealed to countries that have not yet ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CWC) to join international efforts to eventually make the convention a real guarantee for international security and stability.
The UAE calls were
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 UAE establishes diplomatic relations with Montenegro
Posted on 06/04/2008
New York - United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Montenegro have formally established diplomatic relations between the two countries. UAE's Permanent Representative to United Nations Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Jaramain and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Montenegro to the UN, Nebojsa Kaludjerovic jointly signed a statement to this effect on Friday, at the UAE's mission at UN.
Members of the diplomatic missions from both the countries were present at the signing of the statement,
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 UAE calls upon the developed countries to meet their liabilities
Posted on 05/04/2008
New York - United Arab Emirates has voiced concern over the likelihood of delay in achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the target time in 2015. In a statement made by H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Alshamsi Minister of State and Head of UAE Delegation at the General Assembly 'Thematic Debate on the Millennium Development Goals', she also called upon the developed countries to meet their financial liabilities towards developing nations.
Debating on the topic 'Recognising the Achievements,
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