UAE Celebrates Its 40th National Day
2 December 2011
On 2 December 2011, the United Arab Emirates celebrates its 40th National Day, completing four decades since the establishment of the state in 1971. Not surprisingly, the occasion is being marked with celebrations throughout the seven component emirates of the federation, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ra’s Al-Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain and Fujairah. ⇒
Permanent Representative Statement on The Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question
23 April 2012
Madam President, Let me on behalf of myself and the Arab Group to congratulate Your Excellency on your Presidency of the Security Council for this month.
Madam President, The periodic monthly briefings submitted by the Secretariat to the Security Council on the latest developments at the Occupied Palestinian and Arab Territories since 1967, reflect in way or another the gravity of the legal, humanitarian and political violations being committed by Israel "the occupying Power" against the Palestinian people, which include the continued and systematic expansion of its illegal settlement expansion in the depth of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and their surroundings, the expulsion of the Arab population from their homes, and confiscation of more private and public lands and properties, all of which undermined the elements of the Palestinian State and its national authority. ⇒