H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, has participated in a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers.

The meeting was chaired by Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and was held on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in the presence of GCC Secretary-General, Abdullatif Al-Zayani.

Abu Dhabi, New York, 22 September 2014: At an event organized by the UAE Ministry of International Cooperation and Development (MICAD), HE Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, called for an intensification of the global campaign to eradicate polio.

The event, held under the banner ‘Polio Eradication: A Call to Action,’ was held on the sidelines of the 69^th session of General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. High-level representatives from international organizations, polio-affected countries, and donor countries and organizations were in attendance.

The UAE has announced its full support for the international efforts to combat the terrorism of the "Islamic State in Iraq and Levant", ISIL, believing that such a war on terrorism will not lead to a marginalisation of Sunni Muslims, will not lead to a dismemberment of the components of the people of Iraq and will not lead to intervention by foreign powers with subversive agendas.

The United Arab Emirates announced that it will be launching an expert-led Panel Series on emerging trends in women, peace and security at a lunchtime panel discussion that began the Global Study to review 15 years of UN Security Council resolution 1325. The series will substantively contribute to the Global Study to review the progress and challenges of the resolution on women, peace, and security adopted in 2000. The panel discussion, hosted by the Permanent Mission of the UAE in collaboration with UN Women and the Permanent Mission of Ireland, was attended by the Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and senior level representatives from the Missions of the US, UK, Namibia, Azerbaijan and Vietnam, among others. The UAE has also contributed financially to the study as have several other countries.