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.