UAE adopts ways based on harmony
ABU DHABI: The UAE celebrates the 48th anniversary of the union of the seven emirates. This occasion marks a sincere reflection of the federation’s journey over 48 outstanding years of monumental events and achievements, building on the foundation that was first laid down by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his brothers, the fellow founding fathers.
Since then, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has followed in their footsteps, leading our nation on a journey of continuous progress and prosperity at all levels.
This national occasion is an opportunity to celebrate the UAE’S achievements over the past years. Following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and the supervision of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the UAE government has keenly invested in developing its people and national capacities, ensuring great progress towards making the UAE one of the best countries in the world by the time of the union’s golden jubilee, as planned in the UAE Vision 2021.
The UAE has planned strategically through foresight to anticipate and analyse future opportunities and challenges in vital fields, and execute long-term pre-emptive plans to achieve national goals, using modern technologies, and harnessing them to serve the country’s people and ensure their happiness. It has focused on development in all sectors, transforming plans into tangible realities through record achievements on both regional and international levels, setting the UAE among the world’s most advanced countries. These achievements are in line with the aspirations of the wise leadership for the future of the UAE, to reach the objectives of the UAE Centennial 2071 launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a comprehensive, long-term vision spanning over five decades, to enhance the UAE’S reputation and soft power.
For the sixth consecutive year, the UAE maintained its position as one of the largest international donors in the field of official development aid, ODA, in relation to its gross national income, GNI, after ranking first in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The UAE foreign assistance during the last 10 years (2009-2018) amounted to approximately Dhs170 billion (US$46 billion).