UAE to participate at UNGA session

Ministers from the UAE will join the international community next week at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to advance solutions to pressing global challenges such as Covid-19, the digital divide, climate change and gender inequality.

Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, will lead the UAE delegation in a hybrid format of in-person and virtual meetings. The delegation will also be preparing for the UAE’s two-year term on the UN Security Council, which begins in January 2022.

Gender equality

“With the enormous strain of the Covid-19 pandemic, the UAE believes that this is a key moment to heed the Secretary-General’s call to ‘Build Back Better’,” said Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN. “As an incoming member of the UN Security Council, the UAE will deepen its commitment to improved cooperation on global health, promoting gender equality, building resilience to climate change, and harnessing the potential of innovation for peace.”