United Arab Emirates (UAE) delegation attends fifth day of meetings on sidelines of 77th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) – African Business

The UAE delegation was present at the fifth day’s high-level meetings, which took place on the sidelines to the 77th Session.

Today, Khalifa Sharifa Al Marar, Minister in State, participated at a ministerial level meeting organized by the United States with the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt, Iraq Jordan and Yemen. Al Marar also met Geir Pedersen (Special Envoy of United Nations Secretary General for Syria).

For his part, Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with His Majesty⁠ King Mswati III of Eswatini, and Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs of South Sudan. He also held productive discussions with Cristina Duarte, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa, and Michael Moussa Adamo, Foreign Minister of Gabonese Republic.

Sheikh Shakhboot also met with Mahamadou Issoufou (ex-President of Nigeria), who is Chair of the UN High Level Panel on Security and Development for the Sahel. He also attended an event hosted at the Hedayah Center on counter extremism, best practices in rehabilitation and reintegration.

Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh was the Minister of State and met Ali Sabry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka.

Also today, Omar Saif Ghobash, Assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy, met with ⁠Frederick Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Public Service of the Bahamas, and Rodolfo Sabonge, Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Development Affairs, participated in UN High-Level virtual side event on “Diasporas as Key Partners Across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus”. Al Shamsi also attended the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s High-level Event on Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic through equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines. He also attended the high-level launch event for the new “Women in Conflict Zones” initiative to empower women in societies affected by conflict, war, and poverty.

Yacoub Yousef Al Hosani was also present at a ministerial meeting of Group of 77 (G77).

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation.