Day: July 23, 2023

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated today in the International Conference on Development and Migration, which took place in the Italian capital, Rome.

The conference was inaugurated by Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, in the presence of heads of state, government ministers, and representatives of regional and international organisations concerned with migration and its humanitarian, social and economic impact.

The conference focused on the challenges presented by irregular migration and emphasised the urgent need for integrated solutions to address its root causes. Participants stated the importance of intensifying international cooperation to safeguard the wellbeing of migrants and protect their dignity, highlighting the fact that thousands of lives are lost each year through irregular migration. The conference also explored the links between migration and socio-economic development and stability in the migrants’ countries of origin.

Upon his arrival at the conference, which was held at the headquarters of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Highness the President was received by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

His Highness is accompanied during the visit by a delegation that includes H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Advisor for Special Affairs at the Ministry of Presidential Court; Ali bin Hammad Al Shamsi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for National Security; and Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation.

In his speech on the occasion of the International Conference on Development and Migration, His Highness announced the UAE’s contribution of US$100 million to support development projects in countries affected by irregular migration, including backing initiatives proposed in the Rome Process.

His Highness thanked the Italian Republic for hosting the important conference and for inviting the UAE to participate in it.

He explained that the conference confirmed the participating countries’ desire to enhance cooperation, integration, and joint efforts regarding an international issue of great importance and sensitivity, which is irregular migration. This collaboration, he said, serves people’s aspirations for stability, progress, and prosperity.

His Highness added that the conference comes at a crucial stage in the world, requiring greater cooperation and solidarity among nations. He stated that the UAE firmly believes that international collective action and building bridges of cooperation among different countries are the means to tackle shared global challenges and uplift humanity, ensuring a prosperous future for coming generations.

The UAE President stressed that irregular migration, which tragically claims thousands of lives each year, stands as one of the most critical challenges facing the world today. Addressing this phenomenon requires comprehensive solutions rooted in development and stability, he explained, as it is through development that we can achieve peace and stability, both within societies and on an international scale.

His Highness added that dealing with cases of displacement, whether it be asylum or migration, requires strengthening joint efforts to address the main causes through comprehensive development efforts and close cooperation between all affected countries, which include countries of origin, transit and countries hosting migrants, in addition to the support of international and regional agencies and initiatives to build on previous progress in facing these challenges.

His Highness said that climate change is one of the main drivers of irregular migration as it leads to drought, agricultural crop destruction, and increased poverty in many countries. He stated that he was looking forward to meeting participants at COP28 in the UAE later this year, explaining that the climate conference will aim to accelerate international efforts to address the impacts of climate change and support the implementation of the outcomes from previous conferences.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed reaffirmed the UAE’s belief in the importance of diplomacy and dialogue as tools for building trust, and that it will continue to support global peace and stability, calling for cooperation for the greater good of humanity.

In conclusion, His Highness expressed his thanks to the Italian Republic for its efforts in coordinating the conference, and extended his wishes for its success in achieving outcomes that serve development, stability, and peace in the world.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

SHARJAH, 23rd July, 2023 (WAM) — H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has sent a message to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El Sisi congratulating him the anniversary of the 23rd of July Revolution. Amjad Saleh

Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM)

A meeting at the Yemeni Red Sea Ports Corporation, chaired by the CEO of the Corporation, Captain Mohammed Ishaq, discussed the emergency needs of the Corporation’s ports for the year 1445 AH.

The meeting touched on Cabinet Resolution No. 26 of 1444 and its approval of the matrix of emergency needs for the ports of Hodeida and Salif in terms of equipment and machinery to improve navigational and commercial services in the two ports.

The meeting also discussed the draft financial plan for the institution of 2023 in accordance with the changes in the financial plan of 2022 and the draft financial plan of 2024 in accordance with the rules and instructions of the Ministry of Finance regarding the preparation of budgets.

Captain Ishaq stressed the importance of exerting more efforts and completing the work quickly and in the required form in accordance with the correct accounting principles and the rules and instructions of the Ministry of Finance to raise the level of efficiency of the corporation’s port services.

He stressed the keenness of the Corporation’s leadership to achieve qualitative success in all administrative, financial and technical tasks, in line with the aspirations and visions aimed at improving the services of the Corporation and the ports that it supervises to enhance its role in serving the national economy and development fields.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Shura Council, in its meeting on Sunday headed by Council Speaker Mohammed al-Aidarous, condemned in the strongest terms the repeated burning of copies of the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi embassy in Denmark by a sinful group of extremists.

The Council considered the continuation of Western countries to allow such extremist and offensive actions against Islam and Muslims, especially in Denmark and Sweden, as an open war on Islam and expressing the West’s deep-seated hatred of the Book of God and Islamic sanctities.

It strongly denounced the Danish government’s standing behind the extremists who are hostile to Islam, which confirms beyond any doubt that it is not an individual act, but rather an organized action resulting from the shameful normalization of some Arab regimes with Israel and countries hostile to Islam and global Zionism.

The Council called on the Association of Senates, Shura Councils and similar councils in the Arab world and Africa, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to take urgent action in international forums to condemn these repeated acts against Islamic sanctities, and to call for a boycott of Denmark and Sweden and the countries where such crimes are committed that feed extremist ideas and spread the spirit of hatred and hostility between peoples and nations.

It praised the angry demonstrations of the Iraqi people that took place in the capital, Baghdad, to protest against the burning of the Qur’an in front of the Iraqi embassy in Denmark.

It also called on the free Arab and Islamic peoples to take to the streets in angry rallies and demand their governments to bear moral and religious responsibility and cut economic and diplomatic relations with Sweden and Denmark to take serious positions to deter them from continuing sponsoring religious and intellectual extremism.

Source: Yemen News Agency

The Minister of Human Rights, Ali Al-Dailami, met the representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Safeer Al-Din Sayed.

The meeting, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry, Ali Tayseer, discussed a number of human rights, humanitarian and development issues, and the difficulties facing the Commission, especially with regard to the humanitarian issue in Yemen.

Al-Dailami pointed out the importance of the High Commissioner’s assessment of its performance in Yemen and its commitment to transparency and integrity in dealing, monitoring and documenting violations committed by the aggression coalition and its mercenaries in various human rights and humanitarian aspects.

He expressed regret at the continued international characterization of the parties to the war in Yemen that is contrary to the truth, and the continued disregard in the reports of international organizations for monitoring the violations ,crimes committed by the Saudi , Emirati regimes and their tools during the de-escalation phase, and the violations that citizens in the occupied province are exposed to.

The Minister of Human Rights renewed the demand for clearer stances and bias towards truth, humanity and vulnerable groups, especially women and children,not to confuse humanitarian and political files.

He stressed that the aggression crimes are still claiming hundreds of victims, whether through the continuation of killings in the border areas, or by the aggression remnants from bombs, mines, and the siege that casts a shadow on various aspects of life and causes the death of thousands of children and patients.

Minister Al-Dailami stressed the importance of the Commission working with credibility and clarity during the implementation of its activities and in a way that serves and protects civilians and enables them to obtain their rights, the most important of which is the right to life, which the aggression coalition intends to deprive them of by targeting them directly and without any reasons or justifications.

Source: Yemen News Agency

His Excellency Field Marshal Mahdi Al-Mashat met today, at the Republican Palace in the capital, Sana’a, member of the Supreme Political Council, Muhammad Saleh Al-Nuaimi, and the Secretary of the Council, Dr. Yasser Al-Houri.

During the meeting, Al-Nuaimi presented a report on the steps taken in the framework of following up the agricultural path and the existing ambition of those concerned and the actors in that path.

The President stressed the necessity of integrating efforts to provide the possible and keep abreast of developments and changes, as well as the strategic construction of this path as a result of the destruction it was subjected to during the previous stages by the US-Saudi aggression coalition

Source: Yemen News Agency