The GCC Assistant
Secretary General for Political Affairs and Negotiations, Dr. Abdulaziz Hamad
Al-Owaishek, met on Monday, 10 June 2019, at the GCC headquarters, Ms. Rosemary
A. DiCarlo, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding
Affairs, and her accompanying delegation.
During the meeting,
they discussed the ongoing joint cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation
Council and the United Nations, and the implementation of memorandums of
understanding between both sides, in addition to the latest political
developments in the Middle East.
The UN
Under-Secretary-General commended the GCC efforts supporting the stability and development of
the region, and
stressed the importance of the partnership between the United Nations and the
GCC in all areas, especially with regard to the Middle East, the importance the
United Nations attach to the implementation of the memorandums of understanding
between the two sides and the United Nations readiness to develop mechanisms of
dialogue and partnership between both sides in all areas.
The Assistant
Secretary General reviewed the GCC States' efforts and their effective role dealing
with the political and security challenges facing the countries of the region, pointing
out the GCC efforts to end the Yemeni crisis through a political solution based
on the three references; the Gulf Initiative and its Executive Mechanism, the
outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC), and the Security Council
resolution 2216, in addition to the development and humanitarian aid the GCC States
provide to Yemen.