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Significance
This will be Abu Dhabi’s first time on the Security Council since the 1980s, and it is promoting it as a marker of global leadership status, together with its ventures into space and hosting of key international events.
Impacts
The UAE will also intensify efforts to raise its global profile by hosting more cultural, sporting and related events.
Abu Dhabi’s first UNSC presidency, which it takes up in March 2022, will allow it to set the agenda on key topics of interest.
The UAE may take the opportunity to draw attention to its longstanding ‘Three-Island Dispute’ with Iran.
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