Secretary Poneman meets with UAE officials to discuss UAE-US nuclear cooperation and the upcoming clean energy ministerial in Abu Dhabi.
UAE US Relations
US Department of Justice shares tactics with UAE officials to combat trans-border money laundering and smuggling.
President Obama cites important contribution of Abu Dhabi’s World Future Energy Summit.
In June 2009, the UAE Embassy hosted a group of high school teachers and administrators participating in the Summer Institute of International Affairs sponsored by the World Affair
WASHINGTON, DC (15 January 2009) – His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today signed a bilateral agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation that enhances international standards of nuclear non-proliferation, safety and security.
The UAE helps friends and neighbors when disaster strikes. Its global foreign aid and development budget totals $15 billion annually, with donations and in-kind support made directly to governments, as well as through organizations such as the Red Crescent.
The US-UAE Business Council, created in 2007, demonstrates how business-to-business initiatives drive the expanding commercial relationship between the UAE and the United States. The Council is a collaboration of leading companies based in the United States and United Arab Emirates, committed to expanding bi-lateral commercial opportunities between the two countries.
HE Yousef Al Otaiba, United Arab Emirates Ambassador in Washington, DC, presented his credentials to President George W. Bush at the White House on July 28, 2008.
A study in the UAE shows that 60 percent of women over the age of 50 may develop breast cancer. The number of deaths caused by breast cancer has been rising dramatically, with doctors saying that diagnostic techniques have not improved significantly and that many women are too shy or uneducated to seek medical care.