His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, said today, as we and the sons and daughters of the UAE celebrate the anniversary of the founding of our Union, we realize that the march of forty-eight years can not be reduced to words or pages. Years in the history of nations and peoples are not counted by numbers, but by the volumes and natures of achievements.
“For us in the UAE, these forty-eight years are comparable to the achievements of hundreds of years for the countries and societies that have preceded us to achieve national independence,” he said in a speech on the 48th National Day.
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// I would like to thank the Almighty for the efforts of our founding fathers to successfully establish our union and establish our state.
He was inspired by our father and symbol, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, "may God rest his soul" with the vision of unity, and filled his mind and conscience, and his message in life, and his achievement, which does not condemn him in his history and importance is another achievement.
Sheikh Hamad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who wrote to Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, "may God bless his soul," shared the partnership in this unitary vision.He was the supporter of Sheikh Zayed, his supporter and his companion in the realization of the vision, and with them and around them their fellow rulers, "God bless them."
Today, as I and the sons and daughters of the UAE celebrate our founding anniversary, we know that the forty-eight years can not be reduced to words or pages.
Years in the history of nations and peoples are not counted by numbers, but by the volumes and natures of achievements.
For us in the United Arab Emirates, these 48 years are comparable to the achievements of hundreds of years for the countries and societies that have preceded us to achieve national independence.
According to us, our union has reduced the time, compensated our people for what has been lost, and ended its herd from the world and civilization, and enabled our country not only to catch up with its predecessors in the advancement and progress, but also to join the ranks of developed countries, and compete with them in indicators to measure progress.
As we are proud of the achievements of our country, our greatest pride lies in what our country has achieved in building the Emirati human, and developing his skills and creative abilities, thanks to our leaders that the construction was not random or as a result, but in the context of strategies, plans, programs, initiatives and projects that have produced remarkable abilities. The sons and daughters of the UAE in all fields and disciplines, and efficient in the adoption of modernity on the basis of our values and constants, and integration in our world stems from our privacy and maintains.
Emiratis and Emiratis today are more proud of their achievements, proud of their present and confident in their future. The 48-year journey has gained invaluable subjective experience. Our Emirati model has devoted a framework that strengthens the unity of our home, strengthens our social fabric, strengthens the cohesion of our people with its leadership, spills us with new sources of strength, urges us to fulfill our duties, motivates us to improve our performance, and doubled our giving to our country and society. We are, therefore, taught by our leaders that it is our duty to make our own future. We will be guided by their approach that has made our prosperous present, and built for our people and future generations bridges towards a bright future in which our Emirati model will grow stronger, progress and brilliant.
I congratulate the sons and daughters of my country by the forty-eighth anniversary of the founding of our Union and the establishment of our nation and the independence of our homeland. I congratulate you with His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and members of the Supreme Council of the UAE Rulers, may God protect them all and bless their lives.
Every national day, our people and our homeland are fine, prosperity and prosperity. "