His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, said that on this tragic day we take back the biggest lesson that we learned from our ancestors and fathers that the pride of the homeland is acquired and manufactured with the arms and minds of its children, and that its realization depends on their bids Unite their house and wrap them around their leaders.
In a speech delivered on the occasion of the 48th UAE National Day, Sheikh Hamdan said: “I am proud and filled with happiness as I celebrate with the sons and daughters of the UAE our 48th National Day, and year after year we look around on this day and see prosperity widening, achievements grow and progress. "He keeps going all over our country and the affairs of our lives."
His Highness added: «Today we enjoy the success of our Emirati model grows in the second of December 1971 in us, in which we have achieved the independence of our country, and we regained the dignity of our country, and took the reins of our own hands, and from it began major operations in building our state and our human and national identity, and with it began the journey of the transition of our society from dispersion To unity, from ignorance to knowledge, and from moving in the place to progress and development, and from isolation from our world imposed on our homeland to a glowing presence and active participation in his movement and future ».
His Highness said: `` Our present owes its prosperity to the achievement of our founding fathers on the second of December, had it not been for the union they established, we would not have been able to build a capable and effective self-force with all its human, economic, military, security, scientific and cultural components, and our country would not have won this respectable place in our region and our world. ''
He added: «December 2 will remain a unique and inspiring day is not like another day. We are proud of all the fathers of the founding fathers, and we are proud of the fathers of empowerment; 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, My brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and their fellow members of the Supreme Council of the UAE Rulers, may God preserve them and enjoy their health and longevity. ”