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The UAE formally joined the UN Security Council Tuesday, alongside Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana, ready to serve a two-year term. The 15-member council is the UN’s most powerful body, with members able to shape international approaches to peace and security across the world. The UAE ambassador to the UN, Lana Nusseibeh, called membership an “honour” at the flag-raising ceremony marking the beginning of the country’s two-year term on 4 January. “The UAE’s conduct on the council will reflect who we are as a country and a people – open, inclusive and bound by [the] belief that we are stronger …