Constitution of the United Arab Emirates/Preamble
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THE CONSTITUTION[1]
OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
WE, the Rulers of the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Um AI Quwain and Fujairah,
Reflecting our will and the will of the people of our emirates to form themselves into a Federation provide a better life and more enduring stability, and enjoy a higher international standing for the Emirates and all their people;
Desiring to create closer links among themselves in the form of an independent sovereign federal state capable of protecting its existence and the existence of its members and cooperating with the sister Arab states and with all other friendly member states of the United Nations Organization and of the community of nations, in general, on the basis of mutual respect and exchange of interests and benefits;
Desiring also to lay the foundation for federal rule in the coming years on a sound basis that reflects the reality and the capacity of the Emirates at the present time, enables the Federation to achieve its objectives, safeguards the identity of its members in a way consistent with these objectives and, at the same time, prepares the people of the Federation for a dignified and free constitutional life while going ahead towards a full-fledged representative democratic regime in an Islamic and Arab community free of fear and anxiety; and
Realizing that it is our dearest desire and strongest determination to achieve all the above-mentioned in order to push ahead our country and our people up to take an appropriate place among the civilized states and nations,
Announce to Allah, the Supreme and Almighty, and to all the people our approval of the Constitution undersigned by us[2].
May Allah, the best Protector and Defender, grant us success.
- ↑ The word “temporary” was deleted by Constitutional Amendment 1/1996. Article (1) of Act 1/1996 provides as follows «There is hereby deleted the word temporary from the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates wherever it exists. The previous title of the Constitution reads as follows “The Temporary Constitution of the United Arab Emirates”..
- ↑ This paragraph was amended as the Constitution has become permanent. The previous text reads as follows “For all the foregoing and until the permanent constitution is prepared, we announce to Allah, the Supreme and Almighty, and to all the people our approval of the Constitution undersigned by us during the transitional period referred to therein”.