List of amending documents:
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1972
Constitutional Amendment No. 2 of 1972
Constitutional Amendment No. 3 of 1972
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1976
Constitutional Amendment No. 2 of 1976
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1981
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1986
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1991
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 1996
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 2004
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 2009
Constitutional Amendment No. 1 of 2023
Preamble
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 to 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...