United Arab Emirates(UAE) is celebrating its 39th national day today. The UAE was formed in 1971 as a federation of six emirates while emirate of Ras Al Khaimah was added a year later. The federation includes seven emirates, namely, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah, Fujairah and Ajman. A number of programmes have been organised to mark the occasion. Meanwhile in an address to the nation on the eve of the 38th National Day the president of UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, stressed expressed renewed confidence in the strength, vitality and resilience of the UAE economy which, he said, fully recovered from the aftermath of the global financial crisis. He said the government will press ahead with the process of updating legislation, regulating the labour market, supporting Emiratisation and empowering the private sector, encouraging it to shoulder social responsibilities, to invest in national human resources, to adopt environment protection mechanism and to meet the needs of the society.In an address to the nation, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is also Ruler of Dubai said, the country was on the right direction towards achieving the Vision 2021 national plan and identified three sectors in which the country has made great strides in the past 38 years. These are the human and finance development and integration of the performance between the federal and local authorities.