At the outset, I would like to express my profound appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Yamamoto, for his very clear and enlightening briefing.
Because of the interest in, and demand for, st…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for her briefing and for the efforts made by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in the light of the increasing challenges facing peacekeeping operations, both on the ground and at t…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of the United States for having facilitated the process of consultation on resolution 2395 (2017), which we just adopted.
Egypt has chaired the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for the past two years, which has convinced us of the important and s…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of the United States for resolution 2396 (2017), which was adopted today.
The phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters is one of the most dangerous aspects of the unprecedented terrorist threat that we are facing today. This phenonomenon has becom…
At the outset, I express Egypt’s appreciation to the delegation of Japan for convening this important open debate. I also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his comprehensive briefing.
Emerging and new challenges facing the world — including terrorism, the proliferation of extremist grou…
Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation to the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his valuable briefing.
The delegation of Egypt has considered with great interest the fourth report (S/2017/1030) of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resol…
At the outset, I would like to express my thanks to Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing on the report of the Secretary- General (S/2017/1025) on small arms and light weapons pursuant to resolution 2220 (2015). I would also like it to express the great importance that Egypt attaches to the issue of …
Today’s meeting is being held to consider the draft resolution contained in document S/2017/1060, submitted by Egypt on behalf of the Group of Arab States, pursuant to the resolution of the emergency meeting of Arab Ministers held in Cairo on 9 December.
The draft resolution has been submitted in r…
Egypt continues to reiterate its strong condemnation of the activities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as it seeks to arm itself with nuclear weapons and to develop and launch ballistic missiles, in violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions and in a manner that threatens in…
We have listened carefully to today’s briefing of the Council by Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on her twenty-sixth report on the situation in Darfur, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1593 (2005). The report reviews a number of challenges and …
First of all, I join others in thanking Mr. Feltman, Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing. I also thank Ms. Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for her very moving statement, rallying us all to shoulder our responsibilit…
Everyone is aware of Egypt’s position — we oppose the nuclear-weapon programme in North Korea and that country’s ongoing violations of Security Council resolutions — and there is therefore no need to repeat it here. Moreover, everyone is also equally aware of Egypt’s commitment to the principles of …
At the outset, I join other delegations in expressing our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of the brotherly nation of Tanzania following the loss
of peacekeepers’ lives, who were carrying out their duty in maintaining peace and security in the brotherly country of the Democratic…
Egypt is proud of resolution 2389 (2017), adopted today by a unanimous vote. It attests to the special interest we attach to the situation in the Great Lakes region and to the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. That agreement represents…
Over the past two years, I have had the honour of chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, and the Committee established pursuant t…
The Security Council is meeting today in an emergency meeting at the request of the majority of its members, which, along with a large number of countries and people around the world, are gravely concerned about an international peace and security-related issue. This
is about a dangerous precedent,…
At the outset, I should like to extend our thanks to Presidents Meron and Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their valuable briefings. I would like to extend them a special greeting given that this will be our last meeting during Egypt’s membership in the Security Council, which will end in a few we…
At the outset, my delegation would like to warmly thank the President and his Office for their unstinting efforts since the beginning of the week to prepare draft resolution A/72/L.20, which has been submitted for our consideration today, and which is of crucial importance. We also wish to express o…
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the Italian presidency for having convened this briefing. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of resolution 2347 (2017) (S/2017/969). And I thank all the briefers for their valuable statements. I woul…
Over the past 70 years, the international community has agreed that the perfect, fair solution for the Palestinian cause is the establishment of two States along the borders of 4 June 1967. However, today we see that the chances for such a solution are diminishing on the ground, due to the ongoing a…
