We have read the reports under consideration today (see
S/2016/669, S/2016/670, S/2016/975 and S/2016/976) very attentively and wish to commend the progress made by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). We express our …
The following is an explanation of the vote of the Arab Republic of Egypt on the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report entitled “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty” (A/71/456).
Egypt’s commitment to the nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation …
Egypt is taking the floor to explain its vote on resolution 71/50, on the Arms Trade Treaty.
As a matter of fundamental policy, Egypt is well aware of the facts of the illicit trafficking in weapons. We are fully committed to exerting every effort to combat and eradicate the illicit trade in arms. …
Our meeting today is taking place shortly after the very important meeting that the Security Council organized in mid-November (see S/PV.7819). Today’s meeting clearly highlights the importance that the Security Council attaches to the latest developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We …
First of all, I would like to express our gratitude to the United States for its efforts in preparing resolution 2321 (2016), adopted today. We thank China for its diplomatic and political efforts aimed at restoring stability and ensuring security on the Korean peninsula, and for its support for the…
We are meeting today to listen once again to an account detailing the suffering of our brother people of Syria under the blows of protracted proxy conflict, against a backdrop of successive failures — not just a failure to reach a final settlement of the crisis, but a failure even to mitigate it. De…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Senegal for convening this important debate on water, peace and security. I would also like to thank the briefers for their important contributions.
Our planet suffers from the unequal geographic distribution of potable water resources. As ever…
I thank Mr. O’Brien and Ms. Hoff for their briefings this morning.
At the outset, let me stress once again what has already been agreed on repeatedly by the international community: that there can be no military solution to the Syrian crisis. A comprehensive settlement is required in order to bring…
My delegation supported and voted in favour of resolution 2320 (2016), for we are aware of how important it is to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (AU). Such cooperation is one of the cornerstones of the maintenance of international peace and security, which i…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Senegalese presidency
for having chosen the topic of cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union for the November programme of work, owing to the importance of the issue in implementing in practice Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United N…
At the outset, Egypt commends the adoption by consensus of the annual draft resolution entitled “The situation in Afghanistan” (A/71/L.13), which is very important. As always, we affirm the importance of the central role played by the General Assembly and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afg…
Allow me at the outset to thank the delegation of Senegal for convening this important briefing on the issue of improving the strategic partnership between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for confronting the violent extremist ideologies leading to terrorism. I should l…
Egypt welcomes the adoption of resolution 2319 (2016) by the Council, which extends the mandate of the Joint Investigate Mechanism by an additional year. We pay tribute to the professionalism shown by those responsible for the Mechanism.
On many occasions we have reiterated the importance of mainta…
As my first order of business, I would like to convey my thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his very comprehensive and detailed briefing and update on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo report (S/2016/901). We would like to o…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Police Commissioners
for their comprehensive briefings. I would also like to express my full gratitude for their efforts and sacrifice in peacekeeping operations with a view to maintaining peace and stability.
Police components play a very central role in t…
I would like briefly to explain the reasons that prompted my delegation to abstain in the voting on resolution 2317 (2016), concerning extending the sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea and on prolonging the mandate of the Monitoring Group.
We would have liked the wording used in the resolution …
At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today and for introducing her twelfth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The report sets out a number of important observations and challenges relatin…
At the outset, I would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Hercegovina, for his thorough briefing before the Council on the latest developments in the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Egypt expresses its…
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the Senegalese presidency for holding such an important debate on the role of peacekeeping operations in confronting asymmetric threats. The changing security environment and the changing nature of conflicts in which United Nations missions are …
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Russian delegation and wish you a successful presidency of the Security Council during this month.
At the outset, with regard to the issue of Yemen, I would like to underscore the aspects that Egypt, the Arab member of the Council, considers …
