I convey to you, Mr. President, greetings of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Mr. Badr Abdelatty, who was unable to participate in this meeting due to previous commitments. I also thank you for organizing this open debate to address an issue of paramount importance, especially as we approa…
My delegation takes note of the Secretary-General’s report (A/78/901) on the responsibility to protect and the obligation to prevent atrocity crimes. It is a cause of grave concern that the report notes continued disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law, especi…
Egypt attaches great importance to the international security aspects of information and communications technologies (ICTs) and strongly calls on the United Nations to play a central and leading role in promoting and developing rules and principles for the use of ICT by States through an inclusive a…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important open debate to discuss a subject of immense importance on the global agenda. We thank all the briefers, including the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Today I want to focus on a few issues that I believe are…
Egypt had hoped for the adoption of draft resolution A/78/L.67/Rev.1 by consensus in the same spirit that inspired previous resolutions commemorating genocide, which reflect constructive cooperation and mutual respect among nations and aim to preserve the collective memory and promote the culture of…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Mozambique’s presidency of the Security Council for convening this important meeting, and I thank the briefers for their valuable briefings.
Today’s meeting comes amid continued many armed conflicts, wars and political instability that deeply affect civ…
I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting at the request of Algeria and Slovenia. We thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Ms. Edem Wosornu for their thorough briefings.
Since October 2023, the Gaza Strip has been witnessing a man-made horrific humanitarian disaster as a result of…
Egypt welcomes the adoption of resolution 78/280 and the message that it conveys concerning the urgent need to pursue international efforts to bridge existing gaps in the global health architecture with a view to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3. Egypt thanks the core group for its efforts i…
At the outset, allow me to express deep appreciation to Bangladesh for presenting the annual draft resolution on the “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” (A/78/L.57) and to other countries that are taking the lead on initiatives to enrich the agenda of the pro…
Egypt endorses the statements delivered by the representatives of the United Arab Emirates, on behalf of the Group of Arab States, and of Uganda, on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
We meet today following the United States use of the veto to obstruct the historic draft resolution S…
I would like to thank Malta for holding this important meeting. We appreciate the discussion’s focus on the prevention component and its particular emphasis on arms control, demilitarization and disarmament. I thank the briefers, as well, for their valuable input.
My delegation is deeply alarmed by…
Our annual debate today on agenda item 63, “Use of the veto”, comes at an extremely important and significant
time, given the disastrous consequences of the misuse of the veto in the Security Council.
Less than a week ago, the Council witnessed another use of the veto (see S/PV.9609), based on no …
We thank Malta for holding today’s meeting in response to the commendable initiative of the sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. We express our sincere condolences to the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the Agenc…
We thank you, Mr. President, and Malta for organizing this meeting on the challenges facing youth in the Mediterranean and the ways to redouble efforts to address those challenges, empower young people and strengthen their participation in development. I also want to thank all the briefers — Ms. Ro…
The delegation of Egypt aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Saudi Arabia as Chair of the Group of Arab States.
We thank you for convening today’s meeting, Mr. President. We are meeting today six months into Israel’s bloody war against the defenceless Palestinian peop…
My delegation takes the floor in explanation of vote before the voting on the draft amendments to paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of draft resolution A/78/L.48), as contained in documents A/78/L.51 and A/78/L.52.
Egypt deeply regrets the fact that, despite attempts and sincere efforts to arrive at cons…
I would like to extend to you, Mr. President, my sincere congratulations on Japan’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of March and to welcome your leadership of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. We welcome your valuable briefing today, Mr. Pre…
Egypt aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Yemen on behalf of the Group of Arab States and Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (see A/78/PV.59). We thank the President for convening this meeting.
We are meeting today in the context of the i…
My delegation takes note of the initiative by a group of Member States to champion the proposal contained in the Secretary-General’s report Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) to hold a social summit in 2025. In that regard, my delegation emphasizes that the proposed summit has transformed to be the Second…
This morning, we have once again witnessed a blatant example of double standards, as the United States delegation obstructed — for the third time — the attempt to adopt a Security Council draft resolution to establish a ceasefire in Gaza. That was in spite of the fact that 13 members of the Securi…
