Egypt is speaking today as a country that was among the founding members of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). My statement also reflects the position of the Group of Arab States, which Egypt is highly honoured to be chairing this month.
At the outset, I wish to express our appre…
On behalf of the Arab Group, I would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing today. The delegation of Egypt, on behalf of the Group of Arab States, would like to
add its voice to the statements to be delivered by the Permanent Representativ…
Egypt associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
At the outset, I would like to express Egypt’s appreciation of your decision, Mr. President, to include the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly at the …
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his valuable report (A/67/1).
The successful conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) Conference an…
The adoption by consensus of resolution 66/290, entitled “Follow-up to paragraph 143 on human security of the 2005 World Summit Outcome”, as the first substantive resolution on the notion of human security only reflects the level of maturity that the discussions within the General Assembly have reac…
I have the honour to address the Security Council today on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. At the outset, I would like to express the Movement’s appreciation to Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peac…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Canada for his efforts in facilitating the consultations on the draft resolution on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/66/L.53).
Egypt also aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of t…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for China’s initiative to organize this open debate. I would also like to thank His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
for his important briefing and for his participation in this meeting. I also express our appreciation to Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Sec…
I would like to start by expressing Egypt’s sincere appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Abdelwahed Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Speaker of the Assembly of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco; to Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the IPU; and to Ambassado…
The Egyptian delegation would have preferred to postpone the consideration of the matter in question, as we explained earlier. But since the General Assembly has proceeded to consider the matter, the Egyptian delegation finds that the arguments presented by the Syrian delegation in favour of its req…
The Egyptian delegation fully supports the Syrian endeavour to adjourn the debate of the matter for the reasons it expressed, as supported by the representatives of Cuba and Nicaragua. The matter is really sensitive, and we need some time to consult and to find a consensual agreement.
I have the honour to address the Security Council today on behalf of the 120 countries members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). I will start by thanking Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing to the Council today.
The Non-Aligned Movement remains firm in its convictio…
On 19 March, Egypt, on behalf of a number of sponsoring States, submitted the draft resolution that was later adopted as resolution 66/253. Today I should like to address the Assembly in my national capacity.
I should like at the outset to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General for his outst…
The international community has clearly expressed its opinion and its message has been conveyed to everybody. The Arab Group and all 72 sponsors of resolution 66/253 were bolstered in their resolve by the large number of sponsors. The resolution, which reaffirms the need for a peaceful solution to t…
Today’s meeting is being held in the light of critical circumstances in a sister Arab State, where an unacceptable major escalation of acts of violence has been condemned by the League of Arab States, the United Nations and the international community, which have all demanded an immediate end theret…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting in these critical circumstances. We would also like to thank Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for her briefing, which we believe sends a critical and important message to the international community on the need to…
I have the honour to address the Security Council today on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at this critical juncture of the Council’s efforts to address the situation in the Middle East. I should like to start by expressing the Movement’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for personally p…
I would like to make this statement on agenda item 123 (b), concerning the role of the United Nations system in global economic governance.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on global economic governance and development (A/66/506*). Our meeting today to consi…
At the outset, the delegation of Egypt expresses its appreciation to the Secretary- General and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for their preparation of the reports related to the status of oceans and seas (A/66/70, A/66/70/Add.1 and A/66/70/Add.2, A/66/186, A/66/189) and fishe…
At the outset, I would like to express Egypt’s appreciation for the President’s decision to include the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly as one of his main priority topics during the sixty-sixth session, and for his pledge to intensify efforts to revitalize the General Assembly, so…
