The General Assembly is discussing today one of the most important items on its agenda. This item acquires its importance from the nature of the role and authority of the General Assembly of the United Nations as the chief deliberative and policymaking body and the most democratic organ of the Organ…
Allow me to start by expressing my delegation’s gratitude for the President’s initiative to include the reform of the Security Council among the six main priorities of his presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session and within his initiative for the democratization of the United Na…
I am taking the floor to explain Egypt’s position on draft resolution A/63/L.27. The delegation of Egypt joined the consensus on A/63/L.27 in keeping with its conviction that addressing armed violence and promoting development represent areas where the United Nations should play a central role. We e…
Allow me to start by expressing our appreciation to the Secretary- General for his excellent report on the cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations (A/63/228). Egypt attaches special importance to such cooperation for its significant role in helping to achieve the …
At the outset, I should like to express Egypt’s appreciation to Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for her valuable presentation of the report of the International Court of Justice (A/63/4) on its work over the past year. I should also like to reaffirm Egypt’s co…
I would like at the outset to express our appreciation for the statement by the President of the Human Rights Council before the General Assembly, which comes following his valuable statement in the Third Committee this past week at the opening of the general debate on the report of the Council. The…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the 118 States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Non-Aligned Movement renews its commitment to defending, preserving and promoting the Charter of the United Nations and international law. We refrain from rec…
I wish to begin by welcoming the report (see A/63/276) introduced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its contents, reviewing the wide range of important and diverse activities of the Agency in 2007.
I also wish to confirm our absolute confidence in the effe…
It is my pleasure to express my appreciation to the Peacebuilding Commission for its report (A/63/92) and to the Secretary-General for his report (A/63/218 and Corr.1) on the Peacebuilding Fund. Egypt aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Ambassador of Jamaica on behalf of the Non-Aligne…
Egypt believes that the agenda item in question should be considered strictly within the legal and judicial context. Our view is based on the following considerations.
First, every Member State has the right to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and the General Assemb…
At the outset, I would like to thank you the President of the General Assembly for convening this important and timely meeting to review the needs and challenges of landlocked countries and to express our appreciation to Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secr…
The sixty-third session of the General Assembly is taking place against the backdrop of various international and regional events and developments that are closely linked to the peace and security of all humankind. Among those are the global food crisis, the increase in energy prices, global warming…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his reports on progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/63/206) and on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report on the causes of con…
It gives me pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) on the issue of the responsibility to protect (R2P). The Movement would like at the outset to convey its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his presentation of his report in document A/63/677, entitled “Implement…
I have the honour to make this statement in explanation of position on resolution 63/311, entitled “System-wide coherence”, on behalf of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China.
The Joint Coordinating Committee would like to express its sincere app…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the Organization’s efforts in implementing the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (A/62/898), and the facilitator for his efforts to facilitate the conclusion of the informal consultations on the draft resolution on reviewing the …
At the outset, I would like to express Egypt’s appreciation to Mr. Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, for his useful presentation of the report of the Court (A/64/4) on its work over the past year, and to reaffirm Egypt’s faith in the key role of the Court in ensuring th…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to thank you for convening this very timely and most important meeting on the global food and energy crisis and to commend the Secretary-General for keeping us informed of the efforts of the Secretariat in addressing that crucial issue in a timely manner.
I would also l…
It gives me pleasure to speak today on behalf of the African Group, and to start by associating the Group with the statement delivered by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I shall deliver an abridged version of my statement, focusing on the
main eleme…
I would like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for introducing earlier today his report on human security (A/64/701), which will undoubtedly assist Member States in fulfilling the commitment they made in the 2005 World Summit
Outcome (resolution 60/1) to discuss and define human security…
