The delegation of Egypt welcomes the adoption of the International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism as an outstanding accomplishment of the United Nations. We would like to express appreciation to the delegation of the Russian Federation for its initiative, and to commend a…
At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to express our appreciation for your constructive and transparent approach in steering the consultations on the preparatory process for the upcoming high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, including the consultations on the report of the Secret…
Mr. President, at the outset I would like to express our appreciation for the initiative you have taken in calling this meeting at the end of your Council presidency. It demonstrates your interest in transparency and your desire to work efficiently with all members and non- members of the Council in…
We should like to congratulate you, Sir, and your friendly country, Benin, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We congratulate you also on your initiative to hold this debate on an issue that affects the present and future of our African continent and of its …
I should like to express our gratitude for the urgent consideration of this agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
I endorse the statement made by the representa…
It gives me pleasure to address the General Assembly today not only on behalf of Egypt, but also on behalf of the African Group at the United Nations, which Egypt has the honour to preside over this month. Egypt has always been fully cognizant of the deep ties that unite it with the African continen…
The General Assembly has just concluded its discussion of the question of Palestine. That question has always been a source of tension and basic concern in the Middle East region. Today, we meet once again to discuss a matter that is no less important than the question of Palestine. Indeed, it repre…
The General Assembly is meeting today as it does every year to discuss one of the most important issues on its agenda — one that has been there for more than 50 years, since the adoption of resolution 181 (III) on November 1947 on the partition of mandated Palestine into two States, one Arab, one Je…
Owing to the time constraints, I will cut my statement into two parts. The first regards the preparations for the modalities of the high-level meeting of 2005. Our position has been conveyed to the facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Nicaragua and Norway.
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I support the…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under the item “Oceans and the law of the sea”. They reflect his important role and responsibilities, especially those under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea with regard to managing ocean affairs and the law of t…
The Assembly is meeting today at a time of great sorrow, not just for the Arab world but for the entire free world. Yesterday we lost a brave fighter, a steadfast leader and a unique nationalist, the late President Arafat.
The Government and the people of Egypt offer their sincerest condolences to …
We would like to support the statement of the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the statement of the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Group. I would like to thank the Secretary- General for presenting the documents on this very important and vital i…
The Egyptian delegation expresses its appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his statement, in which he highlighted the Agency’s singular contribution in 2003 to its major areas of responsibility and activities. He also informed …
Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations lays the groundwork for cooperation between international and regional organizations in the area of peacekeeping and international security. Experience has shown the need to strengthen such cooperation to include economic and social development in th…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its thanks and appreciation to those who contributed to preparing for today’s session to discuss very important issues for Africa, which represent a major element of the United Nations urgent African agenda: the New Partnership for Africa’s Developm…
At the outset, on this important occasion, to which we have come from throughout the world, East and West, South and North, to celebrate together and to assess, individually and collectively, our achievements 10 years after the International Conference on Population and Development, I should like to…
My delegation would like first to speak of the report of the Security Council (A/59/2) to the General Assembly on the Council’s work during the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004. We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom for introducing the report.
The report of t…
At the outset, my delegation thanks the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their efforts towards achieving the Organization’s objectives as defined in the Charter and by the resolutions adopted by Member States.
The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/59/1) dis…
The Security Council today meets as usual in a new emergency meeting in order that all members of the international community may condemn the Israeli military incursion into Gaza and demand the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the areas of the Palestinian Jabaliya refugee camp that it invaded more …
First of all, I would like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and to endorse the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations. We would also like, once again, to express our satisfacti…
