I should like at the outset to extend my heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Indonesia in the wake of the tragic events that took place late last week.
We would all agree that the Security Council has devoted most of its meetings and consultations to Africa and its various pol…
At the outset, I should like to extend my thanks to the Secretary-General for the two very useful reports that we are considering today. We have studied them with interest, given the fact that they contain a clear presentation of the work of the Organization and of the progress made towards the impl…
In a few days, the third year of the intifada of the Palestinian people will begin. This week, the occupied Palestinian territories witnessed an escalation in the brutal violence being perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces. It witnessed the destruction and siege of the headquarters of the Pal…
I apologize for taking the floor at this late stage. I will be very brief.
(spoke in Arabic)
My delegation approves the report presented by the Bureau for the organization of the work of the General Assembly. I would like to express the following in relation to our participation in the work of the…
I should like at the outset to convey the greetings of President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The President has mandated me to work on his behalf towards the achievement of practical and serious results in support of our continent in its development efforts through the New Pa…
I would like to begin by extending our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, both personally and as a representative of the Czech Republic, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty- seventh session. I am confident that, at this important juncture of developing collective glo…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express the appreciation of the delegation of Egypt for your presidency of the Council this month. We are confident that the Council is in the best of hands, with your well-known wisdom and statesmanship.
The Security Council is meeting today as the Palestinian peopl…
My delegation joined others in the informal consultations leading to the current formulation of draft resolution A/56/L.82. We were keen to attend as many meetings as possible since the process began, because we attach great importance to the issue of disability and the rights of people living with …
The Security Council is meeting once again to consider the sad and tragic situation prevailing in the Holy Land and in the context of the relationship between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples.
My delegation would like to address this question by touching on a number of points.
First, Egypt wish…
I would like at the outset to extend to you, Sir, our thanks and appreciation for convening and presiding over this important meeting, which comes at a time that is witnessing a number of developments on the African scene — some positive and others discouraging — and thus requires an assessment of t…
On 19 April, the Security Council adopted a resolution welcoming the Secretary-General’s initiative to send a fact-finding team to the Jenin refugee camp. The Security Council supported that initiative. At the time, we were delighted that, after difficult negotiations, such action could be taken to …
The Security Council has returned yet again to address the tragic results of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian territories, people, institutions and infrastructure.
Over the past few weeks, the Israeli Government has flouted the resolutions of the United Nations and the Security Counci…
By sheer coincidence, yesterday I was watching a documentary on the resistance to occupation in European cities during the Second World War. I saw members of the resistance, who Israel today dares to call terrorists. I saw the popular armed resistance against the occupation of the cities of Warsaw, …
The Security Council is holding an open debate for the second time in less than 96 hours in an attempt to find a way out of the tragic circumstances to which the people of Palestine are being subjected as a result of the continued Israeli acts of aggression inside the
territories of the Palestinian…
My country, Egypt, feels a great deal of anger today over the arbitrary behaviour of the Israeli Government. That behaviour, if it reflects anything of any meaning, reflects the inability to perceive reality and that that Government’s continuation of practices that have been rejected by the internat…
The Security Council is meeting today to consider the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. The situation has reached such a low that it has become impossible for the Security Council — the conscience of the international community and the voice of international legitimacy —…
Until September 2001, Afghanistan represented one of the great tragedies of the current age. According to United Nations estimates, it had 3 to 5 million citizens classified as “vulnerable”. Approximately 3.8 million rural inhabitants were stricken by drought and lived on food assistance from the in…
The delegation of Egypt joined the consensus on draft resolution A/56/L.63/Rev.1 on assistance in mine action. In this connection, we would like to make the following points.
Egypt accords particular importance to assistance in mine action, given the presence of approximately 23 million landmines i…
Allow me to explain the vote of the Arab Republic of Egypt on the amendment contained in document A/56/L.67. Following a detailed examination of the amendment, the delegation of Egypt found it more appropriate to support the text introduced by the coordinator on the item for the following reasons.
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Due to the time constraints, I wish only to take up a few specific points that we deem important for the issue under consideration.
First, the mission to West Africa, headed by Mr. Ibrahima Fall, represents a qualitative move in the United Nations approach to security, political, social and humanit…
