It is my honour, as this month’s Chairman of the Arab Group, to introduce, under agenda item 20 (b), a draft resolution entitled “Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia”, as contained in draft resolution A/56/L.54.
Somalia, which suffered a devastat…
At the outset, Mr. President, let me thank you for convening this meeting.
As Chairman of the Arab Group for this month, I should like to touch on the following points with regard to the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
First, the fundamental reason for the tension, violenc…
I have the honour to present, on behalf of the States members of the League of Arab States, the draft resolution contained in A/56/L.26, under agenda item 21 (e), “Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States”.
I wish to inform the General Assembly that the former Yugoslav R…
As Chairman of the Arab Group for this month and as one of the sponsors of the draft resolutions adopted today, Egypt would like — without detailing political positions that are well known to all — to explain its position on draft resolution A/56/L.22. Many delegations proposed amendments to that te…
Despite the successive developments that the African continent has witnessed during the past years — be they positive or negative or related to the resolution of the conflicts on its territories or the promotion of economic and social development in its countries — we can now say with complete confi…
Allow me, at the outset, to present the elements of the two draft resolutions under agenda item 42: A/56/L.23, entitled “Jerusalem” and A/56/L.24, entitled “The Syrian Golan”.
Regarding the draft resolution entitled “Jerusalem”, the three paragraphs of the preambular part recall previous resolution…
On this very day in 1947, the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), which altered the face of history in the Middle East and divided Palestine, then under the British mandate, into two States: an Arab state and a Jewish state. It also established an independent regime for the city of Jerusal…
Among the various economic, social, political and other issues considered by the United Nations, cultural topics are of particular interest because, in the midst of economic interests that may sometimes be contradictory to and divergent with political positions, we note the role of cultural dialogue…
Egypt had always attached special interest to issues related to landmines. This can be attributed to the fact that Egypt is one of the States most affected by the problem of landmines, estimated at around 23 million mines and unexploded ordnance spread throughout an area of more than 280,000 hectare…
One year ago, at the largest gathering in the history of the United Nations, some 190 heads of State and Government and delegations gathered to adopt the Millennium Declaration, which defined a new formula for international relations and for the future of the entire world. We are meeting today to di…
Allow me to read the statement that was to be delivered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab
Republic of Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Maher El Sayed, who, unfortunately, was unable to come to New York to participate in this important debate.
“It gives me pleasure to express through you, Sir, to the…
The dialogue among civilizations has never been as important as it is today. That dialogue began a number of years ago with the proposal of a philosophical idea aimed at bringing civilizations closer together in order to counteract what was then referred to as the inevitable differences and clashes …
Allow me at the outset to express our appreciation for the report
of the Secretary-General on the final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the development of Africa (UN-NADAF).
In this regard, I should like to reiterate that the success of any initiative for development is b…
I begin by expressing our appreciation of the Secretary- General’s report on global partnerships, which contains ideas on the future relationship between the United Nations, civil society and the private sector. The report contains the views of Member States and non-State actors. In this regard, we …
For the ninth consecutive year, the General Assembly convenes to consider the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. As usual, the delegation of Egypt is keenly interested in participating in the genera…
I am sorry to prolong a discussion that seems fruitless.
Peace is not an expression of meaningless words, treaties to be signed and retracted the following day, ceremonial pictures to be taken or toasts to be exchanged. Rather, peace is the interpretation and the implementation of honest goodwill, …
I thank the Israeli representative for his concern for democracy in Egyptian society, but what takes place in Egyptian society is an internal matter and is not the business of any delegation just as what takes place in Israeli society is an internal matter. What concerns us here are the violent Isra…
I would like at the outset to express our appreciation for the report of the Secretary-General on the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, containing details of the engagement of Member States, the United Nations system and civil society during …
At the outset, I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei on the renewal of his mandate as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. This demonstrates the confidence of all countries and their appreciation for his wise leadership in conducting the work of …
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend our thanks to you for organizing this meeting and for giving States that are not members of the Security Council the opportunity to express their views on the situation in Somalia and on the collective role that we must play in order to assist this fri…
