The delegation of Egypt wishes to begin its statement by thanking the President for affording Member States the opportunity to consult on the ways and means of achieving financial stability for the United Nations in order for it to be able to shoulder the important tasks entrusted to it in the post-…
The Middle East region is currently witnessing the beginning of a new era in the contemporary history of a region that has known many wars and conflicts in the recent past. The peace process which started at the Madrid Conference three years ago and led to mutual recognition and the Declaration of P…
The General Assembly deals with the item on the Question of Palestine today at a juncture that has special significance for the history of the Palestinian people as the limited progress achieved so far in the peace process points to the possibility that the day is not far off when every Palestinian …
The delegation of Egypt would like at the outset to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations contained in document A/49/177 and Add.1. We would like also to express our thanks …
I should like at the outset to reiterate the Egyptian delegation’s support for the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Group of 77 and China under agenda item 92, on the Agenda for Development. We also wish to welcome the Secretary- General’s report (A/48/935) and its co…
I should like at the outset to express my delegation’s support for the statement made by the delegation of Algeria on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I wish also to avail myself of this opportunity to thank the many delegations that have paid tribute, on many occasions since the beginning of th…
On behalf of the delegations of the Member States of the League of Arab States, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/49/L.16 under agenda item 28 concerning co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.
It was a happy coincidence that …
The question of applying or abolishing the death penalty is a matter that has to do with the judicial system of every individual State. The application of that penalty aims primarily at protecting the most important human right, the right to life. Capital punishment in countries which apply the deat…
At the outset, I should like to extend my thanks to Mr. Antonio Cassese, President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. We thank him for the lu…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, to be adopted by the General Assembly. We praise the capable leadership of Ambassador Richard Butler, Permanent Representative of Australia, who has been successfully steering the work …
Thank you, Mr. President. The delegation of Egypt wishes to convey to you its sincerest thanks for the condolences that you extended on the occasion of the disasters that afflicted my country since 3 November 1994. The delegation of Egypt also wishes to express its appreciation for the expressions o…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam President, on the assumption of the office of President of the Security Council for this month. My delegation is confident that the Council will successfully and expeditiously carry out its responsibilities as prescribed in the Charter under your abl…
Since the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolution 48/88, no real progress has been achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Quite to the contrary, the situation has worsened. Civilians continue to suffer, and the historical capital of Sarajevo is under siege time and again. The territories des…
At the outset, the delegation of Egypt wishes to thank the President of the General Assembly for having deferred consideration of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly thus making it possible for a larger number of delegations to study and examine the report and to consider all …
At the outset, the Egyptian delegation wishes to extend appreciation to the Secretary-General on his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization (A/49/1). The report describes the activities of the United Nations in various fields over the past 12 months and details the major developments t…
My delegation welcomes the consideration by the General Assembly of the issue of assistance in mine clearance for the second consecutive year and hopes that our affirmation of the importance of this issue will be the catalyst for concerted action by the international community to eliminate this scou…
The Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC) was established as a regional intergovernmental organization in accordance with the resolutions of the Conference of Bandung in Indonesia in the 1950s. Egypt was one of the principal organizers of the Conference, in cooperation with the two othe…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to convey its thanks to the Secretary-General for his report to the Security Council on the situation in Burundi, contained in document S/1994/1152 of 11 October 1994. We support the proposals set out in that report.
We listened with interest to the representativ…
General Assembly resolution 44/82 of 1989, which designated 1994 as the International Year of the Family, reflected awareness of the fact that the family is the principal underpinning of society and the foundation of its development and progress. The United Nations and its specialized agencies have …
Allow me at the outset to extend a welcome to Dr. Hans Blix, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to congratulate him on his valuable statement wherein he reported on the Agency’s achievements over the past year. Those achievements reaffirm the increasingly importan…
