Egypt is proposing an amendment to paragraph 2 of the draft resolution (S/2016/235) that has been submitted to the Security Council. This is the paragraph that details the conditions under which a contingent would be repatriated in the case of an allegation of sexual exploitation and abuse. The amen…
I have listened very attentively today to the Secretary- General’s statement and to the words of our friend the representative of the United States. I would like to clarify some points, since evidently my statement did not come across clearly to the Security Council in the way I would have wished.
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The delegation of my country reiterates its categorical condemnation of sexual exploitation and abuse. Egypt also reiterates that it is important that Member States take the necessary measures to combat these crimes and eliminate them completely. The necessary efforts to help victims should be made.…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I wish to also take this opportunity to thank the Permanent Mission of Venezuela for its presidency of the Council last month.
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to t…
I would like to begin by congratulating the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on his assumption of the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and by thanking him for his very complete briefing on the priorities of the OSCE f…
I should like to begin by thanking and commending Judge Hassan Jallow of the brotherly country of the Gambia for the important role he has played in his capacity as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
I congra…
Egypt wishes to thank all the members of the Security Council for their constructive engagement in dealing with one of the most important issues in the Arab world, namely, the Syrian crisis. We also wish to pay a special tribute to both the Russian Federation and the United States of America for the…
I would like to thank and congratulate the President and his team for their able leadership of the Security Council during the month of February. Our programme of work
during the month was busy, with very important issues and considerations. The consensus agreements on draft resolutions regarding t…
Egypt voted in favour of resolution 2266 (2016), which the Council just adopted unanimously. Allow me to take this opportunity to briefly reiterate the Egyptian Government’s position with regard to sanctions regimes in general — as previously stated during our statement delivered at the Council’s op…
I have the honour to deliver this joint statement on behalf of the delegations of Egypt, Spain and Ukraine. For the purpose of brevity and efficiency, a more detailed written version of this statement will be circulated.
We would like to commend you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate …
At the outset, I wish to express the gratitude of the Government and people of Egypt for this special meeting to pay tribute to Boutros Boutros-Ghali. His passing is a huge loss for Egypt and the United Nations family, and I thank today’s speakers for the sincerity of their feelings and emotion. Thi…
I would like at the outset to express my thanks to the Chairman of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, the Permanent Representative of Venezuela, for his efforts.
We highly value the efforts made by the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Grou…
At the outset, Madam, I would like to thank the Venezuelan presidency of the Security Council for this current month for presenting this extremely important subject for a debate in the Council.
Undoubtedly, the Charter of the United Nations is not merely an international legal document. Rather, it …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Venezuelan presidency of the Security Council for the current month for having proposed this issue as the subject of a meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to thank the representatives of Sweden and Chile for having contributed to our debate to…
I would like to begin by warmly thanking you and your
entire team, Mr. President, for the sustained efforts throughout Uruguay’s presidency of the Security Council during the month of January. I also wish to say just how much we appreciate your foresight in recognizing the Council’s priorities, you…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the confidence vested in Egypt by the members of the Council in asking us to take part in the preparations for this important mission.
As members are aware, the Council decided to take the opportunity of its stopover in Addis Ababa on 23 Ja…
Egypt welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2263 (2016), on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, out of our conviction that the Force is carrying out an important role in supporting stability in Cyprus, particularly in the light of the positive mom…
I would first of all like to welcome and thank you, Sir, for presiding over today’s important debate. I welcome the commitment of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal to participating in the debate and in making a statement.
The Middle East region has become a theatre in which military confl…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Uruguay for having taken the initiative to organize this important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and for having prepared the concept note to inform our discussion (see S/2016/22, annex). I would also like to express our…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep regret at the deteriorating humanitarian situation being borne by the Syrian people, inside and outside the country. I also express our thanks and gratitude to all United Nations humanitarian workers and those of other organizations for the assistance …
