At the outset, I would like to express my profound appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Yamamoto, for his very clear and enlightening briefing.
Because of the interest in, and demand for, st…
Everyone is aware of Egypt’s position — we oppose the nuclear-weapon programme in North Korea and that country’s ongoing violations of Security Council resolutions — and there is therefore no need to repeat it here. Moreover, everyone is also equally aware of Egypt’s commitment to the principles of …
Allow me to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, and the Force Commanders for their comprehensive briefings. Allow me express our deep appreciation to them for their efforts and sacrifice in the service of international peace and security and stability…
I would like to begin by thanking the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his very comprehensive briefing on his latest report (S/2017/379, annex) on the implementation of the Agreement. Egypt fully supports his effort…
At the outset, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the
European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for her comprehensive briefing on the European Union’s future priorities. I would also like to congratulate Ms. Mogherini and her del…
I would like to thank Ambassador Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for his interesting briefing and his ongoing efforts as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We welcome the adoption of the programme of work of the 1540 Committee fo…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his comprehensive briefing to the Security Council on the report (S/2017/95/Rev.1) of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administra…
I extend a very heartfelt thanks to Mr. Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister of Austria and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I thank him for his very detailed briefing on the future priorities of that organization. We have always emphasized the imp…
My country listened closely to the briefings on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and would like to make the following remarks.
The Charter of the United Nations has given a mandate to the Security Council to address cases that pose a threat to international…
We have read the reports under consideration today (see
S/2016/669, S/2016/670, S/2016/975 and S/2016/976) very attentively and wish to commend the progress made by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). We express our …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Police Commissioners
for their comprehensive briefings. I would also like to express my full gratitude for their efforts and sacrifice in peacekeeping operations with a view to maintaining peace and stability.
Police components play a very central role in t…
At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing today and for introducing her twelfth report pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). The report sets out a number of important observations and challenges relatin…
Egypt aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and by the
representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the African Group.
We thank the President for conducting this important debate on the report of the Secretary-General on the f…
