The delegation of Egypt wished to speak before the voting on the draft resolution (S/1997/199) before the Council in order to make the following points.
Secondly, the feelings expressed were overwhelmingly opposed to the Israeli position and underlined the fundamental international principle of the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the information and observations contained in his latest report on the situation in Angola (S/1997/115). I should also like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Alioune Blondin …
The Egyptian delegation should like to extend its most profound condolences to the Government and people of China, as well as to the Chinese Mission to the United Nations, on the passing of Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Xiaoping was in the leadership of China for half a century and personall…
The signing of the overall package of peace accords on Guatemala, the last of which was the final peace Agreement signed on 29 December 1996, represents an important milestone achieved by the United Nations in support of peace and stability in a country long torn by disputes and hostilities. Egypt a…
When, in 1991, the city of Madrid hosted the parties to the peace process in the Middle East, in full view of the whole world and with the participation of the sponsors of the process, Egypt, as a participant in the Conference, was among the first to be convinced that making progress in the peace pr…
Since 1947, when the question of Palestine was first placed before the United Nations, Egypt has been exerting every possible effort to mobilize international support for the legitimate inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, particularly the right to self-determination and to an independent s…
At the outset, allow me to express my delegation’s deep appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti, the President of the Security
The ongoing debate here today is an important occasion to consider thoroughly the manner in which the Security Council disc…
At the outset, I should like to express my sincere thanks to the President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session, Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, who last year presided over the work of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership …
It is a pleasure for me to be the first speaker at this morning’s meeting to address agenda item 29, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union”, and to introduce a draft resolution on behalf of the co-sponsors, whose number is steadily
In commemorating the …
Today we are discussing a protracted and complex problem — a situation whose continuation represents a direct threat to international peace and security. Afghanistan has fallen victim to a destructive civil war
The effects of the crisis in Afghanistan and of foreign intervention are not confined to…
We are participating in the discussion of item agenda 98 at a
On 30 September, we marked the sixth anniversary of the World Summit for Children. That Summit was the first international conference of the 1990s and reaffirmed that the rights of the child and the safeguarding of those rights by States…
Allow me at the outset to extend to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express our great appreciation to Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral, the Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau, for the outstanding manner in which he condu…
The result of the latest Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Summit, held on 17 August, which concluded with the signing by faction leaders of the revised timetable to implement the Abuja Agreement on national reconciliation in Liberia, has revived hopes once again that the faction le…
It is almost four months since the Security Council adopted resolution 1054 (1996), in which it reaffirmed its demand that the Sudanese Government comply with two clear, specific demands earlier set out in two resolutions of the Organization of African Unity, which had taken the view that this matte…
Germany’s proposal for a public debate on land-mines is, in Egypt’s view, a very important initiative that deserves our full support. In this regard I would like to commend
Mines are an international problem, afflicting approximately 65 countries, on whose territories are found 85 million to 100 mi…
The delegation of Egypt wishes to make the following comments before the vote on this draft resolution.
First of all, the subject before us today is, in the opinion of my delegation, a legal one. Even if it has important political dimensions, it relates to the need to safeguard respect for internat…
Let me, at the outset, thank the Secretary-General for his report, which contains valuable assessments and important recommendations on the composition, strength and, in general, the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), one of the major successes of United Nations op…
In January the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1044 (1996) to send a clear, unambiguous message to the Government of the Sudan that the international community, as represented in the Security Council, was taking a firm stand against the phenomenon of international terrorism, and to d…
As one of the sponsors, I think that we owe the Assembly an explanation as to why we want the vote now. This is a procedural motion, I understand, but I should like to appeal to everyone to realize that, with every delay, more people are dying in
I am speaking on behalf of the sponsors of draft resolution A/50/L.70.
The draft resolution was submitted yesterday and has been in circulation among Member States for more than 48 hours. Rule 78 very clearly says, as you, Mr. President, read out:
“As a general rule, no proposal shall be discussed…
