Allow me first of all to apologize to you, Mr. President, and through you to all the members of the General Assembly for delaying the proceedings to this afternoon. May I also pay tribute to you for your patience and your leadership, for which we are all grateful.
The co-sponsors of the draft resol…
Allow me at the outset to welcome, on behalf of the delegation of Egypt, His Excellency President Elias Hraoui of Lebanon. Allow me also to reaffirm the solidarity of the Government and people of Egypt with Lebanon and our support for the strong and comprehensive statement made by the President at y…
At last, eight days after the beginning of the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, the Security Council has met to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of military operations which are a flagrant aggression against a country which was a founder Member of the United Nations.
Before …
The mere fact that the Security Council is meeting twice in one day to consider Israeli measures against two Arab peoples is a source of grave concern. That concern is all the greater when we recall that there is an ongoing peace process to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict. This began in Madrid and …
The Security Council is meeting today to consider measures whose inherent dangers go beyond Israel’s siege against the Palestinian people, and whose effects add another to a series of Israeli violations of the rules of international law, as well as of Security Council resolutions and commitments ent…
The Security Council is meeting today to take action on the draft resolution contained in document S/1996/221, by which it would establish a mechanism for monitoring Iraqi imports and exports, pursuant to paragraph 7 of resolution 715 (1991), which called for cooperation between the sanctions Commit…
Allow me, Mr. President, to begin by expressing our warmest congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for March. I should also like to express our confidence that your wide diplomatic experience and renowned wisdom will enable you to discharge fully the responsibilit…
Allow me at the outset to express the appreciation and the admiration of my delegation, Madam President, for the sterling leadership qualities you have so competently demonstrated throughout this month. I would like at the outset to express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report, which gi…
The unanimous adoption by the Security Council a few minutes ago of resolution 1044 (1996) must send a clear, unambiguous message to the Government of the Sudan: that the international community, as represented by the Security Council, is resolute in its support for the implementation of all the dec…
The draft resolution before the Security Council today on the situation in Burundi reflects the grave concern of the international community over the very fragile conditions in that country, which is friendly towards Egypt and enjoys bonds with it that date back to the dawn of history.
The adoption…
I should like first to welcome Mr. Kromah, Member of the Collective Presidency of the Liberian National Transitional Government, and to thank him for his extremely complete report, which we all followed with great interest.
The Council's special meeting last week to study the fifteenth progress rep…
Allow me, Sir, to begin Egypt's first statement since its admission to membership in the Security Council by expressing our pleasure at seeing you preside over the work of the Council for this month. We are confident that thanks to your well-known diplomatic abilities and wide experience, the Counci…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the Security Council. We are all aware of your sagacity and of your great leadership skills which are the best guarantee that the Council’s activities will be successful under your presidency. We also extend our thank…
The importance attached by the United Nations to the problem of mine clearance is a clear
In resolution 49/215 the General Assembly welcomed the establishment by the Secretary-General of a voluntary trust fund to finance and facilitate the launching of mine-clearance operations. The Assembly also e…
The Middle East region is in transition. It is leaving behind an era of war and conflict to start an era of just and comprehensive peace between the peoples of this important region. Because of this period of transition, all the parties concerned with the stability and prosperity of the region bear …
Once again the General Assembly considers the item entitled “Question of Palestine”, which has been on the United Nations agenda for about 50 years — the lifetime of the international Organization. Ever since, this question has taken up a considerable portion of the activities and deliberations of t…
The Charter stipulates that the Security Council is required to present annual as well as special reports to the General Assembly on its activities so that such reports may reflect the nature of the relationship between the two bodies, a relationship the Charter wanted to be institutionalized and co…
As Egypt is the Chairman of the Group of Arab States for the month of November, I have the honour of introducing draft resolution A/50/L.21 on the question of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.
The existing ties between the United Nations and the League of Arab St…
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the draft resolution on agenda item 150 entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union”. It is contained in document A/50/L.20.
Recent developments in contemporary international relations have shown increased involvement o…
At the outset, it gives me great pleasure to convey to the President of the General Assembly the special appreciation of the delegation of Egypt for the effective manner in which he has been conducting the work of the Assembly since the beginning of the fiftieth session. He has demonstrated the outs…
