At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the comprehensive statement made here by the President of the Human Rights Council following his participation in the debate on the Council’s report (A/64/53) in the Third Committee — the expert negotiating body of the General A…
Before I introduce draft resolution A/64/L.11, I shall, with your permission, Mr. President, make a statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. I would like to start by expressing our appreciation fo…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his reports on the progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/64/204), on Africa’s development needs and the state of implementation of various commitments, c…
Allow me at the outset to express our deep gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on the work of the Organization (A/64/1) and for its clear
message that the huge challenges currently facing our world make it imperative to strengthen our collective multilateral action, with the U…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep appreciation to the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, for his valuable report on the work of the Organization (A/63/1). The report reflects a clear vision in addressing contemporary international issues, focusing on the imperative of enhancing organized …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the adoption of resolution 63/305 on the establishment of an Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of the General Assembly to follow up on the issues contained in the Outcome document of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic C…
I would like at the outset to express our appreciation for the convening of this plenary meeting to discuss the Secretary-General’s interim report on progress made in the implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/63/812). Egypt…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate, and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/189) on enhancing mediation and its support activities, submitted pursuant to the presidential statement of 23 September 2008 (S/PRST/2008/36), adopted under the presidency of Burkina Fa…
I would like to start by expressing my appreciation for the excellent and valuable briefing presented by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which the Council is debating today in order to provide th…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the other members of the Security Council for rapidly responding to the request of the Group of Arab States that this emergency meeting be convened. We are grateful to the Secretary- General for attending this emergency meeting, which is being held to consider…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to convey to you the greetings of Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, who was looking forward to participating in today’s meeting of the Security Council in order to reiterate Egypt’s great interest in the issue of …
Under this agenda item we address the ongoing conflict situation in the Middle East region resulting from Israel’s continuing occupation of the Arab territories since 1967 and its non-compliance with relevant United Nations resolutions and relevant provisions of international law.
Israel continues …
Allow me to start by expressing my delegation’s gratitude for the President’s initiative to include the reform of the Security Council among the six main priorities of his presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session and within his initiative for the democratization of the United Na…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the 118 States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Non-Aligned Movement renews its commitment to defending, preserving and promoting the Charter of the United Nations and international law. We refrain from rec…
I wish to begin by welcoming the report (see A/63/276) introduced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its contents, reviewing the wide range of important and diverse activities of the Agency in 2007.
I also wish to confirm our absolute confidence in the effe…
It is my pleasure to express my appreciation to the Peacebuilding Commission for its report (A/63/92) and to the Secretary-General for his report (A/63/218 and Corr.1) on the Peacebuilding Fund. Egypt aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Ambassador of Jamaica on behalf of the Non-Aligne…
Egypt believes that the agenda item in question should be considered strictly within the legal and judicial context. Our view is based on the following considerations.
First, every Member State has the right to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and the General Assemb…
At the outset, I would like to thank you the President of the General Assembly for convening this important and timely meeting to review the needs and challenges of landlocked countries and to express our appreciation to Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secr…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his reports on progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/63/206) and on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report on the causes of con…
It gives me pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) on the issue of the responsibility to protect (R2P). The Movement would like at the outset to convey its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his presentation of his report in document A/63/677, entitled “Implement…
