I have the honour to make this statement in explanation of position on resolution 63/311, entitled “System-wide coherence”, on behalf of the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China.
The Joint Coordinating Committee would like to express its sincere app…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to thank you for convening this very timely and most important meeting on the global food and energy crisis and to commend the Secretary-General for keeping us informed of the efforts of the Secretariat in addressing that crucial issue in a timely manner.
I would also l…
It gives me pleasure to speak today on behalf of the African Group, and to start by associating the Group with the statement delivered by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I shall deliver an abridged version of my statement, focusing on the
main eleme…
I am sorry to take the floor again on this, but has this matter been notified to the Credentials Committee or the General Committee? I am not aware of any notification to the General Committee or the Credentials Committee about this arrangement. I think that, according to the rules of procedure, suc…
I am taking the floor on a point of order. I note that Israel is voting on this draft resolution. At the same time, I see that a representative from the delegation of Andorra is sitting in the seat of Israel and exercising the vote on behalf of Israel. I would like to seek clarification and to deter…
Egypt believes in the importance of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and in its constructive role in eliminating all forms of discrimination against women. Egypt was also among the first countries to sign the international Convention that led to the establishment of t…
I am pleased to deliver the following statement on behalf of the Group of Arab States on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights pr…
The General Assembly is meeting today to consider agenda item 17, entitled “The situation in the Middle East”, which aims at enhancing international engagement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, a conflict resulting from Israel’s ongoing occupation of Arab territories since 1967 and its catastrophic prac…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s support for the content of the statement made by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
The Assembly meets today to consider t…
The General Assembly is debating today one of the most important items on its agenda. That item acquires its importance from the nature of the role and authority of the Assembly, the chief deliberative and policymaking body and the most democratic organ of the Organization, not only because it compr…
Allow me at the outset to associate myself with the statement to be delivered by the Ambassador of Angola on behalf of the African Group, and to express my deep appreciation to Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, for her concerted efforts to …
As a member of the General Committee, I fully support the proposal made by the President, which was reached through informal consultations in the General Committee and was adopted by consensus, on how to deal with this particular item.
I felt obliged to take the floor to compare what has happened t…
We thank Mr. ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his valuable presentation of the report on the Agency’s activities in various areas. This confirms the competence of the IAEA in performing its lofty mandate in achieving a balanced interest in the three m…
At the outset, I wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on progress in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/62/203) and on implementation of the recommendations in the report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of dur…
It is my pleasure to commence my statement by thanking the Peacebuilding Commission and the Secretary-General for the presentation of the first annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its first session (A/62/137) and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/62/138).
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At the outset, I wish to express Egypt’s appreciation for the first report on the work of the Organization presented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon since his assumption of office. I wish to congratulate the Secretary-General for the clarity of his assessments and the commendable ambition of the pr…
The delegation of Egypt joined the consensus on this resolution, stressing once again our strong belief that the Holocaust deserves to be remembered as one of the dark points in the history of humanity. We thank the sponsors, particularly those from among the European countries, for keeping this mem…
I have a procedural question before we begin the balloting. We would like to propose that we establish some kind of a timeframe for the voting process, because we have committee meetings and other engagements and matters to attend
to. With its indulgence, therefore, we would ask the presidency to c…
First of all, I would like to express our support for the statement made by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (A/61/483).
Today, the General Asse…
The General Assembly is today discussing two items that are interlinked. These issues are of increasing significance, particularly in the light of the international conviction that the United Nations reform process will be neither complete nor successful without the reform and expansion of the Secur…
