I begin by expressing our appreciation of the Secretary- General’s report on global partnerships, which contains ideas on the future relationship between the United Nations, civil society and the private sector. The report contains the views of Member States and non-State actors. In this regard, we …
The Egyptian delegation would like at the outset to express its gratitude to the Secretary-General for his reports on the various agenda items before us. Egypt believes that the time has come to consider the question of the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and that we must take a firm s…
Over a whole decade, Egypt has been closely observing with grave concern the deterioration of the situation in the territories of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the eruption of racial conflicts and aggression perpetrated by one group against another. We have also followed the failure of the …
It would seem that I was not understood because I spoke in English. But I think I was clear. The representative of Israel, as usual, again is distorting facts and getting things mixed up. He speaks of religion and then accuses others of speaking of it. That is nothing new.
The Egyptian delegation r…
Once more, the representative of Israel is attempting to alter and distort the facts pertaining to the escalation of violence in Palestine and trying to avoid pinning the situation on anybody. The representative of Israel is ignoring the well-documented facts that the violence was a consequence of, …
I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his valuable report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (A/55/409). The Egyptian delegation attaches particular importance to the debate on this important agenda item, “Cooperation b…
I wish at the outset to convey our thanks to the Secretary- General for the comprehensive report (A/55/498) before the Assembly on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The report is of particular importance at a time when increasing responsibilities are…
The representative of Israel criticized Egypt’s observation on the need to abide by the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. He linked that with the Assembly’s decision to resume the tenth emergency special session. We wonder about the connection between the two issues. The resumption by the …
My delegation listened to the statement by Mr. Bustani, the Director-General of the OPCW, and the unilateral view of Egypt included in the statement.
We wish to clarify certain facts regarding those paragraphs of Mr. Bustani’s statement that dealt with the situation in the Middle East.
First, it i…
My delegation has asked for the floor on a point of order to comment on certain procedural matters pertaining to agenda item 8 and to agenda item 181, which is entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons”.
General Assembly document A…
At the outset, I wish to express my gratitude to the Secretary- General for his report on the preparatory process for the 2001 special session of the General Assembly for follow-up to the recommendations of the World Summit for Children (A/55/429). I would also like to convey my thanks to the Prepar…
I just need a clarification. Mr. Acting President, you have generously allocated 15 seats to Africa in each round table. That is 60. How would this fit, since there are 53 African countries in the United Nations?
It is always a pleasure for my delegation to see you presiding over our deliberations, Sir.
I have some comments to make, but since my delegation previously stressed these points, I will be very brief. The first comment concerns the last sentence of paragraph 10 of the annex. My delegation stressed…
At the outset, on behalf of the people and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, I would like to express our profound condolences to our sister State Turkey on the recent earthquake that struck that country a few days ago. Our sympathies also go out to those countries that lost some of their…
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to Judge Navanethem Pillay, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for the comprehensive report she has presented to the Assembly on the work of the Tribunal for the period under consideration.
I also wish to thank Judge Laïty Kama fo…
I would like at the outset to extend my thanks to Judge Gabrielle Kirk
The establishment of this Tribunal in 1993 reaffirmed the resolve of the international community to prosecute those who had committed serious violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia…
My delegation supports the statement just made by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Joint Coordination Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China. We too regret that the General Assembly decided not to give its competent subsidiary bodies the chance to study a…
