Mr. President, I would like to express our appreciation for your having convened this debate on conflict prevention. The importance of the debate is growing in the minds of many actors throughout the international community. The priority of the issues covered here has also been growing over the last…
Egypt has always been among the first United Nations Members calling for fruitful and useful dialogue among civilizations to promote mutual understanding and establish contacts leading to constructive coexistence and serving humanity in every possible way.
On that basis, I speak before the General …
I would like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to extend to you our thanks for organizing this important meeting devoted to evaluating the progress achieved towards implementing the summit declaration adopted by t…
Allow me to begin by expressing our deep appreciation to the Ambassador of South Africa for his full presentation of the draft resolution before us today. I would also like to thank the Ambassador of the United Kingdom for his initiative in asking for inclusion of a new item on the agenda of the Gen…
I should like to introduce the two draft resolutions
proposed under agenda item 40, A/55/L.49, entitled “Jerusalem”, and A/55/L.50, entitled “The Syrian Golan”.
Lebanon and Togo have joined in sponsoring draft resolution A/55/L.49.
The preambular part of draft resolution A/55/L.49 recalls the res…
On this very date in 1947 the General Assembly adopted resolution 181 (III), which changed the course of Middle East history. It partitioned British-mandate Palestine into two States, one Arab and the other Jewish, and established a separate regime for the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.
Today, on the I…
Egypt attaches particular importance to the problem of landmines and to the international efforts to assist affected countries. We do so because we have suffered for over 50 years from the problem of landmines and unexploded ordnance.
It is from this realistic perspective that the delegation of Egy…
Two days ago, on 20 November, Egypt recalled its Ambassador from Tel Aviv following the unacceptable, unprecedented and unjustified intensification of systematic Israeli bombings of Palestinian government buildings and installations in the Gaza Strip. Egypt did so in the hope of sending a clear and …
For the eighth year in a row, the General Assembly is
dealing with the question of the expansion and reform of the Security Council. It is evident that these past few years have allowed the Member States, as individuals and groups, to formulate and present their positions clearly on numerous occasi…
The question that we are considering today is of particular importance, given its link to the future of relations between the civilizations of today. It is an attempt to understand the beliefs and the outlooks of others. That is essential and is an important basis for international relations and for…
African countries made tremendous efforts to reform and improve their domestic, economic, political and social environments during the 1990s, and in so doing encountered major obstacles and difficulties. Those efforts, as is noted in the report (A/55/350) of the Secretary-General, have led to progre…
I would like at the outset to express warm thanks to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, for his excellent presentation of the annual report of the Agency for 1999. It also gives me great pleasure to congratulate him on his distinct contribut…
Many initiatives and thoughts for supporting development in Africa have been put forward over the years. However, the results have fallen short of realizing the objectives and aspirations that accompanied each and every one of these initiatives. Despite the fact that the development of any society i…
There can be no doubt that the changes that are taking place in international relations and in the global economic framework are giving rise to new opportunities to involve the private sector and civil society in the service of the United Nations with a view to meeting the challenges of the new cent…
I should like to begin by expressing our thanks and appreciation to Mr. Nitin Desai and Mr. John Langmore for their notable efforts in the various fields of social development, including those of poverty eradication, productive labour and social solidarity. Last June, with the special session of the…
I wish to express my appreciation to Ambassador Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia, for his presentation to the Assembly of the report of the Security Council (A/55/2). The submission of this report is pursuant to Article 15 and Article 24 of the Charter and is an affirmation of the…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of October. I trust that, with your abilities and wisdom, you will be able to guide our deliberations on this important and critical issue so that the Council can assume the role of mai…
As is his custom every year, the Secretary-General made it a point to include in his report on the work of the Organization his vision of the most important issues and problems facing the United Nations and the international community. I would like to pay tribute to the comprehensive nature of the r…
The General Assembly is discussing today one of its most important agenda items, one which reflects the purposes, the principles and the very being of the United Nations: the culture of peace. We, the peoples of the world, have undertaken to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, and w…
The problem of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which we are considering today, is not only a health issue but also one that encompasses other areas, including the economic and social. All these elements are involved in this most serious epidemic in the history of mankind. It is therefore incumbent upon all m…
