The beginning of the General Assembly’s work in its current session has coincided with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the two peace frameworks negotiated at Camp David. Despite periods when there was hope for the establishment of a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle …
The previous year saw numerous developments concerning the Palestinian question. These ranged from continued violence and counter-violence — characteristic of Israeli-Palestinian relations since that unfortunate day at the end of September 2000 — to moments of hope born out of an earnest and sincere…
Egypt would like to reaffirm the importance of the General Assembly’s assuming a leading role in following up and evaluating humanitarian assistance activities. Egypt calls on the United Nations, its organs and its specialized agencies to help those States that need to build their national instituti…
The delegation of Egypt is pleased to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/57/L.59 on the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage. The draft resolution refers to the conclusion of the United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002, as set forth in General Assembly resolution 56/…
The International Year of Volunteers is an extremely important concept in the context of our modern world, where pressures are increasing daily because of the limited potential of Governments to deal with the unlimited needs of peoples — hence the importance of civic action to bridge this gap throug…
We are surprised at the comments of the representative of Israel. We merely cited irrefutable facts about the daily experiences of those living in the occupied territories. A policy of closures, imposed by the Israeli occupying forces, has been in force for the past two years. Furthermore, a travel …
I would like to thank Mr. ElBaradei, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to say how much we appreciated his statement, which introduced the Agency’s 2001 annual report. He summarized the main achievements of 2001 and outlined the challenges we will face in the f…
The holding of the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly, in June 2001, marked the high point of the Organization’s concern over the problem of HIV/AIDS, whose toll on humanity over two decades is matched only by that of the Second World War. At the time, hopes were high that collecti…
Malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis have become major public health challenges; they impede development efforts in many countries. The United Nations, by its resolution 55/284 declared this the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, particularly in Africa. To be sure, we support the mobiliz…
At the outset, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report entitled “International
Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World” (A/57/186), which contains a full description of the efforts made to implement the Programme of Action on a Culture…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General, on behalf of the African Group, which my country chairs this month, for his comprehensive report on item 31 of the agenda entitled “Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic c…
I should like at the outset to extend my heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Indonesia in the wake of the tragic events that took place late last week.
We would all agree that the Security Council has devoted most of its meetings and consultations to Africa and its various pol…
