The delegation of Egypt welcomes the adoption of the International Convention on the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism as an outstanding accomplishment of the United Nations. We would like to express appreciation to the delegation of the Russian Federation for its initiative, and to commend a…
The General Assembly has just concluded its discussion of the question of Palestine. That question has always been a source of tension and basic concern in the Middle East region. Today, we meet once again to discuss a matter that is no less important than the question of Palestine. Indeed, it repre…
The General Assembly is meeting today as it does every year to discuss one of the most important issues on its agenda — one that has been there for more than 50 years, since the adoption of resolution 181 (III) on November 1947 on the partition of mandated Palestine into two States, one Arab, one Je…
Owing to the time constraints, I will cut my statement into two parts. The first regards the preparations for the modalities of the high-level meeting of 2005. Our position has been conveyed to the facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Nicaragua and Norway.
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I support the…
The Assembly is meeting today at a time of great sorrow, not just for the Arab world but for the entire free world. Yesterday we lost a brave fighter, a steadfast leader and a unique nationalist, the late President Arafat.
The Government and the people of Egypt offer their sincerest condolences to …
The Egyptian delegation expresses its appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his statement, in which he highlighted the Agency’s singular contribution in 2003 to its major areas of responsibility and activities. He also informed …
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its thanks and appreciation to those who contributed to preparing for today’s session to discuss very important issues for Africa, which represent a major element of the United Nations urgent African agenda: the New Partnership for Africa’s Developm…
My delegation would like first to speak of the report of the Security Council (A/59/2) to the General Assembly on the Council’s work during the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004. We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom for introducing the report.
The report of t…
At the outset, my delegation thanks the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their efforts towards achieving the Organization’s objectives as defined in the Charter and by the resolutions adopted by Member States.
The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/59/1) dis…
The Security Council today meets as usual in a new emergency meeting in order that all members of the international community may condemn the Israeli military incursion into Gaza and demand the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the areas of the Palestinian Jabaliya refugee camp that it invaded more …
First of all, I would like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and to endorse the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations. We would also like, once again, to express our satisfacti…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express the appreciation of the delegation of Egypt for your presidency of the Council this month. We are confident that the Council is in the best of hands, with your well-known wisdom and statesmanship.
The Security Council is meeting today as the Palestinian peopl…
