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Ghali

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lines on the record: 124
first: 1979-09-24
most recent: 1990-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-general-debate

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“It was decided, upon an Egyptian proposal, to invite it to address the Security Council on an equal footing with all members and, in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly, issued following an Egyptian initiative, the PLO was to be invited to participate in all Middle East peace conferences. Furthermore, Egypt extended an invitation to the PLO, as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, to participate in the Cairo meeting held in December 1977, following President El-Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in November 1977. Egypt extended the invitation because it was convinced that the time had come to start a Palestinian-Israeli dialogue that would pave the way towards negotiations on the Palestinian issue. Egypt is always ready to extend its support to the PLO and to stand by its side.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Egypt has consistently condemned the massacres to which the Palestinian people have been subjected in certain Arab countries. Egypt has always refrained from all this, in the hope of maintaining the unity of the Palestinian people, and the Government of Egypt was alone in supporting PLO until the vast majority of the international community recognized it as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, upon an Egyptian initiative. In this context President El-Sadat has, since 1972, called for the creation of a Palestinian Government in exile. The PLO became a full-fledged member of the League of Arab States at Egypt's request.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“When the League of Arab States was created in 1945 with its permanent headquarters in Cairo, it was at the behest of Egypt that an annex on Palestine, which affirmed its independence, was attached to the pact of the League, although the external aspects of that independence were not yet in existence. 138. Egypt has engaged in four wars for the sake of Palestine and has never refrained from tendering assistance to the Palestinian people in all fields, whereas it has refrained from any interference in Palestinian affairs. Egypt has no organization that can be called its mouthpiece, or any group which could be considered as devoted to it or financed by it. Egypt sets no faction against another, nor does it sponsor a group that serves its interests to the detriment of Palestinian interests.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It constitutes the first constructive step towards the sound resolution of the Palestinian problem. 136. The Palestinian cause is dear to each and every Egyptian. It is central to Egypt's policy and forms the crux and goal of that policy. We are committed to its support. Egypt will accept no alternative to the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. The Palestinian people should not be denied the right to which all peoples are entitled. The people of Palestine have an inherent and absolute right to recover their territory; to have a State of their own; to have security and to raise their own flag. Egypt cannot accept, after all the sacrifices of the Egyptian people, any infringement upon the genuine rights of the Palestinian people. 137.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It should not be just an image or form, or a council concerned merely with subsidiary or partial matters. Consequently, Egypt has insisted on the importance of guaranteeing the freedom of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and the right of return for the displaced Palestinians and the need to study the modalities of resolving the problem of Palestinian refugees. We also insist upon the necessity of conducting the elections in an atmosphere of political freedom under appropriate international supervision. 135. Egypt is aware that the Camp David Framework does not constitute the final settlement of the Palestinian problem. However, there is no doubt that the agreement has shattered the stalemate that had paralysed the Palestinian problem and has wrenched from Israel concrete commitments for the benefit of the Palestinian people.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Fifthly, the Palestinian people have in all cases the final word with regard to the form and substance of the Palestinian question. 134. Basing itself on the aforementioned considerations, Egypt accepted the Camp David Framework concerning the West Bank and Gaza. It was also owing to those considerations that Egypt entered into negotiations for the creation of a self-governing Palestinian authority in the occupied territories. Our consistent goal, let it be known to all, is to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable right to self- determination and to restore their full national rights and to see to it that, where such a Palestinian authority is set up, it should be a genuine and not a fictitious power and should be a government issuing from the Palestinian people, governing in its name and safeguarding its interests.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Secondly, the Palestinian issue is a complex multifaceted one that requires us to leave no stone unturned and no possibility unexplored so as not to participate once again in a policy of missed opportunities. 131. Thirdly, the agreement reached concerns transitional arrangements which pave the way for a solution and for the alleviation of some of the sufferings of our brethren in the occupied land. It also provides the opportunity for mutual recognition and opens the door to negotiations between the parties concerned. 132. Fourthly, in all this Egypt does not speak on behalf of the Palestinian people; it is not entitled to do so and never claimed to do so, for it is the Palestinian people alone who have the right to discuss their future and destiny or choose their own representative. 133.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In other words, part A of the Camp David agreement concerning the West Bank and Gaza consecrates an Israeli commitment to resolve the Palestinian problem by negotiating with the representatives of the Palestinian people, and to establish transitional arrangements which constitute by their nature the bridge—or the separation mark—between the current situation, namely the occupation, and the ultimate situation in which the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people should be recognized. 128. Egypt would not have embarked on this arduous task had it not taken the following basic facts into account. 129. First, the Palestinian issue is the crux of the problem and the core of the conflict. Consequently its solution is the sine qua non condition for a just and durable settlement of the Middle East problem. 130.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The Camp David agreement is also the first document in which Israel pledges to respect the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and their just claims. Israel pledges to withdraw its military armed forces from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel pledges to withdraw the military Government and civilian administration from the occupied Palestinian territories. In addition, the agreements provide for the establishment of a Palestinian self-governing authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as part of defined provisional transitional procedures. 127.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In this context, the Egyptian-Israeli peace Treaty is simply an important first step towards the achievement of a comprehensive peace in the area, in order to solve all aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict in accordance with Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). 126. The Framework for Peace in the Middle East Agreed at Camp David has come under attack and criticism from some quarters; consequently we feel historically committed to place it in the right perspective. The Camp David Framework is the first document signed by Israel in which it pledges to negotiate with the representatives of the Palestinian people the settlement of the Palestinian problem in all its aspects.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It should always be recalled that the commitment within the framework of the Camp David agreements was that Security Council resolution 242 (1967) in all its parts, the United Nations Charter and the principles of international law and international legitimacy were to be the keys to negotiations for a comprehensive settlement restoring to each party its rights. Egypt would thus recover its occupied territories; Syria also would recover its territories; Lebanon would recover its territorial unity; the Palestinian people would regain their rights to own their land in Palestine and to exercise their inherent right to self-determination; and Israel, Likewise, would ensure its own security, within the framework of reciprocal security. 125.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“We have never adopted a two-faced policy: what we proclaim in public we do not repudiate or alter in private. The general lines of this policy are to be found in Egypt's reply of 15 February 1971 to Ambassador Jarring's aide memoire. In that reply Egypt declared its willingness to enter into a peace agreement with Israel should Israel honour all its obligations as provided in Security Council resolution 242 (1967). That is exactly what we did when we signed the Camp David agreements in September 1978 and the peace Treaty in March 1979. 124.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Representatives will no doubt recall that at the time when Egyptian armed forces were shattering the Bar-Lev Line, undertaking the historic crossing of the Suez Canal during the October war and clearing its vicinity of occupation, President El-Sadat called for the convening of an international peace conference with the participation of all interested parties, including the representatives of the Palestinian people, to seek a just and durable peace. It was the October Ramadan war that made it possible for the Palestinian question to occupy its rightful place at the heart of the conflict and at the core of the struggle. 123. Egypt was committed to peace—both through its peaceful endeavours and its military battles. It has based its approach to the settlement of the Middle East problem on a single, consistent and well-thought-out policy.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Egypt did not resort to arms as an end in itself; rather, it took that course as a means of shattering the stalemate that had been imposed upon our region, of resisting all attempts at consecrating the "fait accompli" and at perpetuating occupation, and of challenging the calls that were being made for military relaxation. In reality, Egypt pursued that course to impart momentum to a just, peaceful and comprehensive settlement.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“When it became clear that a conspiracy to impose the fait accompli and an attempt to perpetuate the state of "no war, no peace'' was being carried out, Egypt waged the glorious October Ramadan war. 122. In both instances, Egypt was committed to peace. Its co-operation with the peace initiatives was not for tactical purposes in an attempt to score temporary propaganda gains, but was motivated only by its firm belief in the principles advocated by the United Nations Charter and its commitment to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which has inflicted upon our area untold sorrow and suffering. Egypt's position was also consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Charter concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“In addition to all this, it has had widespread adverse effects on the right of its people to proper education, to adequate medical care and to work opportunities. In the Middle East, no one has endured what the valiant Palestinian people and the people of Egypt were able to sustain. No single people m the Middle East has suffered as much as they have suffered. 121. Egypt's record in war is matched by its struggle For peace. It has accepted Security Council resolution 242 (1967) and has co-operated closely with Ambassador Jarring in its implementation. It has used its right to self-defence by resorting to the war of attrition in 1969 and 1970 and it has also welcomed all peaceful initiatives that have surfaced during the first six years of the occupation of its territory, foremost among them the Committee of African Heads of State.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“As an integral part of the third world and one of its pillars, Egypt has in various phases of its long history suffered from these injustices. It has struggled against imperialism and colonialism for many years. The events of June 1967 represented a culmination of colonialist aggression against Egypt in its role in the vanguard of the struggle for a better future for the Arab nation, for Africa and for the whole of the third world. 120. Throughout the past 12 years, Egypt has been engaged in a continuous struggle for the establishment of a just settlement of the Middle East problem. This problem has taken a heavy toll on Egypt, costing her tens of thousands of martyrs and many billions of dollars, all at the expense of its progress and to the detriment of the welfare of its people.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“That history has left unmistakable marks on each and every facet of human evolution and progress. Egypt's contribution to the progress of civilization has rarely been matched, in religion, science, art, thought, life, war and peace. 119. In this context, Egypt's policy is based on unshakable foundations and solid principles, which in essence stress that man was not created to exploit his fellow man, but rather that we should all co-operate for the realization of the noble objective of achieving a better future for all. Consequently Egypt's opposition to all forms of exploitation, colonialism and neo-colonialism is an irrevocable fact. Furthermore, its opposition to racism, racial discrimination, foreign occupation and settler colonialism is a matter of principle. Its struggle to bring to an end these unjust conditions, is relentless.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The whole world witnesses this situation whether in southern Africa, South-East Asia or the Middle East, and in the political as well as in the economic fields, not to mention social problems arising in many countries in the world. This places on our shoulders a great responsibility, which we must assume for ourselves and for future generations. It is therefore incumbent upon us to proceed with courage, initiative and vision and pull down all barriers, the symbols of despair, and free our minds from all constraints and hindrances with a view to opening up new horizons that will usher in a new era and a better future. 118. My country, Egypt, on whose behalf I am proud to speak today, has a long history, the roots of which go far back in the history of human evolution.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“116. Perhaps these main elements—and others, if we choose to dwell on particulars—constitute a picture which may appear somewhat optimistic. In highlighting these factors, my intention was to present a framework for the picture as I see it or, may I say, as I wish it to be, for by accurately identifying the problems, and by planning the appropriate solutions to them, together with constant hope, unwavering conviction and faith in our capacity to confront these problems appropriately and effectively, we shall have taken the first step in the right direction, long hoped for by the thinkers and aspired to by dreamers among mankind. 117. Let me hasten to emphasize that, although this framework may be the right one, it is also correct to state that important obstacles still obstruct the road to our objectives and goals.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“Nevertheless, international developments indicate that the world community is approaching a new stage in its evolution, a stage that is marked by the four following characteristics: first, serious, persistent and ever-increasing efforts for the elimination of racism and minority rule, the eradication of the remnants of colonialism, a confrontation with aggression against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States and the strengthening of the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory through war and the upholding of the right of self- determination; secondly, action for the achievement of just, comprehensive and peaceful settlements in areas of tension in order to ensure suitable conditions conducive to the solution of the genuine problems relating to economic and social development; thirdly, the identification of the economic problems that plague the developing countries on the one hand, and those which face the developed countries on the other, as well as efforts aimed at the establishment of a new international economic order—which should remedy the dangerous deficiencies inherent in the present system that have caused the present shaky economic order from which we are all suffering; and fourthly , efforts to intensify and promote global detente, which should entail the reduction of nuclear armaments, the pursuit of general disarmament and the underscoring of the importance of international co-operation in the political, economic, social and cultural fields, whether on land or in the ocean, on our planet or on the moon or other celestial bodies, within the context of the common heritage of mankind, in a common endeavour and for the common benefit to all.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“The present session of the General Assembly is taking place while the world stands at the threshold of the 1980s and amidst international developments that point towards stirrings of change affecting the whole world. The winds of change have not as yet gathered their full momentum.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It is also an added pleasure for me to express through you, Mr. President, Egypt's sincere gratitude to the outgoing President, Mr. Indalecio Lievano, for the outstanding role he played while presiding over the General Assembly at its last session. He was the ideal representative of his great country, Colombia, as well as of all Latin America and its deeply-rooted traditions. 114. I should also like to seize this opportunity to express the congratulations of the Egyptian people to the people of Saint Lucia, on the occasion of their independence and their joining the international com-munity at the United Nations. I also convey the congratulations of the Egyptian people to the people of Panama on the occasion of the recovery of its sovereignty over the Canal. 115.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)
“It gives me great pleasure at the outset, Mr. President, to express to you, on behalf of the Government of Egypt, our heartfelt congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly. You, Mr. President, are the perfect embodiment of the struggle waged by the third world in its pursuit of freedom, justice and a better future. In the name of Africa, you, Mr. President, have championed for many years Africa's struggle through the United Nations for the triumph of its causes. You have always adopted, and still do, noble attitudes in the name of your great country, the friendly United Republic of Tanzania, under the leadership of Africa's revered son, President Julius Nyerere, in upholding justice everywhere and pursuing the struggle for its sake. 113.”
1979-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 34 (1979)