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Abdelaziz

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first: 1999-05-14
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“In this connection, Egypt, which hosted the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza early this month, renews its call for Israel to ensure the immediate, unconditional and sustained reopening of its crossing points with the Gaza Strip in order to allow for the movement of people, goods and reconstruction materials into Gaza, put an end to the continuously escalating humanitarian crisis, and rebuild what was destroyed. Undoubtedly, if justice is to be achieved, the results of inquiries into the violations committed by Israel during the recent military operations against the Gaza Strip must be handled competently.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“Egypt is also redoubling its efforts to achieve Palestinian national reconciliation in order to form a new Palestinian unity government under the leadership of President Mahmoud Abbas, based on the Palestine Liberation Organization commitments in favour of the peace process, and to open the way for the immediate reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which, as resolution 1860 (2009) stressed, is an integral part of the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967 and on which the future Palestinian State should be established.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“The ongoing severe humanitarian crisis resulting from the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, the lack of a lasting ceasefire and the failure to maintain a calm and sustained opening of the crossing points on the basis of the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access, as reiterated in resolution 1860 (2009), increases the gravity of the situation. Egypt seeks the full implementation of resolution 1860 (2009) and resolution ES-10/18 adopted at the resumed tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly, and has intensified its efforts and contacts to establish calm, achieve a durable ceasefire and open the Gaza crossing points, together with reaching an agreement for the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“Also in this connection, the occupying Power uses military force to deny the Palestinian population of East Jerusalem their legitimate right to celebrate their city as the 2009 Capital of Arab Culture, and continues to pursue illegal excavations inside and around the city, threatening the sanctity of the holy Islamic and Christian sites and violating their status as universal heritage sites. The edifice of Al-Aqsa mosque is endangered as a result of the illegitimate excavations taking place in Bab al-Maghariba, Salwan and Ma'man Allah, the historic Islamic cemetery, with a view to Judaizing the holy city and damaging the unity of the West Bank territories by dissecting it into isolated cantons, thereby undermining the prospects for achieving the two-State solution and fundamentally threatening regional peace and security.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“The danger of such colonization is not limited to mere violations of international law, United Nations resolutions and Israeli commitments under the Road Map; it also threatens to inflame tension and violence, particularly in view of the proximity of the confiscated Palestinian land in the Arab Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Bustan neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem to the Islamic holy places near there, in addition to the documented danger of the violence of settlers who have targeted the unarmed Palestinian population under the protection of occupation forces.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“The occupying Power continues to disregard its Road Map obligations to freeze settlement activities and insists on defying the international community's repeated calls to cease its illegal construction and expansion of settlements and its construction of the illegitimate separation wall throughout the West Bank, particularly in and around East Jerusalem. The construction of this wall seeks to alter the city's legal status, political character and demographic composition before the beginning of final status negotiations.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“The situation in the entire occupied Palestinian territory remains extremely volatile, and the inability of the international community to intervene to protect the Palestinians under occupation exacerbates the gravity of the situation. The Palestinian civilian population of the Gaza Strip is struggling to cope with the humanitarian disaster inflicted upon it by Israeli military aggression and the 20-month siege, while the Palestinian population in the West Bank also continues to suffer as a result of Israel's other grave violations of international law and international humanitarian law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“This debate takes place at a critical juncture when we are plagued by uncertainty about the future of peace on the Palestinian track and the prospects for realizing the two-State solution, which the Security Council has often called for and firmly established through successive resolutions, most recently resolution 1850 (2008), and at a time when the occupying Power persists in its practices, particularly the unlawful settlement activities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the continuing siege of the Gaza Strip, and the deprivation of its civilian population of the means of living a decent human life.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to start by expressing my appreciation for the excellent and valuable briefing presented by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which the Council is debating today in order to provide the international impetus necessary to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Arab- Israeli conflict, based on ending Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories since 1967 and the establishment of an independent and viable Palestinian State.”
2009-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6100 (2009) · source
“In conclusion, Egypt supports the proposal of the panel to establish two new financial mechanisms, as stated in the report. I will not go into detail, but I will affirm Egypt's strong support for those recommendations. We hope that their implementation in the medium and long terms will bring about a decrease in conflicts in Africa and put the continent on the path towards peace and development.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Third is the need to expand and establish joint working modalities between the United Nations, the AU and other organizations, in particular in maintaining international peace and security, based on the model of the Steering Committee established in that regard between the European Union and the United Nations, including the exchange of staff and the promotion of expertise, capacity-building and other relevant issues, in particular in the field of logistics and financing. Fourth is support for training programmes to develop African peacekeeping capacities, including regional training centres in Africa, while keeping in mind the fact that such centres are fundamental to building capacities and responding to needs at the regional and subregional levels, as well as those of Member States.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“First is the need to enhance and develop the institutional capacity of the AU, strengthen its ability to respond to crises and promote a sustainable African capacity that can help achieve the long-term stability of the continent and address, consistent with the Charter, situations that breach peace and security. Secondly, it is necessary to establish a strategic and more effective partnership between the Security Council and the AAU Peace and the Security Council, on the one hand, and between the United Nations Secretariat and the AU Commission on the other, in order to achieve long-term success and ensure a joint vision of the two organizations on how to address peacekeeping in Africa by enhancing the ability of the AU to provide a rapid response and bolster the United Nations capacity to guarantee sustained operations.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The first is between the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council; the second is between the United Nations Secretariat peacekeeping bodies and their AU counterparts; the third is between the Peacebuilding Commission and the AU Peace and Security Council consistent with the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter. Here, and to enhance the possibility of implementing the report of the joint panel, I wish to highlight a few points mentioned in the report's recommendations as the main pillars for supporting the peacekeeping capacity of the African Union.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“All of those issues underline the importance of invigorating the role of regional organizations, especially by providing essential financial resources and enhancing their institutional capacities in peacekeeping. Here we call upon the United Nations and donor countries and organizations to support the AU, by providing necessary financial resources, as called for in resolution 1809 (2008), addressing the lack of equipment and insufficient logistical support, and responding to the specific challenges faced by the AU due to the complexity of the conflict environment and the lack of capacities necessary, including financial capacities, to achieve a rapid response in some cases and to strengthen peace, stability and development on the African continent. All of those goals require joint coordination at three levels.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In the light of predictions that a decrease in the demand for peacekeeping operations in the near future is unlikely, and until a decrease in the number of conflicts is achieved through intensified efforts to improve mediation and conflict prevention, the need for peacekeeping operations will continue to increase in the future. That increase would have a negative impact on United Nations peacekeeping activities, both in terms of unprecedented and growing budget requirements that overwhelm the budgets of Member States and by making countries reluctant to contribute the required troops at appropriate times to achieve the objectives of peacekeeping and by hampering their ability to provide equipment.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We welcome it as a step towards enhancing cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations and towards supporting African peacekeeping activities, particularly in the light of the efforts of the AU to build its institutional capacity in that regard and to enhance its capability to respond to crises and emergency situations and achieve long-term stability on our African continent. It must be noted that the need for peacekeeping operations is increasing in Africa and that the success of such operations depends to a large extent on the availability of resources and equipment, as demonstrated by the experience of the African Union Mission in Sudan before it was transformed into a hybrid mission and of the African Union Mission in Somalia.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“There is no doubt that the enormous growth and evolution of activities related to the maintenance of international peace and security at the level of the United Nations and regional organizations, especially in Africa, highlights the importance of exploring ways to support regional efforts in that field within a comprehensive system that functions consistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter and contributes to advancing the efforts of regional organizations to peacefully resolve conflicts in a geographical context, in cooperation and coordination with the United Nations, which has the primary responsibility to respond to conflicts and to maintain international peace and security. My delegation therefore followed with interest the work of the joint panel and carefully studied its report.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to start by welcoming Mr. Romano Prodi, Chairman of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to African Union (AU) peacekeeping operations, and to thank him and the panel members for their efforts in preparing the report (S/2008/813) that we are considering today in the context of efforts to invigorate partnership between the United Nations and the AU, pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter and the Constitutive Act of the African Union.”
2009-03-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6092Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In order to achieve those ends and to create an opportunity for the peace process to succeed, the siege imposed on the Palestinian people in Gaza must be lifted, access to basic humanitarian and economic needs must be ensured, and Palestinian national reconciliation should be achieved so that clear political prospects that will contribute to the success of regional and international efforts to stop the violence and ensure the success of the peace process, can be established. In this regard, Egypt will continue to do its utmost to achieve those two goals by supporting all efforts to restore full security and stability to the occupied Palestinian territories until the occupation has ended and the independent Palestinian State is established.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Some seek to apply that principle to specific countries, while bypassing others toiling under brutal occupation and confronting ferocious aggression without any international force to protect them. Furthermore, the Security Council is primarily and the General Assembly secondarily responsible for investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, and for handing over those who are responsible for committing such crimes to international prosecutors. This should take place in conjunction with Arab and international efforts to end the occupation, since without an end to the occupation and without a right for the Palestinian people to establish their independent State with Jerusalem as its capital, the Middle East will never enjoy stability and civilians in Palestine and Israel will not enjoy lives of peace and security.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Egypt's efforts to establish an immediate ceasefire between both sides continue, but it also believes that the Security Council has a great responsibility to impose the international will represented in its resolutions and statements; adopt all the necessary measures to protect civilians on both sides by pushing forcefully to implements its decisions; enforce all human rights protection mechanisms, especially through the convening of a special session of the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention; implement the resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 11 January; and provide international protection through a protection force for the Palestinian people, in implementation of the principle of the responsibility to protect.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“However, both parties have so far chosen not to implement this initiative; each believes that it will emerge victorious from this military confrontation, ignoring the fact that there are no winners in such a war. There will be clear losers, however: the civilians of Palestine and Israel alike. Those civilians have lost their lives so that some might achieve their electoral aspirations or claim a bogus victory at the expense of the deceased victims. Victory cannot be achieved except through a genuine peace process based not on the ambitions and aspirations of individuals, but on the benefits of peoples living in peace and stability.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Protecting civilians in armed conflict from death and injury and providing humanitarian and economic assistance to the brotherly Palestinian people were the main goals of the Egyptian initiative launched by President Mubarak on 8 January, in conjunction with the adoption of resolution 1860 (2009). The initiative calls first for an immediate ceasefire for a predetermined period, during which humanitarian assistance can be delivered. It provides for an appropriate timeframe for negotiations on the arrangements and guarantees stipulated by the resolution in order to make the temporary ceasefire permanent, thereafter promoting the resumption of peace negotiations.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The issue, then, is that the Security Council discusses the protection of civilians in armed conflict, but turns a blind eye to the ongoing massacre, which has killed approximately 1,000 Palestinians and injured nearly 5,000, at the hands of a brutal force occupying their land. The Council procrastinates on any significant negotiations aimed at peace and claims, with support from forces within and outside its membership, that Israel is exercising its legitimate right to self-defence and reacting to the deaths of Israelis, who number no more than the fingers of one hand, from rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. Israel uses not only excessive and disproportionate force, but also internationally prohibited weapons, in its so-called self-defence, while flouting all its legal and ethical obligations.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The recent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has demonstrated unequivocally the inability of the Security Council to enforce its decisions. It has also demonstrated the Council's inability to adopt critical decisions in a timely manner, as expected by the international community. Furthermore, the Council has demonstrated its inability to prevent the escalation of Israel's brutal air and ground military operations and its use of internationally banned weapons. The Council is also unable to impose the will of the United Nations as the sole representative of the international community, even when such representation takes the form of a unanimously adopted statement or a resolution adopted by 14 votes in favour and the abstention of one member that endorsed the main thrust of the text.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to express the appreciation of the Egyptian delegation for your initiative, Mr. President, to convene this general debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. This debate takes place at a very perilous time. The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are confronting genocide under the very nose of the Security Council, and the Israeli occupying Power is clearly and flagrantly violating its obligations under international law and international humanitarian law. Moreover, its actions constitute a blatant defiance of the authority of the Security Council, which has made continuous calls - inter alia, in its press statement of 15 December and its resolution 1860 (2009), adopted on 8 January 2009 - for an immediate ceasefire between Palestinians and Israelis.”
2009-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6066Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We reiterate the fact that the draft resolution submitted to the Security Council represents an integrated, complete basis for addressing these issues in order to bring about an end to military confrontation and to promote peace efforts. The Arab Group hopes that all Council members will support the draft resolution and that it will be adopted as soon as possible.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“As a result, the Council of the Arab League, which met at the foreign minister level today, 31 December 2008, decided to instruct the Arab Group in New York to call for an emergency meeting of the Security Council and to call for a binding resolution to compel Israel to immediately end its aggression, lift the blockade, open the crossings, put an end to its collective punishment policy, ensure international protection for the Palestinian people and calm the situation. I endorse the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the sole member of the Arab Group represented in the Security Council and welcome his introduction of the draft resolution.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“Notwithstanding all the efforts undertaken by the forces of peace in the region, including Egypt, to maintain the lull, this lull is not an end in itself, but a way to ensure an environment conducive to true peace instead of the suspended peace process, in which the Palestinian people and all Arab peoples have lost their faith. To truly guarantee that the situation will not be replicated, there must be an end to the occupation of the Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories, a return to the borders of 4 June 1967, a settlement of the refugee question and the establishment of an independent, viable Palestinian State - which are all elements of the Arab Peace Initiative. That Initiative continues to be the only basis for bringing about a comprehensive and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“The Israeli aggression, which has been denounced by all international and regional parties, requires that the Security Council adopt a firm decision and take all measures necessary to end Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and to prevent a land attack from taking place. Contrary to Israeli assertions, these attacks are not carried out in self-defence. The attacks are taking place in the context of a lack of any real political will to put an end to the occupation and to enable the Palestinian people to restore their lost rights, specifically their inalienable right to self-determination and to the creation of their own independent State.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“The Security Council, which, through its successive resolutions and decisions, has recently stated its intent to bring about peace, needs to impose its collective will under international law and international humanitarian law by adopting a decisive resolution that would include the elements already set out in the press statement, along with other elements. Specifically, it should highlight the need to ensure the international protection necessary for the Palestinian people in order to restore the prestige and credibility of the Security Council by addressing this aggression, avoiding double standards, politicization and selectivity.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“There can be no doubt that Israel is not heeding the appeals by the Security Council to address the explosive situation in Gaza. Israel continues its military aggression, flagrantly flouting the will of the international community despite the Council's repeated calls to both parties, the calls by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and contacts with the concerned parties. Israel's actions have exacerbated tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories and, indeed, in all Arab countries. This will compromise the prospects for peace in the Middle East.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“Such action by the Council would implement its unanimous will, as expressed in the press statement of 28 December 2008, which called for an immediate end to all military action and violence and for efforts to address the humanitarian situation and the urgent humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip through the permanent reopening of the crossings, in order to bring about improved political, economic and humanitarian conditions. Such conditions are necessary if there is to be an end to violence and counter-violence and true calm between the parties, so that international efforts can be stepped up to bring about the desired settlement and to establish an independent Palestinian State, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, as quickly as possible.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“The impact has been made still more tragic by the crippling blockade imposed by Israel, in flagrant violation of its responsibilities under international law and international humanitarian law, including its specific obligations, as the occupying Power, under the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The events in Gaza, including Israel's premeditated and barbaric aggression and killing of civilians and its disproportionate and arbitrary use of force, threaten peace and security not only in the Middle East region, but throughout the world. That requires the Security Council to step up its efforts and take immediate action, in accordance with its Charter mandate, to ensure a comprehensive and binding ceasefire that will be respected.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the other members of the Security Council for rapidly responding to the request of the Group of Arab States that this emergency meeting be convened. We are grateful to the Secretary- General for attending this emergency meeting, which is being held to consider the recent and ongoing Israeli military actions against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. To date, this aggression has killed more than 400 Palestinians and wounded thousands of others, including many women and children, and the horrifying carnage continues.”
2008-12-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6060 (2008) · source
“"Egypt looks forward to the Security Council's substantive discussion of all proactive options, including the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force in Somalia that would act as a safety valve for the joint Somali force that the parties agreed to establish in support of stabilization in Somalia following the withdrawal of the Ethiopian forces. In addition, options to strengthen a United Nations peacekeeping force with maritime and land components to address the piracy phenomenon from all angles need to be explored."”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“"In conclusion, allow me once again to emphasize the organic linkage between the phenomenon of piracy and the Somali issues in general. This situation should prompt us to think seriously about the optimal and most effective way to support peace consolidation efforts and stability in the country, particularly after the Somali parties' success in signing the Djibouti Agreement in August, as well as the subsequent executory security and political agreements. These agreements require the international community to demonstrate sufficient support to protect the progress already achieved towards reaching peace and to prevent setbacks in efforts at national reconciliation. Indeed, such setbacks could have adverse and dangerous political and security ramifications.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“The second fact is that the Arab countries bordering the Red Sea are concerned about the escalation of the phenomenon near the southern part of the Red Sea, and that they have the capacity to secure navigation in the Red Sea and to prevent the phenomenon of piracy from emerging there. "We thus remain eager to agree as soon as possible on measures and procedures to end this phenomenon off the coast of Somalia. We are all therefore responsible for being accurate in our pursuit of legal and political agreements in order to ensure the cooperation of all parties and to provide a legal and practical umbrella for all efforts to combat piracy without violating the established and agreed sovereign rights of States.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“"It is important for us, in speaking about the phenomenon of piracy off the coast of Somalia, not to confuse issues relating to the geographical scope of the phenomenon. From all indications, the scope does not exceed the region of the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. Thus, the Arab Republic of Egypt had been keen to convene a consultative meeting of the Arab Red Sea riparian countries on 20 November 2008 in order to confirm two facts. The first is that there are no acts of piracy in the Red Sea and that the Red Sea has its own specificities that distinguish it from other regions facing a fragile security situation, due to the fact that countries bordering the Red Sea have the capacity to secure their shores and their territorial waters.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“It has emphasized the need for coherence among these efforts and respect for the relevant rules of international law and for the principle of a State's sovereignty over its territorial waters. Egypt has also stressed that these efforts should be made in conjunction with the holding of a broad and detailed debate that covers all the criteria and legal obligations with the aim of agreeing on specified procedures to regulate the response to this phenomenon in its various stages, from military confrontation, interrogation methods, criteria and controls, to legal and judicial procedures applied to perpetrators. Indeed, various options concerning trials of the accused should be explored, including the possible establishment by Security Council resolution of an ad hoc international court.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“However, it considers the phenomenon to be the direct and clear result of the fragile political and security situation in Somalia, which in turn is the result of the continued disinterest of the international community and of its disregard of the need to consolidate peace and security in Somalia. From this perspective, the Egyptian position is based on the need for a comprehensive approach to the situation in Somalia that addresses the root causes and motives of the phenomenon of piracy in the region and undertakes the rapid and effective security actions needed to respond to all forms of piracy and armed robbery. "From that point of view, Egypt has supported international and regional efforts and initiatives undertaken to combat this phenomenon.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“This phenomenon constitutes a real threat to navigation in that important strategic region, to the flow of trade and to the movement of goods on the related maritime routes. "There is no doubt that this high-level meeting of the Security Council to discuss the phenomenon of piracy and the means of combating is ample testimony to the fact that this phenomenon has become a serious threat to international peace and security. There is a real need to widen the scope of the debate and to continue to exchange views on the optimal means to combat the phenomenon in the context of implementing existing legal and political frameworks and taking into account the international, regional and security circumstances, with a view to arriving at an agreed approach for action. "Egypt deeply deplores the escalation of acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“Mr. Abdelaziz (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, allow me at the outset to convey to you the greetings of Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, who was looking forward to participating in today's meeting of the Security Council in order to reiterate Egypt's great interest in the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia and the situation in Somalia in general, but due to unforeseen circumstances was unable to participate in the meeting. I therefore have the pleasure to deliver this statement on his behalf: "The past few months have seen a noticeable and worrisome escalation in the phenomenon of piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia.”
2008-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6046 (2008) · source
“In addition to the draft resolution, hundreds of other proposals have been put forward on the same subject. What is missing is not additional proposals or evaluations, but more political will on the part of permanent and non-permanent members of the Council alike to achieve real reform of the Security Council. That reform must also encompass the five main areas being dealt with by the Open-ended Working Group - namely, membership, the right of veto, regional representation, the size of an enlarged Security Council and the reform of the working methods of the Council - so as to be able to achieve a comprehensive agreement on all aspects of the Council's reform in order to make it more effective, transparent and capable of achieving the aspirations of Member States in a world that is stable and peaceful.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“That important initiative, which was welcomed and is currently being implemented, could serve as a groundbreaking model to widen the scope of coordination so as to include other regional groups and organizations that play an important role in maintaining international peace and security. In conclusion, our debate today is an important step towards reaching agreement on measures needed to reform the working methods of the Security Council. There have been several worthwhile efforts in that regard. The most recent of those was General Assembly draft resolution A/60/L.49, which was submitted by the group of five small nations in March 2006. That was a good attempt, despite the fact that the draft resolution did not fully meet the aspirations of Member States with regard to this issue.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Those countries have experienced historical injustice owing to the fact that they have not been represented in the permanent category. Past experience has shown the growing role that can be played by regional groups and organizations - especially the African Union, the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Conference - in support of the Security Council in carrying out its duties. During its presidency of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union in December 2006, Egypt put forward an initiative to establish a coordination and consultation mechanism between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The working methods of the Council will not be reformed unless we effectively address the misuse of the right of veto and take the necessary measures to restrict and rationalize its use until it is eliminated altogether. That should be done in order to halt its misuse, putting pressure on concerned countries to accept specific solutions and preventing the Council from acting in certain cases. It should also be done in order to prevent the veto from being used in cases of proven genocide, crimes against humanity and grave violations of international humanitarian law, as well as in efforts to halt hostilities between warring parties. Pending its elimination, all new permanent members in an expanded Security Council must enjoy the right of veto, in particular new members from the African continent.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Such an assessment should be included in the annual report prepared by the Council and submitted to the General Assembly. That report, which is currently of a narrative character, must be made more analytical and explanatory as regards positions on the various issues being dealt with by the Council. It must also include the reasons for the Council's refraining from certain actions and for its inability to take decisive action in certain situations, in particular those related to the maintenance of international peace and security. Moreover, the report must include explanations for the Council's various responses vis-a- vis its resolutions, presidential and press statements and reports, including the criteria followed by the Council in deciding how to respond.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“Moreover, Security Council respect for objectivity, as well as its obligation to avoid selectivity, double standards or politicization, constitutes some of the main keys to achieving real reform in the working methods of the Council. This notion could find its practical application in giving concerned countries the opportunity to attend informal Council consultations on the same footing as that afforded representatives of the Secretary General, and giving them and the regional organizations the chance to participate in Council negotiations that might have an impact on them. Concerned countries should also be allowed to participate in the evaluation of the implementation of Council resolutions that affect them as well as in the examination of reasons why that implementation might be hindered.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source
“The Council should stop encroaching on subjects falling squarely within the core competence of the Organization's other main organs, particularly the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, under the pretext of dealing with the security aspects of those subjects or by attempting to give a false impression that the subject matter under consideration gives rise to a threat to international peace and security. This issue stresses the importance of revisiting the relationship between the Security Council and the other principal organs of the Organization for the purposes of restoring the institutional balance between them that is clearly outlined in the Charter. In this regard, the International Court of Justice has a major role to play in settling any dispute that might arise between organs with respect to their mandates.”
2008-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5968Resumption1 (2008) · source