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Mahmoud

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first: 1998-04-24
most recent: 2023-12-22
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“It is also important that the UNRWA mandate be renewed in December, without any modification or change of its mandate, and that support be provided to proposals for increasing its funding through the regular budget of the United Nations. Egypt reiterates that it will not be possible to achieve security and stability in the Middle East without granting the Palestinian people their legitimate rights, especially their right to self-determination and to establish an independent State within the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in addition to the liberation of all the Arab territories occupied since 1967. With regard to the developments concerning the situation in brotherly Libya, we welcome the appointment of Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“However, if the current escalation continues, it could lead once again to an increase of violence that could spiral out of control, bringing to mind previous cycles of violence that claimed the lives of innocent Palestinians. That is why all unilateral measures and acts of violence, whether by the occupying forces or the settlers, must end. There is also a need to provide international protection for the Palestinian people and start implementing the recommendations of the ministerial meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of International Assistance to Palestinians held in September, at which Egypt expressed the need for ending the Palestinian economy’s reliance on the Israeli side and providing it with all the means needed for it to prosper naturally.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has reaffirmed that 2022 has been the bloodiest year in the occupied Palestinian territory since 2006. Other violations also continue, including the demolition of Palestinian homes and facilities, the expansion of settlements and administrative detentions and the continuing blockade of the Gaza Strip. All those violations have been documented in United Nations reports, the most recent of which is the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Egypt continues its efforts to contain any further escalation of the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory in order to protect the lives of the brotherly Palestinian people.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to express to you, Mr. President, our appreciation for your wise leadership of the Security Council’s work this month. I also thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing. Egypt associates itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Group of Arab States, as well as that to be delievered on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Although Egypt and several other Member States spoke at the open debate held in July (see S/PV.9099) on the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, today we witness a surge in violence perpetrated by the occupying forces and settlers.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“Egypt is eager to stress the major importance of ensuring the necessary balance in the implementation of the four pillars of the women and peace and security agenda — prevention, protection, participation, and relief and recovery — while ensuring national ownership and taking into consideration the cultural and societal specificities of each country dealing with armed conflict or emerging from it. In conclusion, Egypt calls for renewed political and moral commitments to further support and empower women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, including by investing in women’s resilience and leadership. Women are the fundamental agents of change during the transitional period from conflict to development. Their empowerment is a must for a healthy and coherent society aiming to achieve sustainable peace.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In that regard, Egypt takes pride in championing the resolution on United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse, which the General Assembly has adopted annually since its seventy-first session, the most recent instance being resolution 76/303, adopted on 2 September. That resolution promotes a system- wide approach to implementing the zero-tolerance policy on eliminating such heinous acts. His Excellency the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt was one of the first leaders to join the circle of leadership initiative to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations operations. Raising awareness of sexual exploitation and abuse is an integral part of the comprehensive training received by Egyptian forces prior to their deployment in peacekeeping operations.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Forum concluded with reaffirming the need for flexible and sustainable financing for women and youth-led initiatives, aiming to address peace, security and climate-change risks and how to build economic resilience, as well as leveraging women’s crucial role in building resilience, including by advancing their meaningful participation in decision-making, climate action and peacebuilding efforts. Egypt is keen to advance the women and peace and security agenda through a holistic approach that aligns efforts across the peace continuum so as to enhance its effectiveness and impact, which is highly relevant in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank Gabon for organizing today’s important annual open debate on women and peace and security. I would also like to express my thanks to all the briefers who spoke earlier today. It is always important to recall Africa’s role in bringing the women and peace and security agenda before the Security Council. Egypt is working extensively to expand and deepen partnerships in support of the women and peace and security agenda, especially between the United Nations and the African Union. In that connection, in June Egypt hosted the third edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development, entitled “Africa in an Era of Cascading Risks and Climate Vulnerability: Pathways for a Peaceful, Resilient and Sustainable Continent”, where we witnessed rich discussions and in-depth deliberations.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, Egypt remains fully committed to addressing the issue of climate financing and looks forward during its presidency of COP 27 later this year to continuing our global work to reach concrete outcomes in relation to climate change with a view to achieving the sustainable development of developing countries while ensuring their peace, security, stability and prosperity.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Against this backdrop, the Egyptian presidency of COP 27 will launch an initiative entitled “Climate Responses for Sustaining Peace”, with the aim of ensuring that integrated climate responses contribute to sustainable peace and development in line with national ownership and context specificity. The initiative aims to contribute to the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063, as well as to the implementation of the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative and the African Union Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy and Action Plan (2022- 2032).”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development indicate that annual climate adaptation costs in developing countries could reach $300 billion in 2030. Addressing the climate adaptation needs of developing countries would enable a preventative effect in that regard. In certain complex situations, purely technical approaches to adaptation will fail to address the socioeconomic variables that contribute to conflicts. Therefore, conflict-sensitive adaptation, which transcends technical responses, should include multi-disciplinary projects to build comprehensive resilience against the impacts of climate change and the related security threats.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Climate finance is needed now more than ever to address the adverse effects of climate change, which affect all forms of livelihoods and have implications on peace and security. To achieve our ultimate goal of limiting warming to below 1.5°C, collective action has to be implemented. I stress the importance of delivering the financial commitments in the context of the UNFCCC, especially the $100 billion. Concessional financing has to be an integral part of the financial instruments provided to developing countries. Realizing a global goal on adaptation and a new quantified financial goal on the basis of providing $100 billion by 2025 remains a priority that we all need to work together to achieve. We also support the calls by the Secretary-General to allocate 50 per cent of climate finance to adaptation and resilience.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Africa is contributing the least to the climate crisis, with merely 3 per cent of global carbon emissions. However, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II, on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, it is the most vulnerable to its devastating impacts, including droughts, floods, cyclones, rainfall variability, water scarcity, desertification and sea level rise. Those interrelated and cascading risks can have far-reaching implications on peace, security and development across the African continent. That may lead to displacement and humanitarian crises that would affect the continent’s peace and stability. We believe that there is a dire need to address the implications of climate change, including on peace and security, through a holistic approach.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“We are steadfast in our commitment to addressing the challenges posed by climate change and believe that the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the relevant international conventions, especially the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement on Climate Change, remain the platforms with an original mandate to herald the necessary solutions to address the climate crisis in all its manifestations. However, climate change is widely recognized as a threat multiplier and driver of conflict that is affecting the peace and stability of several regions globally, especially Africa. That is why it is important to addressing the increasing connection between climate change and security.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“I would like to express our deep appreciation for Gabon’s initiative to hold today’s relevant debate on climate and security in Africa. Egypt reaffirms its strong commitment, in the light of its presidency of the twenty-seventh Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), to strengthening our joint work in addressing the existential threat of climate change.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“That is why we are talking today frankly and clearly and proposing specific practical steps to promote joint action between the United Nations and the African Union with a view to meeting the demands of our African peoples, who want justice and broader African participation in the international governance structure. Politically, this could be achieved through a real reform of the Security Council based not on piecemeal or gradual solutions, but on ending injustice against the continent in accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, and economically by restructuring the international financial institutions so that they would be fairer in dealing with the needs of African and other developing States.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“In that context, we should point out that establishing a hierarchy in working with the African Union and subregional organizations does not mean that the United Nations would relinquish its responsibility as an overarching organization under the Charter. In conclusion, cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is at a critical juncture. African States are clearly frustrated by the contemporary reality in which intense pressure from multiple parties draws their attention rather than making efforts towards achieving cooperation and development. In addition, Africa does not receive its fair share of development and international trade.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“In that regard, Egypt calls for the development of a specific programme by the United Nations to build the capacity of the African Union Commission and subregional organizations to implement the Silencing the Guns initiative and Agenda 2063 for development in the continent, in line with the integration benchmarks between the United Nations and the African Union pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter. Fifthly, integration between the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council does not mean that one will push responsibility onto the other. Integration requires joint work and exploiting each organization’s comparative advantages to address conflicts, especially emerging ones, through proactive steps and effective preventive diplomacy.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Egypt therefore hopes to see wide international participation in the twenty- seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, so that we can adopt measures to address climate change by further strengthening Africa’s capacity for adaptation and resilience through concessional financing. Fourthly, Africa does not suffer from a shortage of resources, but it needs more advanced science and modern technology. The United Nations and the international community must therefore shoulder a special responsibility in promoting capacity-building and knowledge-transfer programmes in African countries and within the African Union and subregional organizations in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“It should be noted in that regard that underdevelopment remains the main cause of conflicts in Africa, and we should therefore act now to meet African needs through the forthcoming United Nations 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Summit, taking Africa’s complicated and special circumstances into consideration. Thirdly, despite the fact that we are not responsible for the global increase in greenhouse-gas emissions, Africa is the continent most affected by the consequences of climate change, especially drought and water scarcity, including through their repercussions for peace and security. The single clearest example of those repercussions in Africa is the lack of security and stability in the Sahel region.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Egypt therefore reiterates its call for African peace operations to be able to access their assessed contributions to the United Nations budget. We also stress the importance of providing the funding that peacebuilding activities in Africa require. In that context, we call on the general membership to swiftly adopt the required funding for the Peacebuilding Fund of the Peacebuilding Commission, in accordance with the Secretary-General’s proposal. Secondly, there is an urgent need to take immediate steps to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, including by ensuring States’ access to adequate international financing, considering the extremely difficult economic challenges that they are currently facing.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“In the face of those challenges, Egypt affirms that there is no shortage of obligations or agreements between the United Nations and the African Union. The relationship between the two organizations is clearly based on Chapter VIII of the Charter. In the light of the multiple partnership frameworks between the two organizations in various areas of multilateral action, Egypt believes that those obligations must be translated into reality. We must move from drafting documents and ideas to the implementation stage. In that regard, I would like to put forward the following proposals. First, addressing conflicts in Africa requires a continuing response, from peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts to peacebuilding and sustainable peace.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“The fact of the matter is that despite the fact that this debate in the Security Council is an annual one, this year it has special significance in the light of the unprecedented challenges facing Africa. They include the sharp polarization among the major Powers, the escalating economic crisis, threats to food security and the negative consequences of climate change in Africa, especially as a result of the spread of drought and water scarcity — as well as the spread of terrorism and extremism, which know no religion or race. In addition, some actors have been working to dismantle and divide African States and push them into a quagmire of identity and ethnic conflicts instead of enabling them to build and strengthen their national institutions.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to welcome you, Mr. Adamo, as you preside over the Security Council on behalf of our sister Republic of Gabon. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and my brother Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, for their valuable briefings. I commend the Gabon presidency for allowing the general membership to take part in today’s important debate. In line with its role as a founding member of the United Nations and the African Union and its adherence to multilateralism, Egypt prioritizes strengthening cooperation and promoting integration between the two organizations. A constructive relationship between the United Nations and the African Union is in the interests of peace, security and development in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“As a country with deep roots in African, Egypt will continue to support the efforts of its African brothers in maintaining peace and security throughout the African continent so as to tackle the underlying causes of conflicts and address criminal outlaw groups. Finally, I would like to align myself with the valuable statement just made by Mr. Kimani, Permanent Representative of Kenya, before I took the floor.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Egypt continues to support peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts at the international and African levels, including contributing military troops and police to peacekeeping operations. In addition, we provide our African brothers with technical support and capacity-building pursuant to their national priorities, especially in capacity-building for armed forces, law- enforcement and police troops. In that context, Egypt stresses the importance for the Security Council to respond and support Africa’s fair request to provide African peace operations with the necessary funding and resources through the United Nations budget.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“That should be implemented through partnerships with the private sector, including transport, insurance and industrial companies and so on, so as to ensure that they never deal with any African natural resource if there is any suspicion that it is the subject of illicit trafficking by outlaw groups. Egypt is implementing all Security Council resolutions related to addressing money laundering and terrorist financing. We have therefore implemented our national strategy to address money laundry and the financing terrorism, while integrating the concept of risks at the national level with all relevant national authorities and the private and public sectors, as well as civil society.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“The international community should provide all forms of necessary support to those States upon their request so as to promote their capacity and allow them to gain full control over their territories, impose the rule of law and prevent any attempt to exploit State resources. Thirdly, believing in African solutions to African problems, it is important to promote the efforts led by the African Union and the regional economic communities, which adopt practical approaches that take into account the specific circumstances of every region. Fourthly, it is also important to combat illicit trafficking networks of natural resources. In the absence of demand, there will be no supply. In that regard, we need to undertake inclusive and collective efforts based on political, ethical and legal commitment by States receiving those resources.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“In that regard, I should like to focus on the following few points. First, it is important to bolster the legal national and international laws that address the exploitation of natural resources so that they do not fall into the hands of criminal groups. That should be done by acceding to various relevant regional and international conventions as well as developing the necessary national laws. Secondly, we reiterate the pivotal and irreplaceable role of a strong nation state in addressing all criminal and outlaw acts perpetrated by terrorists and armed groups that attempt to benefit from the vacuum caused by weak national institutions in some States.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to congratulate the sisterly Republic of Gabon for presiding over the Security Council for this month. I wish you a successful and distinguished presidency. We commend you on your choice of the important topic under consideration. We also thank Ms. Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Bankole Adeoye and Mr. Paul-Simon Handy for their valuable briefings today. The illicit exploitation by criminal and armed groups as well as terrorist organizations of the abundant economic resources of our African continent constitutes a major challenge that requires stepping up efforts to address it as an essential pillar of our comprehensive efforts to combat those illegal outlaw groups.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Sixthly, we stress that the successive cycles of violence show how important it is for the international community, especially the Middle East Quartet, to assume its responsibility for reviving the peace process, in order to arrive at a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian question and assure the Palestinian people of their full rights in an independent Palestinian State, along the 4 June 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Egypt will never abandon its historical responsibility towards its brother people of Palestine or its relentless quest to achieve a better future, something we all hope for, in which security, peace and stability prevail in the Middle East.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Fifthly, we affirm that it is the responsibility of any party whose actions cause the death of civilians, as well as the responsibility of the international community, to investigate, monitor and review, independently and transparently, the recurring cycles of violence targeting civilians and civilian facilities, as well as other violations that run counter to the basic principles of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Secondly, urgent action should be taken to facilitate the delivery of goods and services to the Gaza Strip and to provide the necessary funding for its reconstruction in order to ensure decent living conditions for Palestinians. Thirdly, the legal and historical status of the holy sites in East Jerusalem under the custodianship of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan should be respected. Fourthly, international protection should be provided to the Palestinian people. We call on all the parties to stop all targeting of civilians, taking account of the Palestinians’ particular situation, with the population density of the Palestinian territory and the number of civilians, including children, who have been killed in the recurring rounds of conflict.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Egypt has repeatedly stressed that the status quo cannot continue and that it is crucial that we see an end to the vicious cycles of violence between the two sides, for which civilian martyrs are paying the price. In that regard, Egypt reiterates that in order to stop the recurring bloodshed of innocent civilians, it is crucial that the following steps be taken. First, all of Israel’s practices, especially its settlement expansion in the West Bank, should be stopped, because they violate the Palestinians’ most basic rights. In addition, the blockade on the Gaza Strip should be lifted, which would contribute to improving conditions on the ground and rebuilding confidence between the two sides.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“We affirm that whether in the context of ceasefire mediation or reconstruction, our efforts do not change the obligations of Israel, which bears full responsibility for the Gaza Strip, as it continues to occupy the Palestinian territory based on the 4 June 1967 lines. This recent escalation comes against the backdrop of Israel’s continued policy of a blockade of the Gaza Strip, which makes accessing goods and services through the Israeli crossings difficult, in addition to the continuing violations it is committing in the West Bank through its policy of arrests, settlement expansion and destruction of Palestinian houses and facilities, as well as the occupation forces’ use of live ammunition against civilians, including children, and on top of the increased levels of violence perpetrated by the settlers.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“In view of the tense situation following the latest military attack, Egypt once again took the initiative to mediate between Israel and the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip in order to secure an immediate cessation of the violence and provide protection to Palestinian civilians in the Strip. Those efforts succeeded in securing a ceasefire, which came into effect on 7 August. The mediation is part of Egypt’s comprehensive efforts to secure calm in the wake of the previous escalation in May 2021 and to resume the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which is still under way, with the aim of improving its residents’ living conditions. Egypt appeals to all the parties to fully abide by the ceasefire and exercise restraint.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“The Gaza Strip witnessed a sudden military escalation between Israel and one of the Palestinian armed groups in which 43 martyrs were killed, including women and children, and approximately 300 injured. A large number of Palestinian facilities and houses were destroyed. This latest escalation comes at a time when the Gaza Strip has not yet recovered from that of last year, which caused widespread destruction. At the same time, Israel also allowed a number of settlers, under the protection of the Israeli police, to storm the courtyards of the Al-Haram Al-Sharif/Al-Aqsa Mosque, which violated the Mosque’s sanctity, provoked Muslims and was a stark violation of the historical and legal status of the holy sites in East Jerusalem.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August, and to thank you for convening today’s important meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing. What we have seen in the past few days in the occupied Palestinian territory is something that Egypt and many countries have previously warned about — the possibility that owing to the deteriorating conditions on the ground, the situation could spiral into a new cycle of violence at any moment.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9107 (2022) · source
“Fifthly, we should also enhance partnership between the United Nations and the African Union and further invest in supporting institutional capacity-building and promoting relevant African tools, especially the African Centre for Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development. Sixthly and lastly, I call upon the Council to take advantage of the advisory role provided by the Peacebuilding Commission, which is capable of galvanizing the support we need to deal with the root causes of conflicts. The Commission is also a forum for sharing our respective experiences and lessons learned.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“We call upon the international community to live up to its commitments and provide sustainable and predictable funding for peacebuilding efforts. In that connection, I would mention the governmental negotiations taking place in the General Assembly on peacebuilding financing. I call upon Member States to support all peacebuilding tracks and ensure that peacebuilding efforts have access to assessed contributions from the United Nations budget. I was pleased that my brothers the representatives of Ghana and Senegal mentioned this issue today. Fourthly, it is important to promote synergy between international and regional efforts and peacebuilding goals to support capacity building, while also provide sufficient support and resources to much-needed issues, in accordance with the principle of national ownership.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Secondly, the Council should attach importance to a comprehensive approach to peacebuilding that prioritizes the principle of State sovereignty, protects peoples’ interests and supports State institutions against destructive ideas that cause division and strife within a country and its people. We also stress the importance of peacebuilding efforts and addressing transborder challenges. It is also important to support building local capacities to provide basic services to citizens in rural and border regions. All those efforts are crucial in promoting a State’s sovereignty over its territory, leading to fighting terrorism. Thirdly, in order to achieve sustainable peace, it is necessary to provide adequate and sustained funding to build the State capabilities and institutions of countries emerging from conflict.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“First, in accordance with its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council should continue paying attention to African issues and pursue its efforts to prevent conflicts in the first place. The Council should also work on settling conflicts in Africa, while avoiding polarization and narrow self-interest, which have hindered the Council from living up to its responsibility in line with the Charter of the United Nations. In that regard, I should also note that the current global geopolitical situation must not result in diminished attention on Africa.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Egypt has put forward an initiative on achieving reconstruction and development in the African Union (AU). The initiative includes a vision to revive the relevant AU policy and align it with contemporary developments. We also host the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding in Africa. At the international level, one Egypt’s priorities during its chairmanship of the Peacebuilding Commission last year was building national institutions and capacities, given the dire need amid the coronavirus disease pandemic to build effective and responsible national institutions that protect our peoples’ resources and promote confidence between the State and the society leading to establishing foundations of stability and development. In that context, I would like to make the following points.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Egypt attaches top priority to building capacities of national institutions and taking into account diversity, tolerance, dialogue and peaceful coexistence among all segments of the society. Building the institutions and capacities of countries emerging from conflicts is essential to promoting the principle of national ownership and efforts leading to reconstruction and peacebuilding. In that context, Egypt has been contributing effectively at the international and African levels through the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development by promoting capacity-building and supporting effective national institutions, thereby enabling States to address the complex challenges they face and meet the needs and aspirations of their people.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Today’s meeting allows us to build on the debate that took place last year (see S/2021/490) under the Chinese presidency of the Council on dealing with the root causes of conflicts in Africa while promoting recovery from the coronavirus disease pandemic. That debate was prepared through an interactive, informal dialogue between the Peacebuilding Commission, chaired by Egypt, and the Chinese presidency of the Council at the time, and led the Commission to the submission of an advisory opinion during the meeting. Today I am happy to see that the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission is taking part in this meeting. I note that this positive practice enhances cooperation between the Council and the Commission.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Security Council during the month of August. I wish you every success. I also thank you for holding this debate on an extremely important topic for the African continent. I also take this opportunity to thank the briefers — the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, the Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Chair of Peacebuilding Commission — for their valuable input. Egypt appreciates China’s continued efforts to highlight important issues on the African continent and the debates of the Security Council.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the Peacebuilding Commission, as an intergovernmental advisory body that supports peacebuilding efforts, continued to play a critical role in enhancing effective multilateralism by positioning itself as a platform for global solidarity and coordination in response to the growing demand for peacebuilding support.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“It has also shown that the Commission continued to amplify the voices of women and brought their recommendations to the attention of the Security Council. Similarly, the Commission recorded a significant increase in the participation rate of youth who briefed the Commission, from 5.4 per cent in 2020 to 44.4 per cent in 2021. Lastly, with regard to promoting recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in 2021 the Commission continued to consider, through its national and regional engagements, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national peacebuilding objectives, in addition to mobilizing international support and attention to build the most-needed human and institutional capacities, in line with the nationally identified peacebuilding priorities.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“Fifthly, with regard to advancing the implementation of the women and peace and security and the youth, peace and security agendas, the Commission adopted action plans on both agendas and continued to take concrete action to enhance the important role of women and youth in peacebuilding and sustaining peace. I would like to share some statistics drawn from a stocktaking exercise conducted last year. It revealed that a concerted effort was made during 2021, with 91 per cent of the Commission’s outcome documents promoting the importance of women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peacebuilding, in addition to a significant increase in women’s participation in the meetings of the Commission, from 22 per cent in 2019 to 74 per cent in 2021.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, with regard to advancing the discussion on financing for peacebuilding, in recognizing peacebuilding financing as a critical challenge, the Commission advanced the discussion on financing with a view to assess the status of options introduced by the Secretary-General since 2018, in addition to exploring other possible options. The Commission’s work throughout the year culminated with its annual session and the submission of the PBC letter to the General Assembly, which encouraged the latter to consider all financing options, including voluntary, assessed and innovative sources of funding. We look forward to the successful conclusion of the recently launched intergovernmental negotiations to translate Member States’ commitments into concrete actions.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source