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Mahmoud

lines on the record: 508
first: 1998-04-24
most recent: 2023-12-22
sittings or episodes: 68
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“Raising awareness against sexual exploitation and abuse is an integral part of the comprehensive training received by Egyptian and African forces prior to their deployment in peacekeeping operations. Egypt takes pride in championing the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse since its seventy-first session, the latest of which is resolution 75/321, adopted last September. The resolution promotes a system-wide approach to implementing the zero-tolerance policy aimed at eliminating such heinous acts. Egypt reiterates its emphasis on the importance of women’s participation at the negotiating table and on building their capacities to enable them to effectively participate in peace negotiations and peacebuilding efforts.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The recommendations of the dialogue fed into the substantive preparation of the second edition of the Aswan Forum, where they were presented and discussed with decision-makers, including African leaders and high-level officials from international and regional organizations, the private sector and civil society. Egypt was keen to make the Aswan Forum gender-balanced and to present a number of positive examples of women active in the fields of peace and security. 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 peacekeeping operations.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding held a virtual dialogue on “Advancing the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda in a new normal: women’s leadership in preventing conflict and sustaining peace”. The dialogue addressed the challenges and the opportunities offered by the response to the pandemic to advance the agenda. The virtual dialogue shed light on the challenges hindering women’s meaningful efforts in the area of peacebuilding, including the need to enhance Africa’s digital infrastructure to provide better access to technology to women peacebuilders.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Egypt is currently developing its first national action plan on the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda. In that regard, Egypt believes that adopting action plans on women and peace and security is not sufficient. Adequate resources should be allocated to the implementation of such plans. While the coronavirus disease pandemic and its far-reaching socioeconomic effects brought additional challenges to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, Egypt was keen to use the opportunity of virtual channels to advance the agenda’s implementation.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“At the outset, I wish to thank Norway for having organized this important open debate. I wish also to extend my thanks to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, for her briefing. I had the honour to organize last October, in my capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, an ambassadorial meeting on women, peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The Commission had a very rich discussion on how to enhance the leading role of women in efforts at peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Also last November and under the Egyptian presidency, the African Union Peace and Security Council held an open session on the implementation and commemoration of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security.”
2022-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8949Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Moreover, Egypt looks forward to hosting the twenty-seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2022, during which we will continue our global work towards reaching concrete outcomes in relation to climate change with a view to achieving sustainable development for all developing countries while ensuring their peace, security, stability and prosperity.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“In that connection, addressing the climate adaptation needs of developing countries will enable a preventive effect against terrorism. In some complex situations, purely technical approaches to adaptation will fail to address the socioeconomic variables that contribute to conflict. Therefore, conflict-sensitive adaptation that transcends technical responses should include multidisciplinary projects to build comprehensive resilience against the impacts of climate change and the related security threats. In conclusion, Egypt remains fully committed to addressing the issue of security in the context of terrorism and climate change.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Those events include flash floods, heavy rainfalls, forest fires, landslides and severe droughts, which all cause displacements, migration and the loss of the lives of thousands. In that context, the recent rise in terrorist activities in different regions of the continent can be considered a vivid example of how terrorist organizations can exploit climate change-induced challenges to expand their activities and operations. In the light of that, Egypt believes that efforts to combat terrorism and address the challenges posed by climate change should be harmonized in a manner that strengthens our collective response and consolidated action to address all of those factors in conjunction with those grave menaces.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Both terrorism and climate change are transboundary key global challenges. Moreover, the interlinkage between the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation, on the one hand, and the conditions conducive to terrorism and extremism, on the other hand, is evident. The nexus between climate change-related repercussions such as water scarcity, rising sea levels, desertification, land degradation and biodiversity loss and other conditions conducive to terrorism, including poverty and unemployment, provides fertile ground for recruitment and radicalization by terrorist groups. That results in a multidimensional human security threat. Africa is facing unprecedented pressure owing to various extreme weather events related to climate change.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“However, given that climate change is widely recognized as a threat multiplier and a driver of conflict that affects the peace and stability of several regions globally, it is important to address the increasing connection between terrorism, climate change and security. It is crystal clear that international terrorism is a threat to international peace and security as per the relevant Security Council resolutions, notably resolution 1373 (2001). In that regard, the international community has undertaken clear and concrete efforts in the collective response to international terrorism through the myriad existing Council resolutions and the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Cognizant of that fact, Egypt has always advocated stronger international cooperation to address this threat.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“At the outset, allow me to congratulate my dearest brother Ambassador Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of the Niger, on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I would also like express our appreciation for the initiative of the Niger to hold today’s open debate. 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, as well as the relevant international conventions, especially the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, remain the platforms with the original mandate to address the climate crisis in all its manifestations and the potential for finding the solutions necessary to do so.”
2021-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8923Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Egypt has accepted its obligations under presidential statement S/PRST/2021/18. We expect the Ethiopian side to adopt a constructive approach and abide by the relevant Security Council directives, instead of continuing its procrastination and intransigence, as we have noticed a negative attitude from the Ethiopian side towards the Security Council statement. In conclusion, I thank you again, Mr. President, for convening this important debate, to which I wish every success.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“That issue constitutes a threat to regional peace and security due to its direct impact on the lives of 150 million people in Egypt and the Sudan, the two downstream countries, as a result of the Ethiopian unilateral course in the construction of a giant dam on the Nile River without reaching an agreement on filling and operating the dam, or informing the downstream countries of the studies on security and safety, or completing studies of the cross-border environmental, economic and social impacts of this huge project In that regard, we welcome the fact that the Security Council shouldered its responsibilities in its adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2021/18, which encourages the parties to resume negotiations to finalize an acceptable and binding agreement on the filling and operation of the dam within a reasonable time frame.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Egypt reiterates its belief in the priority of preventing conflicts and crises through preventive diplomacy. In compliance with its obligations to the United Nations, Egypt has resorted to the Charter under Chapter Vi, Article 35, on the pacific settlement of disputes, to bring to the attention of the Council the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Fourthly, we must enhance partnerships in conflict prevention efforts among the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations and international financial institutions in a complementary manner that leverages the comparative advantages of each organization. Therefore, we would suggest that those partnerships include joint analyses of the root causes of conflict in order to foster solutions based on common understanding and sharing roles and burdens. Fifthly, we stress the importance of maintaining peacebuilding gains in countries that are emerging from conflict. We must also provide United Nations teams in the field with the resources they require to support building national institutions and capacities and providing basic services to citizens.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“The PBC currently holds interactive dialogues and joint meetings separately, each with the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. However, holding an annual meeting collectively among all the principal organs and the PBC with a view to strengthening coordination is an idea that could be worth considering. Thirdly, we call on the Security Council to continue to benefit from the advisory role of the Peacebuilding Commission in order to prevent conflict and build peace in many countries and regions. The Commission also provides a forum for the exchange of expertise and lessons learned.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“First, we reaffirm the importance of investing in preventive diplomacy and conflict prevention efforts, as emphasized by the Secretary-General in his report entitled Our Common Agenda. Investing in the prevention of conflict is a smart, low-cost and high- yield investment. It must also respect the national sovereignty and ownership of the parties concerned. Secondly, we stress the importance of the concerted efforts and coordination of the principal organs of the United Nations to ensure that they work in harmony and complementarily to prevent outbreaks of conflict, in accordance with their respective mandates. The principal organs can use the PBC as a forum to build bridges among each another on the issues the Commission is considering.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“We also value the important roles of the principal organs of the United Nations in preventive diplomacy and conflict prevention in accordance with their respective mandates and competencies. The establishment in 2005 of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), which Egypt currently has the honour to chair, was an important addition to the tools and efforts at the disposal of the United Nations to achieve sustainable peace in situations of conflict. The expansion of the role and scope of the Commission’s work, along with the increase in requests for support that it has received from Member States over the past decade and half, demonstrates its important contribution to supporting peace worldwide and averting relapses into conflict. In that context, I would like to share five points.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mexico on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and for convening this important debate on preventive diplomacy. I also wish to thank the heads of the principal organs of the United Nations for their extensive briefings. Egypt believes that the best way to achieve peace and stability in the world consists both in addressing the root causes of issues that threaten peace and security and preventing conflicts and crises from happening in the first place. That is done in particular by using preventive diplomacy to settle disputes that may arise within or among countries and preventing disputes from escalating into conflicts.”
2021-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8906Resumption1 (2021) · source
“In conclusion, Egypt calls for renewed political and moral commitments to further support and empower women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations. Women are the fundamental agents for change during the transition period from conflict to development. Their empowerment is a must for a healthy and coherent society that aims to achieve sustainable peace.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and the Egypt National Council for Women continue to provide capacity-building training for Egyptian stakeholders and relevant officials from sisterly African Countries. Egypt is keen to stress the major importance of ensuring the necessary balance in implementing the four pillars of the agenda — prevention, protection, participation and relief and recovery — while ensuring national ownership and taking into consideration the cultural and societal specificities of the different countries in armed conflict or emerging from it. We also underscore the pivotal role that regional organizations, especially the African Union and the League of Arab States, can play in enhancing States’ commitment to implement the women and peace and security agenda.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Since the seventy-first session, Egypt has taken pride in championing General Assembly resolutions on United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse. The latest such resolution — 75/321, which adopted last month — promotes a system-wide approach to implementing and actualizing the zero-tolerance policy to eliminate such heinous acts. It is also worth highlighting the particular importance of ensuring the effective contribution of women in peacemaking and peacebuilding. The Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development seeks to provide a platform to discuss challenges and opportunities and formulate action-oriented recommendations to enhance African women peacebuilders’ meaningful contributions in peacebuilding settings.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“In that regard, Egypt believes that adopting women and peace and security action plans is insufficient; adequate resources should be allocated to the implementation of such plans. Egypt further stresses the importance of providing assistance to African States, upon their request, to build capacities and implement ambitious action plans, especially for States suffering from armed conflict and those emerging from it. 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 to peacekeeping operations.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“At the outset, I would like to thank Kenya for organizing this annual open debate on women and peace and security. It is always important to recall the African role in bringing the women and peace and security to the Security Council. Egypt commends all the African efforts aimed at fully implementing the women and peace and security agenda in Africa. Last week, as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, I had the honour to organize an ambassadorial meeting on women, peacebuilding and sustaining peace. The Commission had a very rich discussion on how to enhance the leading role of women in peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts. Egypt is currently developing its first national action plan on the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda.”
2021-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8886Resumption1 (2021) · source
“Egypt will take all possible measures in accordance with the international law to counter terrorism and deal with those States supporting it.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“Today's resolution sends an important message to terrorists that the international community is united and determined to eradicate terrorism, and a message to the international community that it must end any form of support for terrorism. The Council's adoption of a resolution holding ISIS accountable for its crimes is important. More important still, however, is the political will of States to implement this and other relevant resolutions concerning counter-terrorism. The Council should closely follow the implementation of the resolution and hold accountable those States that do not fully comply and those that continue to support terrorism and shelter terrorists. I stress that Egypt will maintain its commitment to being at the forefront of the international community's efforts to defeat terrorism.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“In addition, the international community should move ahead in its efforts to rebuild areas liberated from ISIS in order to shore up Iraq's capacities, in particular in the areas of the judiciary, security and counter-terrorism in general. In carrying out those tasks, it should adhere to the principle of national ownership. In that context, I stress that Egypt, as Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, has focused on building the capacities of Iraq to counter terrorism and hold accountable those responsible for crimes committed in that country. The Committee held a number of meetings in Iraq with donors, and the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has visited Bagdad on numerous occasions to support Iraq's efforts to combat terrorism.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“Since Egypt was briefed on this topic a year ago, as well as throughout consultations on the resolution, Egypt has insisted on respect for the sovereignty of Iraq and the independence of its judiciary. It has stressed that Iraq must approve the provisions and details of the resolution. Furthermore, Egypt has also emphasized that the approval of any country other than Iraq should be obtained before the new team takes any action or initiate investigations related to nationals of those other countries. I would also like to stress that accountability for ISIS in Iraq is an important step towards achieving intercommunal reconciliation. That would prevent the re-emergence of ISIS and any other terrorist organization.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“Accountability should not be limited to the direct perpetrators of these crimes. Those who incite, finance or provide weapons or safe haven, or facilitate the commission of such crimes, should also be held accountable. In that vein, we stress that holding accountable those responsible for the crimes committed in the name of ISIS in Iraq is a crucial aspect in fighting terrorism in that brotherly country, and is a vital element in the framework of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. Resolution 2379 (2017) includes a number of provisions related to the establishment of the investigative team, which will collect evidence related to crimes committed by ISIS. The team will help in the relevant investigations.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to congratulate Ethiopia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month of September. I would like to thank the United Kingdom for its initiative and efforts throughout the past month, which led to resolution 2379 (2017), which we have just adopted. I wish also to congratulate Iraq, that brotherly country, for its contribution to this important step towards holding Da'esh accountable for the crimes it committed in Iraq. The crimes committed by Da'esh in Iraq and in other places where it exists are unprecedented in their criminality and cruelty. They make no distinction between children, women and the elderly. Hence it is imperative to ensure accountability for these crimes, either to seek justice for innocent victims or as deterrence.”
2017-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8052 (2017) · source
“Fourthly, and lastly, does it have mission-wide consultative mechanisms that put people at the centre and to ensure inclusive national ownership and effective trust-building? The answers to those questions and the debates they may generate might offer the Council, with the advisory support of the Peacebuilding Commission, an opportunity to include in mission mandates provisions that can enhance their potential to contribute to sustaining peace, guided by the spirit and the letter of HIPPO recommendations and the sustaining peace resolutions.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, the next time peacekeeping operations come up for review, particularly those with "stabilization" as their middle name, I humbly suggest that the Council consider the following four questions. First, does the mission have dedicated capacity at the highest level to generate and cultivate legitimate political solutions? Secondly, does the mission have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to regularly conduct strategic, integrated and participatory analyses to identify how it can contribute to sustaining peace? Thirdly, does the mission have a binding, strategic compact and an exit strategy that, in addition to its intrinsic mandated objectives, are explicitly designed to contribute to the overarching goal of sustaining peace?”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“I recognize that this is a tall order, and attempts have been made, particularly in peacekeeping missions serving in challenging political contexts where host Governments are unable or unwilling to cooperate. But without a shift in mindset and an up-front investment in strategic analysis and an inclusive compact-building process for the sake ofpeace, the United Nations, in my view, will continue to deploy peacekeepers into hostile environments with little or no peace to keep, where at times the line between peacekeeping and peace enforcement becomes blurred and where the primary focus during review periods is largely on meeting the pressing operational and logistical requirements for overstretched missions.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“It would be a strategic framework that would ensure inclusive national ownership and the primacy of legitimate politics. In addition, it would enable the mission to execute its mandate from a long- term, sustaining-peace perspective, whether the task is the extension of State authority or the protection of civilians. The compact would also respond to the call by the Secretary-General and others to build synergies among the three foundational pillars of the United Nations and to put "we the peoples" at the centre of United Nations engagement. The pillars, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, would flow through the compact in an integrated manner. It would also provide a natural home for people-centred approaches, particularly if the compact is vetted through a standing civil society consultative body.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“The second practical implication of the shifts is the development of a strategic compact for sustaining peace. That could be initiated in response to a specific and firm request from the Security Council. The compact would articulate a shared, context-sensitive understanding of what sustaining peace means in accordance with the spirit and the letter of resolution 2282 (2016). It would outline, on the basis of the analysis Ijust discussed, the primary responsibilities of the host country and other national stakeholders, as well as the supportive role of the United Nations system on the ground under the leadership of an empowered Resident Coordinator. The compact would also include time-bound performance benchmarks to ensure mutual accountability and facilitate reporting.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“It would also assess other determinants of peace, such as the commitments of domestic, bilateral and regional stakeholders to the cause of peace, accompanied by an inventory of their respective interests and comparative advantages. Given that the drivers of instability tend to be transnational in origin and effect, the analysis should assess those drivers from a regional perspective. And because women and youth experience conflict differently, specific measures should be taken to ensure their unique perspectives are taken into account at every step of that analytical exercise. Let me hasten to add that several peacekeeping missions are undertaking aspects of that type of analysis, including through surveys. But I suspect that sustaining peace is not the overarching organizing framework for collecting and processing information.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“HIPPO contends that politics is the best force multiplier where missions are deployed in hostile environments. Therefore, what are the practical implications of those three shifts? Let me mention two. First, there is a need to rethink the way that we analyse peace and conflict when planning and reviewing peace operations. Such analysis should not only assess the factors that drive and sustain violence and instability, it should also map what is still working and not just what needs to be fixed. Such mapping would include surveys of the resilient capacities that host societies and ordinary people are using to peacefully manage conflict and subsist in the direst of circumstances.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Strengthening central State institutions, for example, is believed to create the conditions for peace. However, that approach ignores the fact that State institutions, as they are being strengthened, tend to be in the thrall of domestic ruling elites who are concerned more about power than governance and susceptible "to corruption by powerful groups". The third shift advocated by HIPPO is politics - legitimate politics, I hasten to add. Lasting peace is neither achieved nor sustained through military and technical engagements, but through political solutions. Peace processes do not end with a ceasefire or a peace agreement, which simply mean that belligerents have decided, sometimes through coercive diplomacy, to move from violence to politics, a transition usually fraught with uncertainties and reversals.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“That means that our efforts to help sustain peace should be motivated by humility to learn from what still works well in countries emerging from conflict and to respect that every society, however broken it may appear, has capacities and assets, not just needs and vulnerabilities. Such an approach goes against the grain of the practices of some outside interveners who believe that countries in conflict lack the competency and resources to address their own predicament. That myopia leads me to the second shift advocated by HIPPO, namely, the need to challenge the assumptions and values that underpin some of the supply-driven templates and technical approaches and solutions that are regular staples in the mandates of a number of peacekeeping operations.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Its main thrust is to unpack the spirit and the letter of its title, which calls for "uniting our strengths for peace: politics, partnership and people". HIPPO views sustaining peace as the ultimate objective of United Nations post- conflict engagement, in which inclusive politics and the people in that inclusive plurality, including women and youth, play a central role. What are the shifts advocated by HIPPO for the purpose of sustaining peace? Let me just mention three of them. The first is to acknowledge that countries emerging from conflict are not blank pages and their people are not projects. Internal actors at all levels of society are the main agents of peace.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud: I thank you, Sir, for inviting me to address the Security Council on such an important subject. The purpose of my briefing is twofold. First, it is to present to the Council the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations' (HIPPO) view of the conceptual and attitudinal shifts that need to be internalized by peace operations if they are to unleash their potential to contribute to sustaining peace. Secondly, it is to share with the Security Council some of the practical implications of those shifts, in terms of the design, implementation and review of peacekeeping operations. The report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (S/2015/446) devotes some 10 pages to the issue of sustaining peace.”
2017-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8033 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, Egypt continues to closely follow the political and security situation in Afghanistan because it believes it share a common goal: to support the capacity of Afghanistan, which has suffered for many decades, to overcome these difficult challenges and achieve peace, stability, security and sustainable development.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“In the same regard, we stress our ongoing readiness to train army and police officers through high-level specialized sessions because Egypt's sole interest is to ensure security and stability in Afghanistan by helping the Afghan National Army in its war against terrorist organizations. We therefore hope to promote the tripartite cooperation programme in this vital field so that donors are able to provide the necessary funding to cover the costs of these very important specialized training sessions. Egypt is promoting its constructive role as a supporting country of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul process. At the international level, we note the need to address the issue of Afghanistan effectively and extensively in all relevant forums, especially at the ministerial conference on Afghanistan to be held on 4 and 5 October in Brussels.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“In line with the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/532); General Assembly resolution 70/77, entitled "The situation in Afghanistan", adopted in December 2015; and Security Council resolution resolution 2274 (2016), which was adopted in March, it is clear that the international community has sounded the alarm against the ever-growing presence of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province. Indeed, that terrorist organization has managed to maintain its stronghold over the east of the country. It is a cancerous tumour that must be treated, fought and eliminated wherever it is, in line with the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“We stress that drug trafficking threatens the security and stability of Afghanistan, as well as of Central Asia. In this regard, we highlight the importance and need for close coordination at the international and regional levels with the Afghani authorities to fight drug trafficking. This is part and parcel ofthe efforts to fight terrorism because drugs are one of the main financing sources for terrorist groups and armed militias. In this regard, we commend the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and relevant regional organizations, which have helped Afghanistan address this problem which undermines efforts to promote development and peace in the region.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“Mr. Mahmoud (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to extend our deepest gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his detailed and useful briefing and his unrelenting efforts during his mandate as Head of UNAMA. The Middle East and Central Asia share the same interest in and need for stability. Therefore, Egypt has always supported the Government of Afghanistan in its war against terrorism and in its tireless efforts to assert its control and sovereignty on all its territories. We also support the authorities of Afghanistan in their social and political efforts to ensure security and promote development and prosperity for all Afghanis.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7722 (2016) · source
“It is also necessary to strengthen long-term programmes aimed at achieving sustainable development and combating poverty in Africa. The Security Council and the United Nations should also follow up on international efforts to strengthen the capacity of countries of the region to combat piracy. It is also necessary to ensure continued financial and technical support and determine the strengths and weaknesses of current mechanisms in order to develop them appropriately.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“The Strategy also aims at developing the infrastructure of African ports and promoting true complementarity between landlocked and coastal countries. Nevertheless, Africa is facing a number of challenges that prevent it from occupying the place it deserves. There is a link between these challenges. Poverty and underdevelopment are fuelling armed conflicts and undermining State authority, thereby leading to the proliferation of terrorist networks, transnational organized crime, smuggling and piracy. Therefore, in order to address many of the challenges that the African continent is facing, it is important to make a clear diagnosis ofthe root causes ofthe problem. The international community should support African efforts to find timely solutions, including security cooperation in the areas of piracy, organized crime and terrorism.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“Egypt also stresses the need for the international community, especially through the International Maritime Organization, to hold open consultations with the participation of all parties to promulgate regulations that allow for the use of security personnel aboard commercial ships. In conclusion, human and natural resources on the African continent, if appropriately exploited, could ensure the well-being and stability of the peoples of Africa, while contributing positively to the international economy. The African Union has adopted the 2050 Africa Integrated Maritime Strategy, which is an ambitious development vision aimed at strengthening security in the African maritime space and at using to good advantage the African coasts in mining, fishing and trade, without damaging the ecosystem and maritime life.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source
“Egypt would like to stress that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the legal framework for combating acts of piracy. It is important for all States to uphold their responsibilities under the Convention, in particular to prosecute persons suspected of being involved in acts of piracy. It is also important to delineate high-risk zones that have seen an increase in acts of piracy. It is important to delineate such zones according to specific and clear criteria in order to ensure the best use of resources in the fight against piracy. These resources should be allocated to regions that are experiencing the highest levels of piracy.”
2016-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7675 (2016) · source