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Mohamed Edrees

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2020-08-06
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2020-10-29
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  1. “In that regard, Egypt welcomes the Peacebuilding Commission’s efforts to adopt the System-Wide Strategy on Gender Parity, as well as the Commission’s allocation of a portion of the Peacebuilding Fund to women’s empowerment in post- conflict countries.S/2020/1084”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  2. “The global alliance of regional networks of female mediators is an appropriate platform for stronger advocacy in this area. Egypt is keen to stress the critical importance of ensuring the necessary balance for the implementation of 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 various countries in armed conflict or emerging from it. In conclusion, Egypt calls for renewing our political and moral commitment to further supporting and empowering women during and after armed conflicts. Women are critical during the transitional period from conflict to development. Their empowerment is a must for a healthy and coherent society striving towards sustainable peace.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  3. “Egypt takes pride in initiating and championing the negotiations on General Assembly resolution 71/278, adopted on 20 March 2017, which advocated for a system-wide response, comprising both United Nations and non-United Nations personnel, aimed at forging a collective commitment to the zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse throughout the United Nations by prioritizing prevention, promoting accountability and providing justice for victims. The Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Egypt’s National Council for Women continue to provide capacity-building trainings for Egyptian stakeholders, as well as relevant officials in the sisterly African countries. We also stress the importance of ensuring the effective contribution of women to peacebuilding.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  4. “Egypt believes that adopting women and peace and security action plans is not sufficient. Adequate resources should be allocated to the implementation of those action plans. Egypt stresses the importance of lending assistance to African States, upon their request, to build capacities and implement these ambitious actions plans, especially for States suffering through or emerging from armed conflicts. 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 the Egyptian forces prior to their deployment in peacekeeping operations.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  5. “At the outset, I would like to thank the Russian Federation for organizing this open debate to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the landmark resolution 1325 (2000). On this occasion, it is important to recall the African role in placing the women and peace and security agenda on the Security Council agenda. Egypt praises all African efforts to fully implement the women and peace and security agenda in Africa. In that regard, it is worthy to highlight that the African continent was the first to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of this resolution. In its capacity as Chair of the African Union Peace and Security Council, Egypt convened a meeting early this month dedicated to commemorating that paramount resolution and reviewing its implementation.”

    2020-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1084 (2020) · source

  6. “Only then can we fill the current power vacuum that armed militias, terrorist organizations and organized criminal groups are abusing. In conclusion, as we approach the seventh biannual review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, which was postponed to the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly after Spain and Egypt commenced the co-facilitation process this year, we are looking forward to insightful ideas emanating from this open debate, which could guide further substantive discussion on this crucial issue within the context of the seventh review of the Strategy.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source

  7. “At the regional and international levels, we remain of the view that strengthening State foundations and institutions is one of the most efficient ways to counter terrorism and organized crime in fragile areas. These groups seek to benefit from the power vacuum and the weakness and lack of capacity of national institutions in such areas. Egypt has therefore been providing many capacity-building programmes for its brotherly countries in the Sahel in the areas of military and policing, including through specialized training courses provided by the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development. That is why Egypt believes that the long- overdue peace and stability in Libya can be achieved only through strengthening and unifying its national institutions, including the Libyan National Army.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source

  8. “That is why in recent years, particularly during Egypt’s membership in the Security Council in 2016 and 2017 and its chairmanship of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter- terrorism, we have been generally supportive of all initiatives targeting organized crime in the context of counter-terrorism and have played a leading role in adopting many of them. At the national level, Egyptian law enforcement agencies are heavily invested in targeting organized crime syndicates and obstructing any potential partnership between them and terrorist groups in Egypt. In recent years, counter-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering mechanisms have also been further enhanced to achieve that goal.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source

  9. “This promiscuous, mutually reinforcing relationship between organized criminal and terrorist groups constitutes a destabilizing catalyst for most Governments in conflict areas, thus significantly contributing to the deterioration of peace and security in conflict areas worldwide. A vivid example of this is the current situation in Libya, where fanatic militias coexist and cooperate with organized criminal bands and facilitate human trafficking and illegal migration in exchange for fees from the latter.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source

  10. “The link between organized crime and terrorism is not only evident at the normative level in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, of 2000, and the numerous Security Council resolutions that followed, ending with resolution 2482 (2019), it is also a reality that we continue to see every day in many parts of the world, including Africa. From Boko Haram in the west, through terrorist organizations in the Sahel area, all the way to the Horn of Africa, terrorist groups have been coexisting and partnering with organized crime groups to secure funding and logistical support. The unfortunate result is stronger terrorist groups and an increase in all forms of organized crime, including trade in arms and narcotics, human and organ trafficking and migrant smuggling.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source

  11. “Allow me at the outset to congratulate Indonesia on commencing its presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We thank you, Sir, for presiding over this meeting, which tackles the crucial issue of addressing the linkages between terrorism and organized crime. We are pleased to participate in this year’s open debate via video-teleconference after taking part in last year’s open debate, held on 9 July 2019 (see S/PV.8569). Egypt has always promoted the adoption of a comprehensive approach to counter- terrorism, one that addresses all of its root causes, impacts and linkages.”

    2020-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/791 (2020) · source