STATEMENTS AND SPEECHES OF 2018  

   DECEMBER

Statement on Behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on Agenda Item 137: Programme Budget for the Biennium 2018-2019: Progress Report on the Implementation of a Flexible Workplace at United Nations Headquarters, at the Fifth Committee During the Main Part of the Seventy-third Session of the Un General Assembly (New York, 14 December 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 148: First performance report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the biennium 2018-2019, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 11 December 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Progress in the renovation of Africa Hall and the construction of new office facilities at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 7 December 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Enterprise Resource Planning project, Umoja, at the Fifth Committee, during the main part of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 6 December 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edress, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, at the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on "Development cooperation in middle-income countries" (New York, 4 December 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edress, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, at the conclusion of the work of the Second Committee during the main part of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 3 December 2018)

   NOVEMBER

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77, by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent of Egypt to the United Nations, on adoption of resolution A/C.2/73/L.18/Rev.1 entitled "Eradicating Rural Poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"at the Second Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 30 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77, by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to United Nations, on adoption of resolution A/C.2/73/L.18/Rev.1 entitled "Eradicating Rural Poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", at the Second Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 30 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget biennium 2018-2019 - Revised estimates in respect of the Resident Coordinator system, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 28 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Request for a subvention to the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy- third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 28 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent representative of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the first informal consultations on the draft outcome document of the Second High Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (New York, 27 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Gad, Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, during the informal briefing by the UN Secretary-General on the implementation of his reform proposals at the plenary of the UN General Assembly (New York, 27 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019, Fifth annual progress report on the Strategic Heritage Plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 16 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Human resources management, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 15 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 144: United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Construction and property management, Capital Master Plan, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 8 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019, ECOSOC revised estimates, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventh-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 8 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 143: United Nations common system, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 2 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 139: United Nations Pattern of Conferences, at the main part of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 1 November 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Construction and property management at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (New York, 1 November 2018)

     OCTOBER

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 72: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, at the Third Committee of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 29 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Request for a Subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia at the Fifth Committee, main part of the 73rd session of the General Assembly (New York, 26 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 138: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations, at the main part of the seventy-third session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 23 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Counselor Mohamed Fouad, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations on agenda item 134: Financial reports and audited financial statements and reports of the Board of Auditors (New York, 22 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly under agenda item 81 "United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law" (New York, 19 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt on Agenda Item 68: New partnership for Africa's Development: progress in implementation and international support 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa, at the plenary of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 19 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the Fourth Committee of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Agenda Item 58 on "Questions Relating to Information" (New York, 18 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 147: Administration of justice, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 18 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Counsellor Mohamed Fouad of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Seismic mitigation retrofit and life-cycle replacements project at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific premises in Bangkok and progress on the replacement of office blocks a-j at the United Nations Office in Nairobi (New York, 18 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, on the consideration of item 24: Eradication of poverty and other development issues (New York, 17 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Second Committee's side event "Infrastructure and Sustainable Development: Making Infrastructure Investments Work for Women and Girls" (New York, 16 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77, before the plenary of the UN General Assembly on the introduction of the draft resolution A/73/L.5 entitled "Chair of the Group of 77 for 2019" (New York, 16 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the Second Committee of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly on Agenda Item 20 on "Sustainable Development" (New York, 15 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 135: Review of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations - Human Resources Placement, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 15 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 141: Human resources management, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 12 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edress, Permanent Represntative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, on the Joint Consideration of item 18: Macroeconomic policy questions and item 19: Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development, at the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly (New York, 11 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Second Committee's side event: Debt Vulnerabilities in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries (New York, 11 October 2018)
Message on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mohamed Fathi Edrees, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, to the 100th meeting of Ministers and Governors of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (Bali, Indonesia, 11 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the Second Committee of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly on agenda item 21 on the Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations conferences on Human settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (New York, 10 October 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the General Assembly and ECOSOC Joint Side Event on the "Circular Economy and the SDGs" (New York, 10 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 137: Programme planning, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 10 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 146: Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and agenda item 135: Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the main part of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 10 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 140: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations and agenda item 149: Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations, at the main part of the seventy-third session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by he Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations on the organization of work of the Fifth Committee, at the main part of the seventy-third session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9 October 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations at the Third Committee of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 2 October 2018)

  SEPTEMBER

Statement by H.E. Dr. Hala Zayed Minister of Health and Population of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Third High level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases: "Time to deliver: accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations" (New York, 27 September 2018)
Statement by H.E. Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the High level Meeting "United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic" (New York, 26 September 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China on the joint meeting of ECOSOC and Second Committee on Financing for Development by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nation (New York, 14 September 2018)
Interventions on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, under agenda item 8 of the first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 14 September 2018)
Interventions on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 8 of the first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 13 September 2018)
Interventions on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 7: Marine Genetic Resources, including questions on the sharing of benefits, at the first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 13 September 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 & China by H.E Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt, Chair of the Group of of 77, at United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (New York, 12 September 2018)
Interventions on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 7: Measures such as area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, at the first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally binding Instrument under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 7-10 September 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict in Africa and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (New York, 10 September 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on New Partnership for Africa's Development: Progress in Implementation and International Support (New York, 10 September 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, during the organizational session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment", established by General Assembly resolution 72/277 - Item 5: Information on documents to be considered by the substantive sessions (New York, 7 September 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, during the organizational session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment", established by General Assembly resolution 72/277 - Item 4: Agenda for the substantive sessions (New York, 6 September 2018)
Interventions on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 7: Capacity building and transfer of marine technology, at the first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally binding Instrument under UNCLOS on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 5-7 September 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, during the organizational session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment", established by General Assembly resolution 72/277 - Item 3: General discussion (New York, 5 September 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, during the organizational session of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment", established by General Assembly resolution 72/277 - Item 2: Provisional agenda and other related matters" (New York, 5 September 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Gad, Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the First Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 4 September 2018)

     AUGUST

CURRENTLY NO STATEMENTS OR SPEECHES FOR THIS MONTH

         JULY

Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the General Assembly Plenary session on agenda item 19 (b): Follow up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (New York, 27 July 2018)
Explanation of Position on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt before the adoption of the draft resolution A/72/L.64 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/1 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" under agenda Item 14 and 117 "Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit" (New York, 23 July 2018)
Explanation of Position on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on the adoption the Ministerial Declaration of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 19 July 2018)
Explanation of Position on behalf of the Group of 77 & China by Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Gad, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on the adoption the Ministerial Declaration of 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 18 July 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of Egypt, to the 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 16 July 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Informal Meeting on the Intergovernmental Consultation aimed at Enhancing Synergies and Coherence and Reducing Overlap in the Agendas of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies, as well as the High-level Political Forum and other related forums in light of adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 13 July 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the closing session of the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 5 July 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the informal meeting on the intergovernmental consultation aimed at enhancing synergies and coherence and reducing overlap in the agendas of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies, as well as the High-level Political Forum and other related forums in light of adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 3 July 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, before the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting on the occasion of the adoption of the draft resolution on the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (New York, 2 July 2018)

        JUNE

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations in New York, at the International Conference on the International Decade for Action, "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018-2028 (Dushsnbe, Tajikistan , 20 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019: Status of implementation of the information and communications technology strategy for the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 20 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations at the ECOSOC humanitarian affairs segment (New York, 19 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 134: Review of efficiency: Global Service Delivery Model, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 19 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, Counselor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Nineteenth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea on the Theme "Anthropogenic underwater noise" (New York, 18 June 2018)
Remarks on behalf of Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the informal consultations on the Ministerial Declaration for the 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 14 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the High-Level Event of the UN General Assembly, entitled "Financing For SDGs-Breaking the Bottlenecks of Investment, from Policy to Impact" (New York, 11 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nation, at the first informal consultations on the Ministerial Declaration for the 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 8 June 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS - UNDP segment on the UN Office for South-South Cooperation Strategic Framework 2018-2021 (New York, 7 June 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Annual Session of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS - UNDP Segment (New York, 6 June 2018)
Statement by Mr. Mohamed Omar Gad, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, at the Third Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) (New York, 5 June 2018)

         MAY

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mohamed Edrees, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, following the adoption of the resolution on the repositioning of the UN Development System (New York, 31 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 134: Review of efficiency: Shifting the management paradigm in the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 31 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on draft resolution A/C.5/72/L.31 entitled "Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon", at the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 31 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 148, in particular on the proposed revised budget for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRM) for the biennium 2018-2019, at the Fifth Committee during the second resume part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 25 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, at the informal meeting of the Plenary of the General Assembly for a briefing by the Secretary-General on Management Reform (New York, 22 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mahmoud Mohamed El Ashmawy, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations before the ECOSOC Sixth Biennial Development Cooperation Forum (New York, 21 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the ECOSOC Special Meeting on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (New York, 18 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 138: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 18 May 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the informal meeting on the ECOSOC review process in accordance with resolution 68/1 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/16 on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" (New York, 16 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 149: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, Support Account for Peacekeeping Operations, at the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly (New York, 15 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 149: Administrative and budgetary aspects of financing UN peacekeeping operations: Cross-cutting issues, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 15 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Revised estimates relating to peace and security reform, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 15 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 133: Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (b) United Nations peacekeeping operations, at the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 15 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 149: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: United Nations Logistics Base (UNLB), at the second resumed part of the seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 14 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 149: Closed peacekeeping missions, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 7 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Egypt to the United Nations on agenda item 149: Financing of the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, at the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 7 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Reprsentative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on the organization of work for the second part of the resumed seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee (New Yorki, 7 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the thirteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (New York, 7 May 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the fourth informal meeting on the ECOSOC review process in accordance with resolution 68/1 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/16 on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" (New York, 7 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Gad, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the Unite Nations at the Integration Segment of the Economic and Social Council: "Innovative communities: leveraging technology and innovation to build sustainable and resilient societies" (New York, 1 May 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Counsellor Ahmed Elshandawily, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the 40th session of the Committee on Information (New York, 1 May 2018)

        APRIL

Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the presentation of the annual report of the Secretary-General on "Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations" at the Economic and Social Council (New York, 27 April 2018)
Explanation of Position on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on the adoption of Agreed Conclusions and Recommendations of 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Finance for Development, at the ECOSOC Forum on Finance for Development (New York, 26 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the general debate of the Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up on the follow-up and review of the financing for development outcomes and the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (New York, 23 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature in Commemoration of International Mother Earth Day (New York, 23 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, at UNCITRAL Working Group III meeting on the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (New York, 23 April 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by by H.E. Mohamed Fathi Edrees, Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, at the ninety-ninth meeting of Ministers and Governors of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (Washington, DC, 19 April 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the third informal meeting on the ECOSOC review process in accordance with resolution 68/1 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 61/16 on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" (New York, 19 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the organisatonal meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (New York, 16 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed El Ashmawy, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, at the UN General Assembly following the adoption of the decision on the theme and sub-themes of the Second High-level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation (New York, 12 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, at the fifty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development (New York, 9 April 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, at the ECOSOC Partnership Forum (New York, 4 April 2018)

      MARCH

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee during the closing session of the first resumed part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 29 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 149: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: Results of the survey to support the review of the standard rate of reimbursement to troop- and police-contributing countries, at the Fifth Committee during the first resumed part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 27 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019, Programme buget implications of draft resolution A/72/L.40 entitled "Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, at the Fifth Committee during the first resumed part of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 27 March 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mohamed Edrees, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, at the informal consultations on the repositioning of the UN Development System (New York, 23 March 2018)
Remarks on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the UNDP Executive Board briefing on the UN Office for South-South Cooperation Strategic Framework 2018-2021 (New York, 22 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Emad Morcos Mattar, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Preparatory Meeting for the Nineteenth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (New York, 19 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Mr. Sameh Elkhishin, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on the Agreed Conclusions and Recommendations of 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Finance for Development, at the second informal consultations on the draft conclusions and recommendations on 2018 Forum on Financing for Development (New York, 16 March 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the UNDP Executive Board briefing on the UN Office for South-South Cooperation Strategic Framework 2018-2021 (New York, 16 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Karim Ismail, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 148: Construction of a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Arusha branch, at the Fifth Committee during the first part of the resumed seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 16 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad Ahmed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 136: Programme Budget for the Biennium 2018-2019, Standards of Accommodation for Air Travel, at the Fifth Committee during the first resumed part of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 15 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Fouad, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 142: Report of the Joint Inspection Unit for 2017, program of work for 2018, at the Fifth Committee during the first part of the resumed seventy-second session of the General Assembly (New York, 14 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, on the Organization of Work for the first part of the resumed seventy-second session of the Fifth Committee (New York, 14 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Dr. Maya Morsy, President of the National Council of Women of Egypt at the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (New York, 12 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Omar Gad, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, before the first informal session to discuss the draft resolution on "Scope, modalities, format and organization of the Third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases" (New York, 9 March 2018)
Statement on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on the Agreed Conclusions and Recommendations of 2018 ECOSOC Forum on Finance for Development, at the first informal consultations on the draft conclusions and recommendations on 2018 Forum on Financing for Development (New York, 2 March 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the 2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "Strengthening global-level accountability, transparency and oversight of the UN development system" (New York, 1 March 2018)

    FEBRUARY

2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "Revitalizing the UN Development System's Funding Architecture" (New York, 28 February 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the 2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "Dialogue with Executive Heads of UN development system: Planning and delivering collective results" (New York, 28 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Mohamed Edrees, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Group of 77, at the ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment: General Debate (New York, 28 February 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the 2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "Strengthening partnerships and stakeholder engagement" (New York, 27 February 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the 2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "In support of the field: A reinvigorated impartial and independent Resident Coordinator system" (New York, 27 February 2018)
Intervention on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by the delegation of Egypt at the 2018 ECOSOC Operational Activity for Development Segment during the interactive panel discussion on the repositioning the United Nations development system to best deliver for people and planet: "Perspectives from the field: Building a new generation of UN Country Teams" (New York, 27 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the second informal meeting on ECOSOC review process in accordance with resolution 68/1 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly Resolution 61/16 on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" (New York, 26 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Moussa, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations: Questions and Comments on Revamped Regional Approach, at the briefing on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, in preparation for the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 22 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations: Questions and Comments on System-wide Transparency, Accountability and Oversight and Partnerships, at the briefing on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, in preparation for the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 16 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations: Questions and Comments on Funding Compact, at the briefing on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, in preparation for the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 12 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, at the first informal meeting on ECOSOC review process in accordance with resolution 68/1 entitled "Review of the implementation of General Assembly 61/16 on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council" (New York, 6 February 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations: Questions and Comments on the system-wide strategic document, at the briefing on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, in preparation for the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 5 February 2018)

     JANUARY

Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations: Questions and Comments on a new generation of UN Country Teams and the Resident Coordinator system, at the briefing on the repositioning of the United Nations development system, in preparation for the operational activities for development segment of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 29 January 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Dr. Ghada Waly, Minister of Social Solidarity of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the fifty- sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (New York, 29 January 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, on agenda item 14, at the informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled "Development of a global pact for the environment" (New York, 22 January 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by H.E. Amr Aboulatta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the G77, at the briefing by the Secretary-General on the repositioning of the UN Development System to the informal meeting of the Economic and Social Council (New York, 22 January 2018)
Statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. Mohamed Gad, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, at the first regular session of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS - UNDP segment (New York, 22 January 2018)
Statement by H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (New York, 12 January 2018)
Discurso de la Excma. Sra. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana de la República del Ecuador, en el acto ceremonial del traspaso de la Presidencia del Grupo de los 77 (New York, 12 de enero de 2018)