Al-Sisi urged UN to activate counter-terrorism resolutions

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi has urged the UN to activate its resolutions in the field of fighting terrorism in order to create proper legal framework to encounter what he termed "deadly pandemic.
"Egypt, by virtue of its history and location and the fact that it is an African, Arab, Islamic, and Mediterranean country and a founding member of the United Nations, has a vision of its own regarding the approach that should be adopted to improve the performance and enhance the effectiveness of the international multilateral system with a special focus on the United Nations," he added in a virtual speech before 75th UN General Assembly last night.
"I would like to take this opportunity to present some pragmatic measures to achieve our common goals in the three pillars of the United Nations," Al-Sisi said.
"With regard to maintaining international peace and security, it has become necessary for all of us to adopt an approach that guarantees the implementation of resolutions issued within multilateral frameworks," he added.
"Arriving at a comprehensive political solution has become a matter of urgency to put out the fires of war and implement all elements of a political settlement in accordance with the Security Council resolution 2254 without abridgement or stalling to ensure the unity and territorial integrity of Syria and its institutions, meet the aspirations of its people, and completely eliminate terrorism," he affirmed.
Regarding the crisis in Libya, he said Egypt adheres to the path of political settlement led by the UN on the basis of the political agreement signed in Skhirat, Morocco, the outcomes of the Berlin conference and the Cairo Declaration launched by the Libyan Speaker of Parliament and the Commander of the Libyan National Army, which is considered a joint and comprehensive political initiative to end the conflict in Libya.
"It includes specific steps and a clear timetable to restore order and establish a consensus government that would meet the aspirations of the Libyan people," he said.
"There is no way to get rid of this burden and to open up the horizons of peace, cooperation and coexistence except by realizing the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state, the capital of which is Eastern Jerusalem so that peace and security would prevail for all peoples of the region," he said.
"The international community must fulfill its commitment to achieving the long-overdue peace. It also should address the measures that aim to seize the lands of the Palestinians and undermine the foundations of a settlement and the two-state solution adopted by international resolutions and upon which the peace process was based. Egypt initiated it in pursuit of achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace," he added.
"By the same logic, itآ’s time to take a firm stand in order to end the crisis in Yemen by implementing the terms of reference for conflict settlement in accordance with Security Council resolution 2216, the Gulf initiative and the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue, in a manner that respects legitimacy, guarantees Yemenآ’s unity and independence and by putting an end to the exploitation of its lands to target neighboring countries or to obstruct freedom of navigation in Bab Al-Mandab Strait," he affirmed.
With regard to the issue of the Renaissance Dam, Al-Sisi expressed great concern about this project that is being constructed by "a neighboring and friendly country on the river that has given life to millions of people over thousands of years.
"Weآ’ve spent almost a decade in painstaking negotiations with our brothers in Sudan and Ethiopia, in an endeavor to reach an agreement regulating the filling and operation of the dam and strike the required balance between achieving the development requirements of the friendly Ethiopian people and safeguarding Egyptآ’s water interests and ensuring its right to life," he said.
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