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Business
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Economy
3/30/2023 7:22:35 PM
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, emphasised that climate progress hinges on addressing sustainable development challenges.
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World
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International
3/29/2023 12:42:08 PM
Sweden said Wednesday it was summoning the Russian ambassador after he said it and neighboring Finland would become a "legitimate target" of "retaliatory measures" -- including military ones -- if they join NATO.
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World
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Region
3/27/2023 6:46:55 PM
Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the French ambassador to “strongly condemn” the French senate's decision to host Syrian Kurdish groups that Ankara considers to be terrorists, the Turkish state-run news agency reported Monday.
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World
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Region
3/24/2023 11:18:16 PM
Algeria’s ambassador to France, recalled home in February, will be returning to his post in the coming days, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Friday in a sign that the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries has been resolved.
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World
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International
3/20/2023 6:50:52 PM
The United States envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue on Monday welcomed the European Union-facilitated deal on normalizing relations between neighboring Kosovo and Serbia as an “important and historic agreement.”
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World
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Region
3/15/2023 10:43:25 PM
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen said Wednesday that intense diplomatic efforts are underway to end the eight-year war in Yemen. He cited new regional and international momentum, including the recent restoration of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which back rivals in the conflict.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/13/2023 9:15:37 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Monday the importance of reviving the political process and settling the crisis in Syria as soon as possible in accordance with relevant international resolutions, most importantly UN Security resolution 2254.
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World
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Region
3/11/2023 8:05:27 PM
UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily called on rival administrations in conflict-torn Libya Saturday to agree terms for elections "by mid-June", pushing for the long-delayed ballot to be held by year end.
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World
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Region
3/8/2023 11:46:33 AM
The UN Middle East peace envoy urged Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday to calm surging violence in the occupied West Bank, a day after the latest Israeli raid killed at least six people and and wounded two dozen others.
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World
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Region
3/1/2023 10:56:48 AM
The Security Council has an obligation to find ways to "provide protection" for Palestinian civilians, the population's ambassador to the United Nations pleaded Tuesday after Israeli settlers attacked a town in the occupied West Bank.
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World
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Region
2/28/2023 11:11:56 PM
Libya's parliament hit back Tuesday at the UN envoy to the war-torn country after he criticized its failure to agree on a legal basis for elections and proposed an UN-led initiative.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
2/27/2023 6:05:35 PM
The success of urban development and the shift towards smart green cities requires investment in human capital and advanced technology, in addition to localising development and the good management of the wealth of data of smart cities, said Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN climate change high level champion for Egypt and UN special envoy on financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
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World
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International
2/26/2023 2:32:08 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday, with Iran's foreign minister, a senior Russian envoy, and the top diplomats of France and Germany among scores of leaders set to take part.
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World
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Region
2/23/2023 5:30:37 PM
Switzerland's ambassador to Iran on Thursday faced accusations of betraying the women-led protest movement after she wore all-enveloping black Islamic dress on a visit to a holy shrine alongside clerics.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/16/2023 10:53:16 PM
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reaffirmed to the UN special envoy to the Horn of Africa Hanna Tetteh Egypt’s stance on the necessity of reaching a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the GERD, which takes into account the interests of all three countries - Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia - and preserves Egypt’s water rights.
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World
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Region
2/11/2023 12:13:43 PM
The results of the visits of Hans Grundberg, the secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen, and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, to the region to revive the Yemeni consultations, extend a UN-sponsored truce and expand its provisions in Yemen, which is set to enter its ninth year of war, are not yet clear.
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World
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International
2/8/2023 9:24:27 PM
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday decided to recall his country's envoy to France "for consultations" after Paris intervened to fly out French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui wanted by Algiers.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/7/2023 7:28:54 PM
Some external parties have to cease attempts to divert Libya's political process to suit their interests, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in a meeting on Tuesday with UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/7/2023 3:22:48 PM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry warned against the “serious repercussions” of the continued escalations in the Palestinian territories on security and stability in the region as well as on the chances of a two-state state solution, a statement by the ministry said on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
2/2/2023 11:28:01 AM
Iran's envoy to the United Nations said arch-enemy Israel was "responsible" for a drone attack on a defence ministry site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported on Thursday.
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