Thursday, 30 August 2012
Praise be to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, "and hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah and be not divided among yourselves"
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Your Majesty, Highness, Excellencies kings and presidents, prime ministers and ministers,
Mr. Nasser Abdul Aziz, President of the 66th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations,
Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I announce the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement open. And it gives me pleasure to participate with you today in the events of the 16th summit of this movement that succeeded in turning the visions of its founding fathers from principles into action, from thought into behavior, and from weakness into strength on the international arena.
I would also like to renew thanks to the Republic of Cuba for its genuine work to push the march of the movement throughout its membership over the past nine years. I also welcome the membership of the new Troika and the Republic of Bolivarian Venezuela which will host the movement's 17th summit in 2015.
I also warmly welcome H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, and Mr. Nasser Abdul Aziz, President of the current session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and rightly praise their participation in the events of this important summit, which is being held in Tehran.
We meet today in one of the most important moments in our contemporary history after the revolution of Egypt; the peaceful revolution of the Egyptian people, whose beginning has been many year ago, but crystallized on January 25th 2011 when the Egyptians moved in unity to change the despotic regime that was not working for their interests.
The Egyptians, thanks to God, then to their solidarity and unity, were able to pass through a difficult transitional stage that was full of challenges. Thanks also be to unity of action, unity of objectives, strong performance, peacefulness of the revolution and unity between Egypt's great army and its people with its long history of struggle and resistance against all kinds of injustice and colonialism.
Perhaps the emergence of the Non-Aligned Movement was also through the active participation of Egypt, with its then leadership that was representing its people. Gamal Abdel Nasser was expressing the will of the people to break foreign hegemony over the will of the rising peoples at that time.
The Egyptian revolution of January 25th represents the cornerstone for the Arab Spring, where it was just preceded by the Tunisian revolution and then followed by the revolutions of Libya and Yemen, and now the Syrian revolution against the unjust regime there.
The Egyptian revolution has, thanks to God, succeeded in achieving its political objectives of the transfer of power to a genuine civilian authority elected by the will of the Egyptians alone. Now, Egypt is a civil state in every sense of the word. Now, Egypt is a national, constitutional, democratic modern state whose sons are managing all their affairs with their free will.
Dear brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen,
We are all now facing many challenges to our member states. Both the Palestinian and Syrian peoples are now valiantly struggling for freedom, justice and human dignity. And the current world order, which is facing many problems against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and the inability of the organs concerned with maintaining international peace and security, is unable to carry out its tasks.
Moreover, some of our movement countries are facing unprecedented internal and external dangers. And the manifestations of discrimination, racism, intolerance and systematic international terrorism are increasing, the dilemma of climate change is getting worse and the suffering of some of our developing countries of the scourges of poverty and endemic diseases is deepened.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Non-Aligned Movement countries are destined to play a pivotal role in these crucial moments. The birth of the movement came at the height of the Cold War and under the struggle of the then colonized peoples to get independence and sovereignty. The movement's ten principles laid not only the pillars of protecting political and economic, but also, the social, cultural and religious interests of the peoples of its member states. In spite of the change of the political map, along with the change of relations between countries and even the entire international structure, the movement has maintained its constants, did not change its direction or deviate from the basic principles it was established for. It also managed, with this exclusive entity to protect the interests of the newly independent developing countries and succeeded in creating a wide international umbrella that entrenched a new legitimacy for the movement countries' foreign policy. This legitimacy has been, and will, as we hope and insist, always remain one that allowed the then newly independent countries to see a new goal based on the principles of positive neutrality, prevention of polar alliances and establishment of the correct concept of independence.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The theme of this summit "Common International Governance and its Relation with International Peace" reflects clearly a vision that our movement should fully support. And we raise our slogan towards a more just world. Can this slogan be achieved and turn into a reality? This is what we are looking for and insist on. For this, we are moving with determination to always be an active player in the world order and its management.
The New Egypt, after the blessed January 25th, 2011 Revolution is seeking a just world order that gets the developing countries out of poverty, subordination and marginalization into prosperity, leadership, power and real participation in the world affairs. This will not be achieved without an international conviction of the need to apply the democratic principles on the world order and pluralism on its political system. It is no longer acceptable to respect the basics of democracy at the country level and ignore them at the international level between countries. Also, it is no longer acceptable to look forward to the principles of pluralism and then set them aside in the management of international relations.
Hence, and by these meanings and aware will and look for the future, Egypt believes that one of the main pillars of the new just world order we want lies primarily in enhancing the contribution of developing countries to the management and reform of world governance to ensure fair participation in decision-making and the formulation of trends in the international arena politically, economically and socially. Perhaps, the first step in achieving this goal is the comprehensive reform and expansion of the Security Council to be more representative of the world order in the twenty-first century and not a reflection of the situation in the last century so that its decisions are more credible. For example, the historical injustice against Africa due to its non-representation in the permanent membership category in the Security Council and even its under-representation in the non-permanent membership are no longer accepted.
Although many of the issues on the agenda of the Security Council are about the African continent, we have, in tandem, to activate the role of the General Assembly and promote its contribution to the issues of international peace and security in its capacity as the agency most expressive of the international community. We have seen over the past months several examples of the importance of this agency playing a more active role when the Security Council was prevented from addressing many crises because of the veto that prevents effective solutions to them, and perhaps the last of which that still renders our hearts bleeding is the Syrian crisis.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Palestinian cause was since the beginning of movement a top priority and will remain so until a just and comprehensive solution is reached that guarantees the legitimate inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, their right to self-determination and establishing their free state, with the will of all their sons inside and outside the Palestinian territories.
Today, dear brothers, we are demanded constantly to stand beside this right and provide political and other kinds of support needed for the recognition of the Palestinian State as a full member of the United Nations and to highlight the suffering of the Palestinian people, especially their prisoners, from the difficult conditions imposed by the occupation that violates all norms and principles of international law, humanitarian values and human rights as well as the heavenly duty of people being free in their homelands without being subdued to anyone.
I would like to refer here to the statement issued by the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Coordination Office in Sharm el-Sheikh last May on the Palestinian prisoners, which highlighted their deplorable conditions in the Israeli prisons and detention centers and the movement solidarity with their legitimate struggle and resistance of occupation.
For its part, Egypt will support any Palestinian move in the General Assembly or the Security Council to join the United Nations if the Palestinian leadership has decided it, and we will continue auspice of the Palestinian reconciliation to support the unity of the Palestinian ranks.
Hence, I urge the Palestinian brothers with their various affiliations to complete reconciliation and move to implement all that was reached without regard to narrow differences between them so that they can focus on their real cause, which is to resist the occupation and get rid of it.
In this respect, I cannot turn a blind eye to the recent Israeli action of preventing some of the movement countries ministers from entering Ramallah to attend the emergency ministerial meeting on August 5, a procedure which has been denounced by Egypt and all movement countries.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our solidarity with the struggle of the people of beloved Syria against a repressive regime that has lost its legitimacy is a moral imperative as well as a political and strategic necessity that stems from our belief in the future of free and proud Syria. We all have to declare our full support to freedom and justice seekers in Syria and to translate our sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system that reflects the wishes of the Syrian people in freedom, justice and equality, and at the same time, preserves Syria from entering the vicious circle of civil war or falling into the abyss of sectarian division and confrontation.
Hence comes the importance of rallying the ranks of the opposition so as to ensure the interests of all spectrums of the Syrian society without distinction or discrimination and preserve the unity and territorial integrity of this sisterly country. And Egypt stands fully ready to cooperate with all parties in order to stop bloodshed and to agree on a clear vision of the principles that the new Syria will be based on an inauguration of a building phase and an advancement that each and every Syrian faithful to his homeland, people and history aspires to.
Egypt has floated its own initiative in this regard in the Makkah conference last Ramadan. It calls all effective actors to take the necessary steps to find a suitable solution to get out of this ordeal of the Syrian people. We are all responsible for the Syrian bloodshed and we must realize that this bloodletting will never come to an end without active intervention by all of us to stop it.
Distinguished guests,
We are all facing further challenges that entail us to strengthen the bonds of cooperation between our countries to achieve the shared aspirations of our peoples. Despite the pivotal role of the Non-Aligned Movement in the conference on reviewing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2010 in the adoption of four action plans, including an action plan on the Middle East that contains specific steps for holding an international conference late this year to make the region, the whole region, free from nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction, we are still facing many challenges in achieving these objectives and the globality of the NPT so as to be implemented in all regions, including the Middle East whose countries, except Israel, have joined it.
We also, at the same time, have to maintain our firm stance, which is also Egypt's stance, of the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in full respect of international obligations imposed by the NPT in this respect. On the economic and social levels, we must also continue activating coordination between the movement, the G-77 and China to achieve the common goals of the developing countries in various domains in a way that enhances South-South countries cooperation on the one hand, and their dialogue with their international partners on the other hand.
We also have to focus on the implementation of what has been achieved in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and to build on the outcomes of the recent Rio + 20 conference in Brazil along with achieving the required balance, keeping the rules of international cooperation in the field of sustainable development, creating and international climate that supports efforts to achieve comprehensive economic and social development and intensifying attention to issues of young people to achieve their aspirations to a better future. This is in addition to continuing efforts to empower women and prevent all forms of discrimination against them.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The success of the Non-Aligned Movement has been associated with its firm stances and respect for diversity among its members. This has boosted its capability of continuous interaction with international changes without abandoning its constants. And it is incumbent upon us today more than ever to adhere to the principles of the movement and its objectives and to translate the numerical increase of the Member States into a qualitative increase commensurate with its ability to influence world events and managing world affairs.
Egypt has carried this message in the past three years in full honesty, spared no effort to defend the interests of the movement despite all that Egypt has been suffering at the time and maintained cohesion in dealing with crucial events and changes that took place during that period.
Today, we came here to hand over the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement Egypt to the sisterly Islamic Republic of Iran and we trust its ability to lead the movement in a way that maintains its cohesion and supports and strengthens its role in the international arena within the framework of objectivity, transparency and realism and in a way that contributes to building on the achievements made over half a century of the movement history.
At the same time, Egypt will extend its hand, in all sincerity, to cooperate and communicate with all members of the movement and it will always be in the forefront of international efforts to bring in freedom, justice and dignity for all peoples. And we will maintain our commitment to support the movement to play its acclaimed role to achieve durable, comprehensive and lasting peace, and effective participation in global governance in order to reach a better and more just world order that reflects the interests of everyone in a balanced way without exaggeration in caring for some or wasting the rights of others.
Dear brothers,
In concluding my speech, I would like to thank you all, and thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for hosting this summit. I would also like to present a report on the performance of Egypt's presidency of the movement.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Heads of State and Government, Heads of Delegations, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to present to the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement a detailed report on the Egyptian presidency of the movement that includes the implementation of the Sharm el-Sheikh action plan since the 15th Summit Conference of the movement in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh in July 2009 and until our summit day. The report contains all the movement activities in various international forums to implement all the documents issued by the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, topped by the final communiqué of the summit, which included the stances agreed upon between Member States toward topics of common interest to our countries at the international level both politically, economically and socially.
I should also emphasize the success of the movement presidency, as much as possible, in the implementation of the Action Plan, which was not an individual effort by Egypt alone, but the result of cooperation and synergy of all Member States and their continuing support to the presidency in order to maximize the ability of the movement to deal with world variables and developments, respond to crises and challenges and to draw a clear vision for the future that is characterized by continuity and effective positive development without abandoning the principles of the movement or its objectives.
The outstanding performance of the Coordination Office the movement in New York, including its working groups, as well as the effective coordination with movement groupings in various international organizations have all contributed to enabling the movement of speaking in one tongue and to respond effectively to the continuing developments on the international scene.
The report also shows various activities undertaken by Egypt's presidency of the movement to implement the road map drawn up by the Sharm el-Sheikh summit on dealing with all recent issues, from the topics of disarmament and international security, peace-building, peace-keeping, through human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right of peoples to self-determination, particularly supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, to working on bringing in just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. This is in addition to topics related to reforming the main organs of the United Nations to make it more representative and democratic, such as activating the role of the General Assembly, the expansion and reform of the Security Council, enhancing the role of the Economic and Social Council through development issues, achieving the Millennium Development Goals, empowering women, and finally fighting international terrorism, human trafficking and promoting dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions.
The report also includes the presidency activities in the implementation of the declaration on ending the unjust US economic, trade and financial embargo on Cuba, and the implementation of the declaration on considering July 18th of each year a World Day to celebrate the achievements of President Nelson Mandela that were crowned by the movement success in pushing the UN General Assembly to adopt an international resolution in this effect by consensus at its 64th session in 2009 in recognition of the efforts of President Mandela and his leading role in the elimination of racism and promotion of a culture of peace.
Finally, the report also emphasizes the importance of continuing coordination and cooperation between the Non-Aligned Movement, the G-77 and China, which represent the largest two groupings of developing countries on the political and economic arena.
In the end of my speech, I would like to stress once again Egypt's continuing work with you in exerting efforts and coordinating with the Presidency of the sisterly Iran of the movement in the coming years and the presidencies to follow, and with all member states to build on what we have achieved together since the inception of the movement more than 50 years ago.
I am fully confident that the Iranian presidency will go successfully in implementing the action plan that will be drawn up by this summit to achieve the goals and aspirations of our peoples to a better future for them and for all the peoples of the world along with greater solidarity and more success
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