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Shoukry discusses humanitarian crisis in Middle East with Lowcock

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Saturday with UN Under-Secretary-General for Human Affairs Mark Lowcock to discuss the regional developments and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Middle East.According to a statement by the ministry, Shoukry informed the UN official on the situation in Gaza Strip and the Egyptian efforts to support the UNRWA, in addition to the humanitarian situation in Yemen.Shoukry also expressed his dismay due to the lack of the international community in dealing with several crises such as drought and famines, stressing the necessity of intensifying the international efforts to decrease the impact of climate change.The Egyptian minister also met with Jean-Marie Guéhenno, the president of the International Crisis Group, one of the most prominent research centres on the means and ways to prevent and resolve international crises.The two sides discussed the Libyan crisis, and Shoukry stressed that the deteriorating security situation in Libya has a direct impact on Egypt’s stability, stressing the need to work on confronting the phenomenon of terrorism in all its forms in Libya.

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Human rights in Egypt shouldn’t be judged from Western perspective: Sisi in US

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The state of human rights in Egypt shouldn’t be judged from a Western perspective, President Abdel- Fattah El-Sisi told a group of former US officials in New York on Monday.Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said El-Sisi discussed human rights with the “influential American figures”, stressing to them that Egypt is keen on respecting and boosting human rights.”The perception of human rights should not be shorthanded to political rights only, but has to be dealt with through a comprehensive perspective that also includes societal and economic rights, like the right to education, health, housing and work”, El-Sisi said according to his spokesman.When asked about the conditions faced by NGOs in Egypt, El-Sisi said that such organisations are “an important partner on Egypt’s path to development”, adding that the Egyptian parliament has approved a law that regulates their work “in light of fear within the society about the work conducted by such organisations in the past years. “The Egyptian president also tackled regional issues, including Palestine, Libya, Qatar, and Syria”.

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Italy donates 1 million euros to conflict-ridden areas in Libya

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The UNICEF said on Friday that Italy had donated € 1 million to support a multi-sector program in Libya.The program will focus on children and their families in the conflict-hit regions including Sabha and Benghazi. According to a statement by the UN Support Mission in Libya, the contribution will assist in creating child-friendly spaces to enable the affected children to continue their education in a conducive learning environment, despite the conflict and displacement in the east and south.“Taking care of children, as well as their security and the one of their family, is the best investment for the future of Libya. Our commitment and support to UNICEF in Libya demonstrates the strong will of the Italian Cooperation to support the stabilization and ongoing peace process in that country”, said Flavio Lovisolo, Regional BUREAU Director, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania.

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Tobruk water crisis said to be imminent

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Tobruk’s sole working water treatment plant is on the verge of collapse meaning that some 400,000 people could in the town could soon be without safe drinking water.The town’s problems are nothing new. It has long been short of water.But since 2015 outdated and poorly maintained equipment has been threatening disaster.The steam desalination plant is currently working at only ten percent capacity.But now the boss of the water plant Fatalla Selim is warning that he is running out of chemicals needed to make water potable. Selim told the Turkish broadcaster TRT that for over a year he had been pressing for funds to buy new supplies but, he said, “no one is listening”.Tobruk municipality has been looking at digging new wells and even building a brand new desalination plant able to produce 150,000 cubic metres of water daily. But with no central funding and no way to raise the money itself, such schemes have remained pie in the sky.

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Italy donates 1 million euros to conflict-ridden areas in Libya

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The UNICEF said on Friday that Italy had donated € 1 million to support a multi-sector program in Libya. The program will focus on children and their families in the conflict-hit regions including Sabha and Benghazi. According to a statement by the UN Support Mission in Libya, the contribution will assist in creating child-friendly spaces to enable the affected children to continue their education in a conducive learning environment, despite the conflict and displacement in the east and south.“Taking care of children, as well as their security and the one of their family, is the best investment for the future of Libya. Our commitment and support to UNICEF in Libya demonstrates the strong will of the Italian Cooperation to support the stabilization and ongoing peace process in that country”, said Flavio Lovisolo, Regional BUREAU Director, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and Mauritania.

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Tobruk water crisis said to be imminent

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Tobruk’s sole working water treatment plant is on the verge of collapse meaning that some 400,000 people could in the town could soon be without safe drinking water. The town’s problems are nothing new. It has long been short of water.But since 2015 outdated and poorly maintained equipment has been threatening disaster. The steam desalination plant is currently working at only ten percent capacity.But now the boss of the water plant Fatalla Selim is warning that he is running out of chemicals needed to make water potable. Selim told the Turkish broadcaster TRT that for over a year he had been pressing for funds to buy new supplies but, he said,  “no one is listening”.Tobruk municipality has been looking at digging new wells and even building a brand new desalination plant able to produce 150,000 cubic metres of water daily. But with no central funding and no way to raise the money itself, such schemes have remained pie in the sky.

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Egypt’s Shoukry discusses humanitarian issues with UN, ICG officials in New York

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Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry held talks on Saturday with senior figures from the United Nations and the International Crisis Group (ICG), discussing deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Midle East and ways of reducing human suffering.Shoukry met in New York with the UN’s top official on humanitarian assistance and aid coordination, Mark Lowcock, as well as Jean-Marie Guéhenno, president of the ICG, a non-profit organization that seeks to prevent and resolve international crises.The meetings took place at the start of Shoukry’s visit to attend the 72nd UN General Assembly, where he will take part in the high-level debate starting on Tuesday.The debate will focus on the theme “Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet”.

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Egypt welcomes moves toward unity by Hamas and Fatah: MENA agency

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Egypt has welcomed new steps taken by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement to build Palestinian unity, the result of Cairo’s efforts to end the long-running feud. Hamas said on Sunday that it had dissolved its administrative committee running Gaza, making way for the arrival of officials from the unity government, who would take control of the area. Hamas said it had also agreed to hold general elections in order to end the decade-long split.The Hamas statement was issued from Gaza on Sunday following talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo last week.Fatah, meanwhile, said on Sunday that it welcomed the pledge by its rival Hamas to accept key conditions for reconciliation.

 

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Cairo facing calls to increase Sinai military presence

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Following the recent killing of 18 soldiers in North Si­nai by Islamic State (ISIS) fighters, Cairo is facing rising calls to deploy more military forces against the group. They come despite legal restric­tions limiting the number and type of forces that Egypt can maintain on the restive Sinai Peninsula as part of the 1979 peace treaty with Israel.“True, the army has managed to reduce the capabilities of the Sinai terrorists… but Egypt needs to walk a long way until it declares the peninsula totally free of the terrorists”, said Samir Badawi, a retired army general. “This makes it necessary for the army to deploy heavy military equipment and more troops into Sinai, something currently prohibited by the secu­rity arrangements included in the peace treaty”.

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7th London Conference on Libya Rules out Military Solution

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London hosted a meeting on Thursday to support the political process in Libya and back the efforts of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his special envoy Ghassan Salame.The foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the United Nations envoy to Libya attended the meeting.“Libya is a front line in our common struggle against terrorism and illegal migration and we all share a vital interest in that country’s stability. Our shared goal is to break the political deadlock and rally behind the United Nations envoy Ghassan Salame as he seeks to bring all sides together,” British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said during a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.The Italian foreign ministry said in a statement that the London meeting discussed the status of the political process in Libya and exchanged views on how to support the work of the United Nations in light of the meeting to be convened by the UN Secretary-General on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York next week.Meanwhile, the UN Security Council extended on Thursday for one year the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), focused on supporting the North African country’s political process and key national institutions, as well as coordination of international assistance.

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