UN General Assembly
2013

Egyptian Government’s credibility. I would also take this opportunity to urge the international community to stand behind Egypt at this critical juncture and support the sincere efforts of its interim Government to lay the foundations of stability, development and civilian constitutional rule. The United Arab Emirates recognizes the suffering of the Arab region caused by the interference of others in its internal affairs and the ensuing threats to national statehood generally. We therefore wish to warn of the danger of interfering in the domestic affairs of Egypt and call on everyone to refrain from disrupting the country’s march towards stability and democracy. The issues that the Arab region faces are all interconnected. Everyone in this Hall realizes that peace emerges as a central and relevant issue to all that is occurring there. Although many decades have passed, the Palestinian people continue to look forward to realizing their right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on international legal instruments that recognize their right to establish a