UN General Assembly
2012

of others on the basis of religion or race. The General Assembly and the Security Council have the primary responsibility for addressing a phenomenon that is starting to have clear implications for international peace and security. The obscenities that I have referred to, which are part of a recent organized campaign against Islamic sanctities, are unacceptable and require that we take a firm stand. We have a responsibility at this international forum to look into how we can protect the world from instability and insecurity. Egypt respects freedom of expression — a freedom of expression that is not used to incite hatred against anyone and that is not directed towards a specific religion or culture. We support a freedom of expression that addresses extremism and violence and does not deepen ignorance or disregard others. As we have said before, we firmly oppose the use of violence as a means of expressing objection to obscenity and indecency. Before I conclude, I must say that the severity and recurrence of financial and economic crises must