Egypt calls for the coordination of the United Nations efforts for human settlements with the Gaza reconstruction plan – the seventh day

The Arab Republic of Egypt called for coordinating the efforts of the United Nations Human Settlements Program for Reconstruction in the Gaza Strip with the Arab plan for early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, which was adopted by the emergency Arab summit on March 4 in Cairo … expressing its condemnation of the announcement of the establishment of an agency aimed at displacing the Palestinians.

This came in Egypt’s statement before the first session of the Executive Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Program for the year 2025, which is currently held in Nairobi (25 to 27 March), which was delivered by its permanent delegation to the African headquarters of the International Organization in the Kenyan capital as the President of the 77 and China Group.

Egypt said, in its statement, that encouraging the so -called “voluntary departure” in light of the occupation’s fire at a time when humanitarian aid is prohibited and starvation is used as a war weapon is a forced displacement criminalized by international law and international humanitarian law … asking for the necessity of completing the preparation of a comprehensive report on the Gaza Strip at the earliest opportunity.
She pointed out that the efforts of the program in the areas affected by conflicts and urban crises should not ignore other areas suffering from similar conditions such as Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo … stressing the importance of implementing the decisions of the General Assembly of the program in a balanced manner in a balanced way that does not overlook the interests of developing countries.

It demanded the importance of focusing on the program on building the capabilities of developing countries, and that this is reflected in the new strategic plan for the program for the period from 2026 to 2029, reaffirming the need to complete the comprehensive report required of the program on the case of the reconstruction of human settlements in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

The United Nations Human Settlements Program is the main international program concerned with urban development topics and achieving the eleventh goal of sustainable development goals and Egypt enjoys a distinguished partnership, as it hosts the headquarters of the regional program for Arab countries as well as the Qatari office.

Last November, Egypt hosted the twelfth global urban forum, which is the largest non -legislative international meeting and the largest event organized by the program to discuss the topics of urban development. Egypt also has membership in the executive council of the program consisting of 36 members since 2019 represented by the African continent.

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