UNITED NATIONS: Before the UN General Assembly on Friday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly delivered a sweeping rebuke of the international order, calling the Palestinian crisis a mirror reflecting the world’s deepest failures.
Madbouly insisted that Palestinian suffering must never harden into an accepted or endless tragedy. Ending the Gaza ceasefire violations, withdrawing troops, and rebuilding shattered communities, he argued, are not simple acts of mercy, they are the first steps toward genuine peace. Egypt, he said, will not tolerate any effort to uproot Palestinians from their homeland, and Palestinian rights must never be treated as bargaining chips to be granted or withheld according to power balances, political posturing or electoral calculations, reported by Arab News.
The prime minister’s frustration extended far beyond Gaza. He described the Nile as Egypt’s lifeblood, a resource too vital for unilateral disputes, and demanded binding water agreements instead. Turning to global institutions, Madbouly argued that bodies like the UN Security Council still cling to a world order that vanished decades ago; one that leaves Africa’s voice unfairly silenced.
He also painted a stark picture of economic injustice, describing how developing nations are trapped between crushing debt and the basic needs of their people. Development, he reminded the Assembly, is not generosity it is a right owed to every nation.
Even artificial intelligence drew his concern. Madbouly warned that without careful global governance, AI could deepen inequality rather than close it, urging that the technology reflect humanity’s full linguistic and cultural richness.
He closed with a vision of disarmament free from double standards, and a renewed pledge to help rebuild trust in a fractured multilateral system one built, he said, for the benefit of future generations everywhere.
