Egypt and the United Nations

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Arab Republic of Egypt
Flag of the United Nations.svg Flag of Egypt.svg
United Nations membership
MembershipFull member
Since 24 October 1945
Former name(s) United Arab Republic (1958–1971)
UNSC seat Non-permanent
Permanent representative Osama Abdel Khalek

The Arab Republic of Egypt is one of the 51 founding members of the United Nations having signed the United Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945. [1]

Egypt has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for five terms (a total of 9 years), with the most recent being the 2016–17 term.

Egypt is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialised agencies except for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Egypt has contributed 1,635 troops to United Nations peacekeeping efforts as of 2024. [2]

Activities

Funding

The regular budget of the United Nations is financed through compulsory contributions from its member states. From 2022 to 2024, Egypt contributed 0.139% of the UN regular budget. This placed Egypt as the 59th nation by contribution amount. [3]

Security Council

Egypt has held a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council five times since its entry in 1945. [4]

Security Council terms
ElectionTerm
January 1946 1946
1948 1949–50
1983 1984–85
1995 1996–97
2015 2016–17

In addition, the United Arab Republic, a merger of Egypt and Syria, was elected at the 1961 United Nations Security Council election to serve from 1962–63. [4]

Peacekeeping

As of September 2025, Egypt participates in five peacekeeping missions led by the UN. [5]

Peacekeeping missions
RegionConflictMissionPersonnel
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara Western Sahara conflict MINURSO 14
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Central African Republic Civil War MINUSCA 950
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–2025) MONUSCO 201
Flag of the Abyei Area.png  Abyei Abyei border conflict UNISFA 6
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War UNMISS 40

Positions held

Egypt has held one Secretary-General of the United Nations in Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served for five years from 1992 to 1996. [6] Five Egyptians have been President of the United Nations Security Council, and the nation has served on the United Nations Credentials Committee once in 2011. [7]

Egypt has never held the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, or President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council titles. [8] [9] [10]

United Nations positions held
PositionPersonTerm
Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali 1992–1996
Presidency of the United Nations Security Council Hafez Afifi Pasha 17 April–16 May 1946
Mahmoud Fawzi Bey April 1949, April 1950
Ahmed Tawfik Khalil December 1984
Nabil Elaraby June 1996
Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta May 2016, August 2017
United Nations Credentials Committee —2011

The United Arab Republic also served as president of the Security Council three times: in January and December 1961 as Omar Loutfi, and in November 1962 as Mahmoud Riad. The UAR also was on the 1960 and 1965 United Nations Credentials Committee. [7]

Permanent representative

Egypt has a mission to the UN led by a permanent representative, also known as a UN Ambassador. The position is currently held by Osama Abdel Khalek. [11]

Classification

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  African Group
  Asia and the Pacific Group
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Egypt participates in the African Group regional grouping. It is part of the Northern Africa geographical subregion. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kurtas, Susan. "Research Guides: UN Membership: Founding Members". research.un.org. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Troop and police contributors". United Nations Peacekeeping. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  3. ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 73 RES271. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United NationsA/RES/73/271 page 3. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 United Nations General Assembly Session 59 Note verbale dated 20 July 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-GeneralA/59/881 page 5. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Contribution of Uniformed Personnel to UN by Country, Mission, and Personnel Type" (PDF). un.org . 30 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Boutros Boutros-Ghali". United Nations Secretary-General. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Past PRESIDENCIES of the United Nations SECURITY COUNCIL". thegreenpapers.com .
  8. ↑ "Past Presidents of the General Assembly". un.org .
  9. ↑ "Presidents of the ECOSOC". un.org .
  10. ↑ "Deputy Secretary-General". un.org .
  11. ↑ "New Permanent Representative of Egypt Presents Credentials". Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. 16 Sep 2021. Retrieved 24 Sep 2024.
  12. ↑ "Countries or areas / geographical regions". un.org .
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