Madbouly ties Egypt's UN right-to-development speech to Palestinian statehood and fairer global economy

Madbouly delivered Egypt's speech at a UN meeting marking 40 years of the Declaration on the Right to Development, on behalf of President el-Sisi.

• Madbouly said the right to development cannot be realized while conflicts, occupation, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure persist.
• Egypt affirmed the Palestinian right to development is inseparable from an independent state on the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
• Madbouly called for a fairer international economic and financial system to address debt, support technology transfer, and halt coercive unilateral measures.
• Madbouly said Egypt translated the right into national programs, citing the Haya Karima initiative for rural areas.
• Madbouly welcomed ongoing efforts toward a binding international legal framework on the right to development.