70 Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons EGYPT EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT As an active member in the international community, Egypt will not fail in carrying out its responsibilities. Experience has proven that the Egyptian people and government do not hesitate to provide assistance and protection, despite all the challenges and difficulties they face. You may recall Egypt’s position during the Libyan crises, when it received more than half a million persons, and its collaboration with the international organizations, primarily UNHCR, to secure the return of those people to their home countries, or for any other purposes. From now on, Egypt will accept nothing less than being the most interactive with all aspects of humanitarian causes, hoping that our world would become free from refugees and all forms of humanitarian suffering. ETHIOPIA EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT Ethiopia is committed to maintain its open-door asylum policy to refugees seeking protection and assistance in its territory. Ethiopia is committed to continue its close cooperation with UNHCR and with the international community in finding durable solutions to the emerging refugee and displacement problems. Ethiopia pledges to continue the faithful implementation of the 1951 Convention and contributing to global efforts to this end. Ethiopia will continue scrupulously enforcing the national Refugee Proclamation as the necessary domestic framework. EUROPEAN UNION EXCERPTS FROM THE JOINT STATEMENT The European Union and its Member States have a long history of concern for the fate of refugees, as millions of our citizens are descendants of refugee grandparents. The territory of the European Union is today a safe haven for those forced to flee violence, persecution and discrimination.