I'd never hit a woman.

I've never hit my child.

I never hit Layla again.

Let me use the example of my own country with regard to education goals.

Think of a car that can and should achieve great performance based on its strong internal engine.

I wanted to be an ambassador, and my mentors, my heroes, people who got to the top of my profession, and here I was throwing it all away.

I would, however, just like to give the Council a couple of examples of what, I must say, I find totally out of touch with reality on the ground.

I should like to take an example, that of my own country, a founding Member of the United Nations and almost the first developing country to enjoy United Nations assistance.

On 19 February 2004, he was transferred to Abu Zabaal prison some 50 km from Cairo, against which he protested by going on a hunger strike lasting 17 days.

After months without pay, the government, headed by Hamas s Ismael Haniyeh, was confronted with a serious challenge in September, when civil servants went on strike, demanding to be paid.

For the first time ever in Egyptian history, most Egyptian university faculty members went on strike as a first step towards forcing the government to improve their living conditions and the conditions of higher education in the country, writes Eman from Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of workers have gone on strike across Egypt today, and more are threatening to join the action tomorrow. Reports of strikes started making their way online yesterday, and netizens are now calling for a nationwide general strike, in solidarity with pro democracy protests, now on their 16th day.