Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

I. Introduction

“Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided.”

The challenge Egypt took to get control over NGOs that now operate without proper government licenses within Egypt’s sovereign borders is based on definition of sovereignty.

There were always links between international governmental organizations NGOs and respect for state sovereignty. NGO funding comes from abroad and that sometimes challenges the sovereignty of the nation and raises important legal issues when external funding aims to change social structure and cultural traditions which are very dangerous. The central issue is respect for Egypt sovereignty.

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