I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Let me start with a basic fact: Western support for Ukraine’s self-defence is both legal and moral. Any support for Russia’s act of aggression, whether by Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or any other party, is neither. Russia calls these meetings to…
We welcome the Foreign Minister of Serbia and the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo to the Chamber.
Allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative for the work that she and her team are doing to promote stability and respect for human rights in Kosovo.
The United Kingdom is a long-standing…
I thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Eltigani for briefing us today as we pass a harrowing milestone of 18 months of brutal conflict in the Sudan.
I will make three points on behalf of the United Kingdom.
First, we welcome the Secretary-General’s recommendations for the protection of civilians in…
The United Kingdom thanks the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the presentation of this year’s annual report (see A/79/198) to the United Nations. We also congratulate the Court’s six new judges upon their election to the bench and Judge Tomoko Akane on her elevation to the presidency of the C…
May I start by thanking President Salam for his leadership during what has been an exceptionally busy period for the Court. As today’s report (A/79/4) highlights, the past year has seen a significant increase in the number of States involved in both contentious and advisory proceedings. I would like…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza and Ambassador Hilale of Morocco for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of the Central African Republic at our meeting.
At the outset, let me commend the continued positive relations between the U…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador and Executive Director Russell for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of Haiti and Kenya, as well as Foreign Minister Álvarez Gil from the Dominican Republic, in our meeting today.
I would al…
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I would like to start by thanking President Gatti Santana for her most recent report (see A/79/249) and the Prosecutor, Registrar and all those working at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for their continued dedication to international just…
The United Kingdom is pleased to again co- sponsor the draft resolution before us (A/79/L.7), which captures the range of vital work that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has undertaken this year. We wish to thank Director General Grossi for his leadership in a year that has brought new…
I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing today and for the vital work he and his team are doing in Colombia.
The United Kingdom welcomes the commitment of Foreign Minister Murillo and Interior Minister Cristo to building sustainable peace in Colombia and their renewed focus on i…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption by consensus of the political declaration of the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (resolution 79/2). We congratulate and thank you, Mr. President, the Secretariat and, especially, the Permanent Representatives of Barbados and Malta and their res…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing and express the United Kingdom’s support for the work of the Special Envoy and his Office in support of peace in the region. I also thank Ms. Ntambwe for her briefing and welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Kayikwamba Wagner of the D…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption by consensus of the final documents of the Summit of the Future, namely the Pact for the Future, the Declaration on Future Generations and the Global Digital Compact (resolution 79/1). We congratulate and thank the President of the General Assembly, the Unite…
I will keep my remarks brief, and I will focus on three points.
First, the United Kingdom takes the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines extremely seriously, and we share the desire of other Security Council members to understand what happened and who was responsible.
We believe that the best way…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan, Special Representative Souef and Ms. Elman for their briefings today. I also welcome His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, Foreign Minister of Somalia, to the Chamber.
I will make four points on behalf of the United Kingdom.
First, we …
I thank Special Representative Onanga-Anyanga, Ambassador Mohammed and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for their briefings today.
I will make three points.
First, the United Kingdom welcomes the leadership of the African Union (AU) in championing multilateralism and supporting stability and pros…
Let me start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita and Ms. Nzale-Kove for briefing us today.
I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Angola in our meeting. I will make three broad points.
First, the Un…
I thank the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for their briefings this afternoon.
We wish to make three points today.
First, the United Kingdom is committed to working with Member States and United Na…
On behalf of the United Kingdom, let me thank Ecuador and the United States for their leadership of this negotiation.
We are pleased to have voted in favour of a resolution that extends the mandate of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti (resolution 2751 (2024)). That unanimous adopt…
I thank everyone for their contributions and the Secretary-General for his briefing. I also want to acknowledge the presence of the Prime Minister of Lebanon in the Chamber today.
This is the moment of maximum danger. We are on the brink, the precipice, at a few minutes to midnight. We talk of the …
