I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefing. I am particularly grateful to Ms. Vaweka for her powerful testimony today. I welcome the participation of the representatives of Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola in this meeting.
I would…
As part of the vow in 1945 to protect future generations from the scourge of war, the founding Members of the United Nations conferred primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security upon the Security Council. As part of that, permanent members of the Council were given veto …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador, Executive Director Waly and Executive Director Russell for briefing us today. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Haiti, as well as Foreign Minister Álvarez Gil of the Dominican Republic. I would like t…
Let me start by thanking Foreign Minister Borg on behalf of the United Kingdom for his briefing today and for the excellent work he has already undertaken this year as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The United Kingdom remains a firm supporte…
I thank Mr. Fung for his briefing this morning.
Russia requested this meeting to yet again talk about the proliferation of weapons to Ukraine. Let us therefore be clear about who is doing what and who is breaking international law and undermining the Charter of the United Nations.
As we are all aw…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and Ms. Marcela Sánchez Buitrago for briefing us today, and I welcome Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia to our meeting. I would also like to thank the Colombian Government for hosting the Security Coun…
The United Kingdom thanks Zimbabwe for bringing this important resolution 78/270 forward. We care deeply for the Kimberley Process, as evident in our active participation in its various working groups, including the three review missions of the Working Group on Monitoring that we joined from 2022 to…
I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter, Mr. Chaiban and Ms. Niger-Thomas for briefing us today. The children and armed conflict mandate is an important tool for advancing the protection of the world’s most vulnerable people, and the United Kingdom is committed to supporting the work of th…
Let me congratulate Malta on assuming the presidency for the month of April and thank Japan for their successful presidency during the month of March. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing on Monday’s strike in Damascus.
We underline the importance of respect for the invi…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita for her briefing today, as well as Ms. Jacquie-Anna for her remarks.
I have three points I wish to make in response.
First, the United Kingdom commends Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and the Unit…
Let me begin by joining others in thanking Ecuador for its committed and proactive stewardship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We commend Ambassador De La Gasca and his team for the briefing today and for their efforts to rejuvenate the Committee despite challenging …
Today the Russian representative has once again attempted to recast Russia’s war on Ukraine as a product of Western aggression. We have of course heard many different explanations from our Russian colleagues in this Chamber. When Russia’s full-scale invasion began, we were told that occupation of Uk…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their work and the work of their teams in trying to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people, and for their briefings today.
Thirteen years ago, the Syrian people took to the streets in peaceful protest to demand freedom, …
I thank Ms. Wosornu, Mr. Martina and Mr. Skau for their briefings. We are grateful to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for alerting the
Council to this urgent crisis, and to Switz…
I thank Ambassador Hwang for his update this morning. The United Kingdom wishes him every success in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan.
We are approaching the one-year anniversary of this conflict. It has had a disastrous impact on the Sudane…
I am grateful to Japan for convening this important meeting, and to the Secretary-General, Mr. Floyd and Ms. Mukhatzhanova for their briefings.
For 50 years, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been a bulwark for global security, allowing peaceful uses of nuclear techno…
Hatred on the basis of religion or belief, including anti-Muslim hatred, antisemitism and the persecution of Christians, is deplorable. We condemn incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence wherever it occurs.
The United Kingdom is a proud multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracy. However, we r…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
I must first address the latest appalling Russian missile strikes on Odesa today — an apparent double-tap strike designed to inflict maximum human casualties and target first responders.
Ukrainians are not only mourning the 16 civilians wh…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their briefings. We are grateful for all the work that they and their teams are doing to bring sustainable peace and humanitarian relief to the Yemeni people.
Since we previously met (see S/PV.9548) to discuss Yemen, the Houthis have continue…
Let me join others in thanking our briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador França Danese, Mr. Williams and Ms. Bhagwan Rolls for their briefings today.
In 2014, the United Kingdom led the development of resolution 2171 (2014). That resolution, which was unanimously adopted, underlined…
