I join others in thanking High Representative Borrell Fontelles for his briefing.
The Summit of the Future this year will offer an important opportunity to reinvigorate the multilateral system, in which regional organizations play an important role. The United Kingdom welcomes the European Union’s …
I thank Ms. Landgren very much to for her excellent briefing and for the invaluable and always excellent work of
Security Council Report. Let me also join my United States colleague in taking this opportunity to thank the Security Council Affairs Division for its tireless work and unrivalled expert…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Doughten for their briefings today.
“You see who we are dealing with. They do not care where to hit”. Those words were spoken by the President of Ukraine on Wednesday, and they could have been spoken on countless occasions during this war. We are a…
With the adoption of this resolution (resolution 2724 (2024)), the Security Council has sent a strong and clear message to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces
to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities during the month of Ramadan. That follows the call of the Secretary-Gen…
I thank the Secretary-General for his sobering update.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bear responsibility for the horrendous situation in the Sudan. Shelling and attacks from both sides on heavily populated urban areas and across the entire western region of the …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the representative of South Sudan at our meeting.
Let me begin by praising Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for their tireless …
I thank Director Ebo for his comprehensive briefing this morning.
As we heard from Director Ebo this morning, the Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) released its fourth report on 22 February. That most recent report attribu…
The United Kingdom is committed to supporting conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding in Africa, including through sustainable development. We welcome the efforts of the
African Union (AU) and subregional organizations to tackle the causes of conflict and note the importance of United Nat…
I thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her briefing this morning. I would like to make three points.
First, the United Kingdom welcomes the achievements that have come from closer cooperation between the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African R…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Keita for her comprehensive briefing and for the ongoing and important work of MONUSCO and the bravery and commitment of its peacekeepers. I would like to make four points today regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First, l…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing and Special Representative Souef for their briefings and pay tribute to the work of their teams in Somalia. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Somalia in this meeting.
Let me first address the Ethiopia-So…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman and Secretary General Stock for their briefings today. I also thank the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for their work on the report (S/2024/117).
The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned at the p…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
Russia has called this meeting in another attempt to distort history. Once again, the Russian delegation is seeking to use the Security Council in a desperate effort to justify Russia’s unprovoked, unnecessary and illegal invasion of Ukrai…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing today. I also welcome the participation of President Vučić and Prime Minister Kurti in our meeting.
Next week marks the nineteenth anniversary of Kosovar independence. The United Kingdom welcomes the progress it has made as a sovereign State in…
I will not be long. I just need to respond to the story that the Russian delegation likes to put out about Boris Johnson going to Kyiv and talking Ukrainians out of negotiations with the Russian side. Let me just say one thing: I think that story says a lot about Russia’s approach to Ukraine’s sover…
We thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we welcome the representative of Ukraine to the Chamber for this meeting.
The United Kingdom deeply regrets all loss of life in this war, wherever it occurs. But perhaps we should start with a few facts that Russia tries to hide from th…
I would like to welcome the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait to the Chamber. Let me start by thanking the Special Representative for her briefing and for the important work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). I would like to highlight four points of particular importance for…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his thirty-eighth report on the situation in Darfur and for his detailed briefing today. I also welcome the participation of the representative of the Sudan in today’s Council meeting.
Let me begin with the proceedings currently ongoing before the International Criminal …
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
At the outset, Mr. President, let me express our full support for your handling of the presidency of the Security Council. I do find it ironic that, while the Russian representative chooses to lecture France on United Nations rules, as he h…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador, Ms. Waly and Ms. Hassan for their powerful briefings today. The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and their local partners continue to do vital work in Haiti in the toughest of circumstances. I also welcome the presenc…