I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Two years ago, Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since its illegal and unprovoked attack began, more than 300,000 Russian personnel have been killed or wounded. Mothers and wives of Russia’s soldiers have been arrested or ignored. Thousands of Russia…
I am grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão and Ms Théroux-Bénoni for their briefings.
Let me make four points — on security, democracy, climate change and humanitarian needs.
First, as we heard, security across the Sahel is deteriorating. The United Kingdom is particula…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu for his briefing today. I am grateful to Yolanda Perea Mosquera for her powerful testimony, and I commend the vital work of women peacebuilders and women’s rights organizations working for peace and
justice in Colomb…
We have heard repeated warnings from humanitarian experts on the ground in Gaza that 9 out of 10 people are getting only one meal a day, that more than half a million people are projected to be facing catastrophic levels of hunger and that disease is spreading in overcrowded areas as people go witho…
Let me start by congratulating France on assuming the presidency for the month of January. France can count on our full support. I also welcome the five new elected members
to the Council and look forward to working closely with them during their terms.
I join the Secretary-General in expressing c…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing today.
The United Kingdom deeply regrets any civilian deaths in conflict, wherever they happen and particularly where children are involved. We are committed to upholding international humanitarian law and remind all parties to conflict ev…
In this last open briefing on the agenda for this month, let me join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, for the manner in which you and your team have conducted your presidency this month. I would also like to thank Director Ebo, as always, for his detailed briefing and to express gratitud…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their briefings.
Today in our final meeting of the year on this item, we should reflect on the situation in Syria over the past 12 months, in which there has been no progress on the political process, no improvement in civil or political righ…
Let me join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Otunbayeva and the other briefers for their important remarks today.
The United Kingdom remains gravely concerned about the continued curtailment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan, particularly for…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Unfortunately, we are once again gathered here to discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s latest violation of Security Council resolutions. The United Kingdom unequivocally condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s …
A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in Gaza, and the intense suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians shows no sign of abating. Israel is reckoning with the brutal horror of the 7 October attacks. More than 130 hostages continue to be held by Hamas, and just this morning, I met with the paren…
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I thank the representatives of the Philippines and Hungary for their work on and facilitation of the important resolution 78/130. We were happy to join consensus on the resolution and welcome the opportunity to set out our position.
The United Kingdom recently publi…
We thank the co-facilitators, Costa Rica and France, for their leadership on the ocean agenda and their work on resolution 78/128.
The world’s ocean is in crisis, teetering on a critical tipping point. The upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference in 2025 presents a crucial opportunity to accelerate…
Let me thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and the Secretariat at large for their support in the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I also thank Ambassador Olof Skoog for his briefing and Ambassador Frazier for her briefing and work as the Facilitator of resolution 2231 (2015).
Since refus…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily and the representative of Japan as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for their briefings today.
We welcome the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secreta…
We are grateful to Ecuador for convening this important meeting, and I also thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu, Ms. Aptel and Ms. Mutota for their valuable briefings.
The diversion and misuse of small arms has an all- too-real human cost, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives every year. It …
I thank Special Representative Haysom and Ambassador Biang for their updates, and I welcome the presence of the representative of South Sudan at this meeting.
As we have just heard, South Sudan is due to hold elections in just 12 months, yet few of the basic building blocks for a credible process a…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry for his briefing.
I will make four points today.
First, as the Secretary-General notes in his report (S/2023/934), the region faces continued risk of instability, highlighted by recent coups and violence. As the recent twenty-eighth Co…
I would like to start by thanking President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings and for presenting the latest report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (see S/2023/566). I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Ambassador of Gabon and his …
I thank Mr. Ebo and Ms. Wright for their briefings.
This is the seventh time this year that Russia has called for a Security Council meeting on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. They have once again invited a Western briefer to support them. It is obvious what they are trying to do. These d…
