I thank High Commissioner Grandi for his sobering briefing.
This meeting comes at a crucial time. As we heard, the number of people who have been forced from their homes has reached a record high of 110 million. Sadly, that trend is set to continue. New emergencies are pushing the limits of an alre…
The United Kingdom thanks the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its annual report to the United Nations (see A/78/322), as well as President Hofmański for his presentation earlier today (see A/78/PV.21), and congratulates Mr. Osvaldo Zavala Giler on his election as Registrar.
The United Kingdo…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his very helpful briefing.
Russia wishes to address weapons proliferation. In a happy coincidence, the United Kingdom would also like to address weapons proliferation, but that may be about the only thing we agree on today. Russia has spent the past two decades flouting its obli…
I believe we were asked to this meeting to talk about the inflow
of Western weapons to Ukraine. I wonder if we could maybe focus on that rather than on this anecdotal stuff. We appreciate the briefer, but we are a bit limited for time.
Let me thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her briefing. I also welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic,
Ms. Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, and the representative of Angola.
Let me f…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this ministerial meeting of the Security Council. I also thank the Secretary- General, the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for their briefings. I welcome the Israeli a…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing. I welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Osmani-Sadriu, President of Kosovo, and Her Excellency Ms. Brnabić, Prime of Minister of Serbia, in our meeting.
The United Kingdom is a long-standing supporter of Kosovo as an…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador, Executive Director Russell, Executive Director Wali and Ms. Manigat for their briefings today. United Nations staff and their local partners continue to do vital work in Haiti in the toughest of circumstances. I also welcome the parti…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari, former Presidents Bachelet and Mbeki, and Ms. Echavarría Álvarez for their briefings.
The Secretary-General’s analysis in his New Agenda for Peace should strike a chord with us all. People aroun…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Souef for their briefings this morning and for the continued work of their teams and troops in very challenging circumstances. I also …
I would like to start today by thanking President Gatti Santana for her briefing and the most recent report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (see A/78/257). I would also like to thank the Prosecutor, the Registrar and all those working at the Mechanism for their continu…
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing. I also thank Mr. Caholo and Ms. Malimukono for their contributions.
The United Kingdom is deeply concerned about the intensifying violence and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region and the recent escalation in fighting betwe…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Japan for his update on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution
1970 (2011), concerning Libya. I also welcome the participation of the represent…
We would like to thank Mr. Ebo for his very helpful briefing.
Russia has made many excuses in the Council about what its illegal war of aggression was supposed to achieve. It claimed its invasion was defensive and born of a desire to protect rights enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. It…
Let me begin by extending the United Kingdom’s condolences to the families of all who were killed and injured in the tragic fire at Qaraqosh on 26 September. I would also like to express thanks to Special Representative Hennis-
Plasschaert and Ms. Al-Jarahi for their briefings today, and in particu…
Like other speakers, I would like to begin by thanking both the former and current Presidents of the General Assembly and the co-facilitators for their hard work, which enabled the adoption of political declarations on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (resolution 78/3), universal healt…
I would like to begin by congratulating Brazil on its assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. I also want to join others in welcoming Foreign Minister Généus of Haiti, and the representatives of Kenya, Jamaica and Guyana, to our meeting.
The United Kingdom is pleased to have voted i…
As others have done, I would like to begin, of course, by thanking you, Mr. President, and the co-facilitators, Their Excellencies the Permanent Representatives of Qatar and Ireland, and indeed their full teams, for their hard work, which enabled the adoption of the declaration today (resolution 78/…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita, the Permanent Representative of Gabon, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ms. Modi for their briefings today.
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Let me begin by thanking Directors Menikdiwela and Liljert for their briefings today. The United Kingdom would also like to thank France and Malta for their efforts in drafting the renewal of United Nations resolution 2652 (2022), which we fully support.
As we are all aware, Libya is a complex oper…
