First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and thank her for her briefing. We wish her every success in her new role.
We would also like to take this opportunity to put on record our gratitude to all United Nations staff in Hai…
The United Kingdom’s commitment to accountability is unwavering, and for that reason we strongly support the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the S…
I would like to start by congratulating Mozambique on its presidency of the Security Council in March. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
As the perpetrator of a war of aggression against a sovereign nation, Russia has taken up the Security Council presidency, w…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her sobering briefing.
As others have also pointed out, in January 2022 the leaders of the five permanent members of the Security Council said that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. They also said that nuclear weapons, for as long as the…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this timely debate. As we have heard today, President Nyusi’s personal leadership in delivering the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation offers many valuable lessons for silencing the guns across the African continent. I am grateful to all o…
We thank Vanuatu and the core group of States that presented resolution 77/276 for the positive and constructive approach they took towards negotiations. We particularly welcome the presence of Prime Minister Kalsakau at this meeting.
The United Kingdom is committed to taking ambitious action to ta…
I thank the Special Representative for her very helpful briefing and for all the support she and her team gave to the Security Council on our recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during which we saw at first hand the severity of the security crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, consistent with your personal leadership on peace and stability to drive the implementation of the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation. The coordinated response to the conflict in northern Mozambique that you secured, Sir, de…
The United Kingdom condemned the act of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines, and we do so again now. We full support the national investigations currently being conducted by Denmark, Germany and Sweden and look forward to their results. We support investigative commissions by the Secretary-Ge…
I would like to start by thanking the Permanent Representative of Ecuador for chairing the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and recognizing the invaluable work of the Group of Experts supporting the Committee’s work.
Resolution 1540 (2004) remains an essenti…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Mr. Talahma for their briefings and for the work of their teams.
Some 12 years ago, Syrian people peacefully took to the streets to demand freedom, political reform and a Government that respects and upholds human rights. The Al-Assad regime met those demands with…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
We commend Israeli and Palestinian officials for their engagement in Aqaba, Jordan, on 26 February and in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 19 March, and we thank Jordan and Egypt for hosting those events. The commitments to desist from provocative …
I apologize for taking the floor once again, and I will try to be brief.
First, I want to address China and Russia’s raising of the question of the cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS). North Korea’s illegal nuclear and ballistic- missile programmes violat…
I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing today and welcome the participation of the representative of the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
The United Kingdom condemns the launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of a further intercontinental ballistic missile …
I also thank Under- Secretary-General Griffiths for his briefing today.
Today, over 21 million people need humanitarian assistance as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion: this is over 50 per cent of Ukraine’s pre-war population. Of these people, over 5 million are displaced internally, and ano…
I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev and African Union Commissioner Bankole Adeoye for their briefings.
As Mozambique’s helpful concept note for this meeting (S/2023/168) sets out, security sector reform and governance play an important role in State-building and peacebuilding. The United…
Russophobia is one of an ever-growing list of excuses that Russia has come up with to justify its war in Ukraine. The fact that they are inventing so many of them is itself a good indication that they know none of them stands up to full scrutiny.
But let me be clear anyway, on behalf of the United …
We wish to extend many thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Otunbayeva for her briefing and for the work for her team. We also thank Ms. Akbar for her powerful account.
Recent months have seen a rapid deterioration in Taliban behaviour, with women and girls in particular fa…
Let me join others in congratulating Malta on its successful presidency in February and wishing you, Sir, the best for yours in March. My thanks also go to Special Representative Haysom and Mr. Talahma for their briefings, as well as to the Peacebuilding Commission for the additional material provid…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her excellent briefing, as always.
As we discussed last month (see S/PV.9255), the Douma report is further confirmation of Syria’s disdain for its obligations under international law. We again commend the Investigation and Identification Team’s integri…
