I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for her briefing and Foreign Minister Hussein for joining today’s meeting.
The United Kingdom condemns the attack that took place in Dohuk governorate on 20 July and would like to express its deepest sympathy to the victims …
The use of the veto is a heavy responsibility, and it is therefore one that should not be used lightly. It has been 50 years (see S/PV.1666) since the United Kingdom last unilaterally vetoed a Security Council draft resolution. When we negotiate draft resolutions, our objective is to reach agreement…
We would like to thank the High Representative once again for her briefing and for clearly reminding us of the facts.
We must keep those facts in mind and not allow ourselves to be distracted by the blizzard of disinformation that surrounds Syria’s chemical weapons programme. The Declaration Assess…
The United Kingdom is grateful for your efforts, Mr. President, in encouraging Member States to reach a mutually acceptable decision today. Let me also express our gratitude to Ambassadors Al-Thani and Hermann for their tireless and innovative stewardship of the intergovernmental negotiations this y…
Like others, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and Albania for its excellent stewardship of the Council in June. We welcome the Special Representative to the Chamber and thank him for his very helpful update. We also …
Just very quickly on this, we would like to agree with Ireland as Facilitator. Facilitators’ reports have always been agreed by consensus, as it was this time, but, as the Ambassador said, that has never been the case with Facilitators’ statements for these meetings, and we do not see a need to chan…
I thank the Special Envoy and Mr. Alshogre for their powerful briefings today.
Bashar Al-Assad falsely claims that the situation in Syria is improving. He is trying to play on conflict fatigue to encourage normalization. We must be vigilant against that. The 12 years of suffering and terror that th…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- Genera1 Keita and Ms. Lusenge for their briefings today. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of the countries of the region at this meeting.
I will focus on three points — the security and humanitarian situation …
I would like to thank Albania, as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, for its excellent stewardship of this important topic. I also thank our briefers for their reflections on the Security Council’s working methods.
As we emerge from the virtual work…
I take the floor again because the Russian representative referred to the importance of Security Council unity and yet, over the past nine months, one Council member has consistently blocked consensus on Libya and attempts to substantively renew the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in L…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I also thank Ms. Alhodiri for reminding us of the importance of women’s participation in matters of peace and security.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Special Adviser of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams for all her w…
I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and for the continued efforts of his team.
Last week the United Kingdom’s Minister for Asia and the Middle East, Amanda Milling, visited Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The Minister met many inspirational Israelis and Pal…
At the outset, let me join my colleagues in conveying our sincere condolences to the people of Afghanistan in the wake of the suffering caused by the devastating earthquake. As my Ministers have said, the United Kingdom stands ready to support them at this difficult time. The United Kingdom is one o…
Let me begin by thanking Special Adviser Nderitu for her statement today (see A/76/PV.86). We also welcome Special Adviser Okoth-Obbo to his new role and wish him every success. Let me also thank the Secretary-General for his timely report (A/76/844) on advancing the responsibility to protect (R2P),…
I would like to welcome Special Representative of the Secretary- General Rugwabiza to her role and wish her every success in it. We are also grateful to her and to Ms. Ekomo for their powerful testimony. Let me also welcome the participation of the representative of the Central African Republic in t…
Let me thank Albania for convening today’s important discussion, and all our briefers for their compelling presentations.
As we said in the Council debate on identity and conflict (see S/PV.8877) hosted by President Kenyatta last year, history has shown us what happens when identity is weaponized. …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Ms. Mudawi and Ms. Merekaje for their helpful briefings, and we very much welcome the participation of the representative of South Sudan in today’s meeting. The United Kingdom applauds the United Nations Mission in South S…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing and her team’s work in an increasingly challenging context. I welcome hearing from our civil society briefer, and I welcome His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, who is joining us today…
As Judge Agius addresses us for the last time as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, I congratulate him for his successful tenure and thank him warmly for his unstinting service and his presentation today. He has led the Mechanism expertly and ensured very signi…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his update and to echo the condolences expressed by others regarding the recent deaths of Egyptian and Jordanian peacekeepers in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). We pay tribute to t…
