I thank Ms. Gotoh and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings today, and I welcome the participation of the representative of Ukraine and the representatives of other countries of the region.
Today, on World Children’s Day, we are reminded of the Ukrainian children who have become victims of Russia’s illeg…
The United Kingdom thanks the Committee Chairs for their comprehensive briefings and reaffirms our strong support for the work of all three Committees. They share overlapping priorities to protect our citizens and prevent the spread of terrorism, and we welcome efforts to ensure that their work is c…
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director Doughten for briefing us today. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Syria in our meeting, alongside other countries from the region.
First, the Syrian Government has demonstrated continued commitment to combating secur…
I thank you, President Bio, for convening this meeting and for your leadership on this issue. I also thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Touray for briefing us today.
The United Kingdom shares the concern that the Islamic State and Al-Qaida affiliates are continuing to expand across West Africa and…
I thank Your Excellency President Bio to the Council, and I thank Sierra Leone for convening this important debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya, Dr. Mayaki and Mr. Torero for their frank and sobering briefings.
Famine in the twenty-first century…
The United Kingdom voted in favour of resolution 2803 (2025) as a critical staging post in the implementation of the peace plan for Palestinians, Israelis and the region, turning the page on two devastating years of conflict towards a lasting peace.
Last month, the international community came toge…
I thank our briefers. We all collectively benefit from their exceptional institutional knowledge and continued close following of the Council’s evolving working methods. Let me also thank Denmark and Pakistan for their joint stewardship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Proced…
Today’s adoption underlines the Security Council’s continued commitment to advancing peace and stability in Yemen. Resolution 2801 (2025) will support the Council’s ability to monitor, and therefore deter, violations of the arms embargo. In so doing, it will help constrain the Houthis’ capacity to d…
I thank our briefers for their valuable insights, and I welcome the representative of South Sudan to our meeting today.
I will make three points.
First, the United Kingdom remains concerned about the deterioration in the political situation in South Sudan, described in the Secretary-General’s repo…
Let me welcome you, Mr. President, to the Council and thank Sierra Leone for convening this important debate. I also thank all the briefers for their valuable contributions.
As the Secretary-General’s report (S/2025/670) highlights, the diversion of illicit small arms and light weapons persists acr…
I thank you, Madam President, for bringing us together today, and I thank the briefers for their expert insights and testimonies.
Since the first Security Council discussion on this topic in 2007 (see S/PV.5663), there has been real progress in tackling climate change, in tackling nature loss, in a…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Cong for their briefings today.
I will make three points.
First, the United Kingdom reiterates its full support for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and its mandate. The Secretary-General’s report (S/2025/649) …
We thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), the Panel of Experts on Yemen and the Security Council Affairs Division for their tireless work in implementing resolution 2758 (2024) during the reporting period.
The most recent report of the Panel of Experts on Y…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of this resolution (resolution 2797 (2025)). We welcome United States leadership on the text, which represents a step towards a just and lasting political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. This is the start of …
The United Kingdom welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which continues to play a vital role in ensuring peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I thank Greece, as penholder, for its efforts on the text.
I would also like to t…
I welcome the adoption of this resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for 12 months (resolution 2796 (2025)). I thank all Council members for engaging in a constructive and flexible manner throughout the negotiations.
This mandate plays an important …
I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Colombia in this meeting.
The United Kingdom reaffirms its unwavering support for the 2016 Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace. Over the past decade, the United Nations Verification Mission in…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Under-Secretary-General Fletcher for their powerful briefings today.
The United Kingdom called for this meeting to be brought forward to today, alongside Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Guyana and Denmark, because we are gravely concerned by the intensi…
I thank the Secretary-General for his powerful briefing.
As we reflect on the eightieth year of the United Nations, there is much to commemorate. No international organization in history has done more to lift people out of poverty, eliminate disease, respond to natural disasters, uphold human right…
I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Alakbarov for his briefing today.
For two years, the world has witnessed the terrible human cost of the Hamas terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023 and the disastrous conflict in Gaza that has claimed so many lives. We are now at an important moment of hope thanks t…
