I thank you, Madam President, for this debate and for the focus that Mexico is putting on women and peace and security this month. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing, and in particular Ms. Boughani and Ms. Lusala for their perspectives from their respective field locations…
I thank you, Mr. President, for bringing this important discussion to the Security Council. I also thank the Secretary- General and Ms. Tibán Guala for their briefings.
Systemic inequality and exclusion are often significant drivers of insecurity and protracted internal conflicts. Addressing those …
Like others, I want to start by thanking the Permanent Representatives of
Slovakia and El Salvador for their commitment over the past session, and particularly Ambassador Mlynár for all of his work in this area. The fact that he could speak with such passion and clarity today on the subject shows h…
I want to thank High Representative Obasanjo and Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for their important briefings. I also thank the African members of the Security Council — namely, Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Ireland, for calling today’s meeting and …
I would like to start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on Mexico’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and wish you all the best. I also congratulate Kenya for a very successful presidency in October.
I would like to join other Council members in welcoming the adopt…
First, let me thank you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Representatives of France and the Niger for leading our visits last weekend. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Wane, for his support, as well as the two country teams and the Secretariat. We a…
The United Kingdom would like to join others in thanking the President of the Human Rights Council for presenting the Council’s annual report (A/76/53 and A/76/53/ Add.1) today (see A/76/PV.24) and continuing the process of strengthening the links among the General Assembly, United Nations instituti…
I wish to thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, the Special Envoy and His Excellency Thabo Mbeki, for their insightful updates and reflections as well as their combined efforts over the past six months to support peace and peacekeeping in the region.
First, the United Kingdom joins C…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Emergency Relief Coordinator Griffiths for their briefings today. I would also like to thank Ms. Albarouki for her statement.
The past month has seen a worrisome increase in incidents of deadly violence in Syria. In particular, we note with concern t…
The United Kingdom welcomes the “Space2030” Agenda and implementation plan and commends the work of the Working Group on the “Space2030” Agenda of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. We are pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/76/L.3 and will continue to advocate for a safe and su…
I would like to thank Kenya for using its presidency to shine a spotlight on the Great Lakes region and for encouraging renewed commitments from the Security Council to seek sustainable solutions to the drivers of conflict in the region. Let me also thank Special Envoy Xia, Ambassador Caholo and Mrs…
I would like to thank President Agius for his report (see A/76/248), which highlights the fact that the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals continues to play a crucial role in ending impunity and implementing international justice.
As set out in the report, the Mechanism has mad…
I would like to thank all our briefers — Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ndiaye, Ambassador Adeoye, Ambassador Skoog and Ms. Derom — for their presentations. We also welcome the participation of President Touadera and support the findings set out in the report of the Secretary-Genera…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for his briefing and for his service to the international community and the people of Kosovo over the past six years. We also welcome the participation of Her Excellency the President of Kosovo and His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Serbia, which …
First, let me thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing today and the important work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. I would also like to thank our two briefers, Ms. Daniela Soto and Ms. Bibiana Peñaranda, for their persp…
I thank you, Sir, for convening us today to discuss this important issue. Our thanks also go to our briefers, not only for their valuable contributions but also all the work they do in this area in their respective fields. It was good to hear such practical and common-sense advice from them. We are …
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Keita, Ambassador Abarry and Ms. Mbangu for their briefings.
I will focus my intervention primarily on two issues, namely, the state of siege currently in place in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mi…
I add my congratulations to Ireland for a very successful presidency in September and to Kenya for assuming the presidency this month. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her helpful update and all her work in this challenging time in Haiti.
The United Kingdom welcomes t…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, and the Irish presidency for bringing us together today to underline our support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). Let me also thank our three briefers for their presentations and reiterate the United Kingdom’s congratulations to Mr. Floyd on his …
I thank the members — the faithful few — who waited until the end of today’s very important meeting. It is very good to see my audience.
An inspection of the fossil record over the past 178 million years since mammals first appeared reveals that the average mammalian species — and indeed we are all…
