Before I start, I just want to say categorically that the United Kingdom cares about this issue and thinks that it is an incredibly important issue, with which we need to deal very carefully and which we need to take incredibly seriously. It is very clear to me that, in this Hall this evening, this …
I want to just start by saying how much we appreciate the work that has been done by Chad and Costa Rica in facilitating draft resolution A/75/L.119. I also understand that when one is responsible for a text like this, as the Ambassador of Costa Rica is, why one would want to proceed as expeditiousl…
Let me start by expressing the United Kingdom’s enormous gratitude to Canada for its energetic chairmanship of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during a year that challenged us all.
The PBC’s many achievements in 2020 were possible only thanks to the hard work and commitment of Ambassador Rae, hi…
It is a pity to have to take the floor in this way and that my colleague from Argentina has used the issue of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic to restate her country’s erroneous claims to the Falkland Islands.
I have to insist that the United Kingdom has no doubt about its so…
I would like to start by thanking France, as penholder, for its sterling efforts to achieve this outcome. The United Kingdom supports resolution 2588 (2021), which renews the targeted sanctions and the arms embargo for a further 12 months.
We would once again like to underline that the objective of…
I would like to make a statement today briefly on agenda item 13 and the note of the Secretary-General submitted thereunder (A/75/854).
The United Kingdom remains concerned about high levels of malaria cases and deaths. To put it simply, progress has levelled off. While some countries are nearing e…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Khare for his briefing.
I will focus my remarks on three areas: the contribution of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) to Darfur, the mission’s drawdown and liquidation, and the future of Darfur.
Almost 14 years ago…
The United Kingdom abstained in the voting on today’s draft resolution S/2021/667 to show its support for the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to reject attempts to limit its powers or end the role of the High Representative prematurely. It remains the case that a reso…
The United Kingdom thanks the delegation of Morocco for its work in facilitating resolution 75/309. We support the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance. We also support freedom of expression as both a human right in itself and for the contribution it can make to suppo…
I want to thank the co-facilitators, Russia and Côte d’Ivoire, for their work on draft resolution A/75/L.109. We look forward to fully supporting the high-level meeting on improving global road safety in 2022. However, we regret that operative paragraph 12 of the draft resolution represents a depart…
My thanks go first to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General both for his briefing today and for the huge amount of work that he and his team are doing, including in what have recently been challenging circumstances. Whenever Mr. Ruiz Massieu comes to the Security Council, he clearly se…
I, too, should like to join others in welcoming Special Representative Annadif back to the Chamber today, thank him for his briefing and welcome him to his new role. We are very grateful to him for the dynamic start that he has made in the job since he began. The work that he has done on his regiona…
Before I begin my statement, I would like to join others and you, Mr. President, in condemning the abhorrent murder of President Moïse of Haiti. We send our condolences to the people of Haiti and to President Jovenel Moïse’s family, and our thoughts are with the injured first lady. The Security Coun…
The United Kingdom expresses its gratitude to the co-facilitators, Oman and Spain, for their dedicated and patient stewardship of the seventh review of the Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy. As some of our colleagues have said, strong and coordinated multilateral efforts to prevent and counter terr…
I thank Mr Lecoq for his briefing and welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The role of the High Representative remains vital and has the United Kingdom’s full support. The five objectives and two conditions for the close of the Office of the High Representative have n…
The United Kingdom thanks France as penholder for its efforts and welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for a further 12 months. We remain a strong supporter of the Mission, which plays a crucial role in promotin…
I would like to start by thanking the co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Austria and Senegal, and their teams for their tireless efforts to bring delegations together on resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B.
We sincerely regret today that all delegations could not come together to set t…
I thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Pedersen for his briefing. As others said, it is very good to see him back in the Chamber with us. I am also very grateful to Ms. Hussain for her briefing. I think that she offered us a stark description of the desperate situation in Syria, especially w…
As noted in the Secretary-General’s report of 21 May (A/75/891), there are still more than 280,000 individuals registered as internally displaced in Georgia. That is an important humanitarian issue that should be addressed, and that is why the United Kingdom, alongside so many other Member States fr…
The United Kingdom has a long history of voting in favour of this resolution. We consider the United States of America’s economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba to be harmful and counterproductive. The embargo damages the living standards of the Cuban people. And while the embargo is…
