Again, I will speak very briefly. Setting aside the fact that this is an unfortunate attempt to ambush the General Assembly with such language after the modalities draft resolution, contained in document A/75/L.59, was negotiated over several months and where those of us who put forward
amendments …
I take the floor to object to the draft oral amendment proposed by the Russian Federation to insert a new paragraph after paragraph 11 because the Russian Federation, having just resoundingly lost the vote on draft amendment A/75/L.61, is now trying to bind the hands of the General Assembly on futur…
I would like to start by reiterating the United Kingdom’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, including within its internationally recognized borders and territorial waters.
It is seven years since Russia seized the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and…
I simply wanted to respond to the amendment proposed by the Russian delegation and to say very clearly that the United Kingdom does not support the removal of the phrase “including key populations” from the text.
To remove the phrase is an attempt to ignore the fact that there are groups disproport…
May I begin by joining you, Mr. President, in warmly thanking our co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Australia and Namibia, for their excellent work on this text. We look forward to participating fully in the high- level meeting on HIV and AIDS to be held in June.
We bring draft amen…
May I begin by responding to your New Year’s message, Sir, by extending the United Kingdom’s thanks for your leadership and dynamism during this particularly challenging period. As you said, we have achieved a great deal over the past four months, and we wish you well for the remainder of your term.…
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the facilitators of this year’s resolution on crimes against humanity (resolution 75/136) for their efforts in trying once again to build consensus on this important topic.
The draft articles tackle an important lacuna in international law. There are a…
The United Kingdom is grateful to the facilitators for their leadership on the draft resolutions (A/75/L.11, A/75/L.42, A/75/L.43 and A/75/L.44) before us, and we welcome the approach taken not to reopen the text.
We would like to express our disappointment at the call for a vote by the United Stat…
The year 2020 has been like no other. Tragically, many have died or fallen ill as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, and the virus has triggered a global recession not seen since the 1930s. We risk losing decades of human progress, extreme poverty is rising for the first time i…
The United Kingdom is pleased to participate in today’s debate on Afghanistan. Before I start, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Germany for introducing draft resolution A/75/L.45 and for his team’s able stewardship of the negotiations.
I would also like to thank Afghanistan and…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Leila Zerrougui for her briefing today.
I would like to commend the continuation of the vital operations of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), despite the …
The United Kingdom is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/75/L.37.
As the world has faced the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic this year, collective international efforts have rightly prioritized the continued functioning of global supply chains to ensure the resilience of our national …
Please allow me to share an explanation of position on resolution 75/16, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The United Kingdom continues to support this resolution and cooperation between the United Nations and the OIC. However, as we have e…
Allow me, at the outset, to join others in congratulating Ambassador Joanna Wronecka of Poland and Ambassador Alya Al-Thani on their recent appointments as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We are grateful to them for taking up that important responsib…
The United Kingdom voted in favour of decision 75/510 and is pleased to see that it has secured a significant majority.
It will enable the General Assembly to continue to function in exceptional circumstances where in-person meetings are not possible. In doing so, it facilitates the democratic func…
I will be very brief. In our Organization’s seventy-fifth year, the revitalization of its work has never been more important. The initial
results of the global consultation launched to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations send us a clear message. There is widespread support for …
I would like to make a few short remarks in response to the explanation of vote by the representative of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Federation expressed concerns about references to the relationship between Eritrea and Djibouti. This is a direct bilateral dispute, but one that the Council …
We simply wish to say at this point that resolutions commemorating important anniversaries to mark the end of the Second World War have been negotiated by the Assembly for a long time. In this instance, we engaged constructively from the beginning of the process, repeatedly raising our concerns as I…
It is difficult to follow the powerful words from my friend from the Canadian delegation. I thank her for those.
We simply wish to join Germany in supporting its proposed deletion of the fifth preambular paragraph contained in A/75/L.6.
The United Kingdom also strongly supports the aim of the draf…
The United Kingdom thanks you, Mr. President, and the co-facilitators, Azerbaijan and Canada, for the work done on this modalities resolution over the past two months.
The United Kingdom voted in favour of resolution 75/4, and we believe that we must now turn our attention to what the General Assem…
