Throughout this process, the United Kingdom has continuously strived for consensus and has shown great flexibility. Throughout negotiations where consensus could not be reached, we have always drawn on the most recent example of agreed language from the World Health Assembly that directly relates to…
I would first like to thank the Niger for organizing this debate to discuss such an important issue and to mark the first-ever International Day to Protect Education from Attack yesterday. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba, Executive Director Fore and Mr. Tsolakis fo…
The United Kingdom supports the continued consideration of agenda item 63, “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”. We will vote in favour of its inclusion in the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, and we encourage others to do the same.
The posi…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Swan for his briefing and welcoming Ambassador Madeira and also thanking him for his comprehensive briefing, as well as Ambassador Osman.
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I want to first express my condolences to the families…
First, I should like to join others in extending condolences to France and the Niger for all those killed in yesterday’s attacks in the Niger.
Let me start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sori-Coulibaly and all the briefers for setting out clearly the challenges and oppo…
I would like to start by aligning myself with the statement made by the representative of the United States.
We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2536 (2020), renewing the targeted sanctions and arms embargo aimed at curbing the armed groups that continue to perpetrate violence in the Ce…
I thank all our briefers. I hear what you say, Mr. President, about interactivity, but this is an open meeting, and we have not had one for a couple of months, so please excuse me if I set out the United Kingdom’s position. I promise that we will be interactive in consultations.
The United Kingdom …
Before I begin my intervention, may I join you in offering our sincere thanks to the Secretariat, the interpreters and the security personnel who have made our presence here today possible. It is good to demonstrate that, when required, meetings at our Headquarters can be delivered.
I would like to…
I will not take up much of anyone’s time. I apologize to Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Rajasingham, who have had their briefings hijacked by this attention.
I would like to thank everybody for their incredibly kind words and all their friendship and cooperation and that of all their missions during my time…
At the outset, I wish to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Acting Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham, as well as both of their teams, for all the work that they are doing under very difficult circumstances. We come here every month and hear these briefings, which normally swing be…
We are grateful to China for organizing this meeting on an extremely important topic, and we very much welcome today’s adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2020/5. We are pleased in particular that it recognizes the importance of a holistic approach, regional strategies and action plans, as wel…
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2513 (2020) and that it was unanimously adopted. Today Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture. The Joint Declaration between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States of America for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, of 29…
May I say, Sir, how good it is to see you in the presidency during what I think is your last month with us in the Council, so it is very nice to see you there.
Let me also thank Special Representative Shearer for his briefing and all he has done. I would also like to thank Ms. Sunday for her very i…
Let me join others in welcoming you to the presidency, Sir, and say that the United Kingdom looks forward to working with you and your delegation. I also thank the representative of
Belgium for an excellent stewardship of the Council’s business during the month of February.
Let me start by thankin…
We welcome the attendance and briefing by the Secretary-General today and, of course, by Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo. We share the Secretary-General’s concern at the gravity of the situation and the real risk of escalation and echo his call for an immediate ceasefire.
The Council has met so oft…
I would like to welcome you, Sir, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany to the Council today. I thought he was totally right. As he said, it is ever more difficult to put the human suffering in Idlib into words. It is so true, as we see the terrible human consequences of the escalating vio…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your briefing this afternoon.
The Somalia sanctions regime represents a shared effort by Somalia and its international partners to tackle the greatest threats to Somalia’s peace and security and to support long-term security sector reform. Its nature as a partial emb…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and Ambassador Zlauvinen for their briefings.
Over the past 50 years, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has minimized the proliferation of nuclear weapons, provided the framework to enable significant le…
I am very pleased that resolution 2511 (2020) has been adopted, but disappointed that two members of the Council wanted to abstain when we have previously been able to have united agreement on Yemen. I am particularly disappointed that this took place after extensive negotiations this morning, reope…
I would like to thank our briefers. I thought Dan Smith’s briefing was particularly interesting. It is a helpful reminder that it is rarely the case in States like Somalia that all of a country’s problems can be fixed through a top-down political process in smoke-filled rooms in the capital city and…
