I would like to thank both the briefers this afternoon.
The United Kingdom welcomes the Secretary- General’s first report (S/2020/123) on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). The United Kingdom is encouraged that BINUH is making a good start despite the complex a…
The United Kingdom welcomes this discussion on the situation in Ukraine. 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.
To…
I was mentioned in the Russian intervention so I would like to respond. I listen very carefully to what the Russian military say, including in briefings to the Council. I am waiting for a Russian military official to answer the question of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: how c…
At the outset, we would like to express our condolences to the families and friends of those Oxfam workers mentioned by Mr. Lowcock who were killed.
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Lowcock for their briefings.
I agree very much with my German and my American colleagues. I am not going to rehearse the…
I thank our briefers who are joining us via video-teleconference from Kyiv and the Under Secretary-General.
The Minsk agreements provide a road map to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The United Kingdom reiterates its firm support for those agreements and Ukrainian sovereig…
I would like to thank Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Lowcock, as well as Ambassador King, for their briefings. I want to state on record, once again, that we fully support the United Nations- led process and the United Nations efforts to bring peace to Yemen. We once again take this opportunity to urge all t…
Let me start by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Sori-Coulibaly and Ambassador Filho for their briefings, which set out clearly the achievements that Guinea-Bissau has made, but also some of the challenges that remain.
I would also like to welcome the Foreign Minister of th…
May I join others in thanking Belgium for convening today’s important debate. I am very pleased that the High Commissioner for Human Rights was able to join us and brief the Security Council today. May there be many more occasions where that might happen. I also thank our other two briefers.
I will…
I want to thank Their Majesties for graciously being with the Security Council today. It enhances the reputation of the Council to have them here. I also want to thank them for the amazing efforts that Belgium has long made on the issue of children in armed conflict. I am very pleased to be able to …
Resolution 2510 (2020), which we just adopted, is viable. We all want to see it implemented. I must say, it is the first time that I have heard a period of three weeks after a conference described as a rush. Some of us might think it is a bit leisurely given the situation on the ground. However, the…
I welcome you to the Security Council, Sir, for Belgium’s presidency. I join others in welcoming President Abbas and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres and Mr. Mladenov for their remarks.
As we have heard today, the Israeli-Palestinian confli…
Let me, as always, thank our briefers — Under-Secretary- General Voronkov, Executive Director Coninsx and Ms. Freij — for their briefings today. I would also like to thank the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015) conce…
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this important debate today. I also wish to thank Mr. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, for taking the time to come here, as I think it is very important for the Security Council to hear from the Organization for Security and Cooperation …
I think that the worst nightmare concerning Idlib has come to pass. As Mark Lowcock just told us, the United Nations has been warning of this day for a long time. And this is within an environment in which nightmares happen 24/7. Idlib has long been, as it were, the refuge of last resort for all tho…
Millions of people around the world are impacted directly or indirectly by the diversion of arms and illicit arms transfers. While small arms and light weapons have a legitimate role in ensuring defence and security, their diversion and misuse cost hundreds of thousands of lives every year, undermin…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2507 (2020). I would like to begin by thanking France for its efforts to secure the Council’s consensus on the resolution and for its inclusive approach to the negotiations.
We regret that, despite the considerable effort of the penholder, cons…
I am grateful to Secretaries-General Guterres and Dato Lim Jock Hoi for their briefings.
The United Kingdom has a strong and long- standing relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). We have been party to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia since 2012, a…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his briefing and for the ongoing efforts of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to broker an end to the conflict in Libya. I would like to assure Special Representative Salamé of t…
The Security Council has met month after month for over four years to support the efforts of the Special Envoy to find a political solution pursuant to resolution 2254 (2015). The success of that process depends on the genuine will of all parties to find a solution, as well as efforts to make progre…
I also thank Under- Secretary-General Lowcock for his briefing. He mentioned the experience of United Nations officers and humanitarian officials for more than nine long years in Syria. Through him, we send our thanks to them for the job they have to do in such terrible circumstances.
We are appall…
