I would like to thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Carmel Agius, and the Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for their briefings to the Security Council today.
It has now been two years since the Residual Mechanism assumed full responsibility for …
We are gathered here today in the name of prevention. International peace and security are under threat, owing to North Korea’s unabated development of ballistic-missile and nuclear-weapon technology. Despite concerted good- faith efforts by the United States to negotiate a solution, this year has s…
It is nice to see you presiding over the Council, Madam President.
The United Kingdom welcomes the efforts of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Fall, for his briefing and his work and that of his team. W…
I would like to begin by aligning the United Kingdom with the statement delivered earlier by the observer of the European Union this morning (see A/74/PV.39).
Countries in special situations — be they least- developed, landlocked, small-island, or fragile and conflict-affected countries — face spec…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. You have the United Kingdom’s full support. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Permanent Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross and His Grace the Archbishop …
The United Kingdom welcomes the opportunity to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the General Assembly this morning and to restate our full commitment to supporting the Government of Afghanistan and the crucial work of the United Nations in that country.
I want to begin, as many others have to…
As we approach the seventy-fifth anniversaries of the creation of the United Nations in 1945 and the first meetings of both the Security Council and the General Assembly in London in early 1946, the United Kingdom takes particular pride and interest in contributing to the debate on reform of the Sec…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Tanin and his team for his statement and for their continued commitment to Kosovo’s development, as laid out in the comprehensive report (S/2019/797) on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I w…
I am sure that I speak on behalf of my co-penholder, Germany, when I thank all Security Council colleagues for their very constructive engagement on resolution 2495 (2019). May I also thank our Sudanese colleagues for their cooperation and support, which, I think, is a sign of the new relationship b…
I am taking the floor to exercise the United Kingdom’s right of reply to the statement made this afternoon by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mauritius.
The United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, which has been under continuous British sovereig…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Envoy Kafando for his two and a half years of service in Burundi. Like others, we want to pay tribute to the important work of the Special Envoy and his office. The Office of the Special Envoy plays an integral role in helping to develop confidence-building …
The United Kingdom attaches great value to the role of the African Union (AU) in preventing, mediating and resolving conflicts on the African continent. This is an important element not only of our collective work as the Security Council but also of the United Kingdom’s own bilateral strategic partn…
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of this resolution.
I would like to take this opportunity to set out our position on the Western Sahara. We reaffirm our support for the efforts by the Secretary-General to advance the political process and aimed at reaching a just, realistic, pragma…
I thank you, Madam President, for coming here today. I also thank you and the German Minister for creating an environment where over two thirds of the people sitting around the table are women. That is fantastic, a taste of things to come. I hope you will visit us often.
I also wanted to congratula…
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2493 (2019), which South Africa proposed today, and we are very grateful for your efforts, Sir, to secure Council consensus on the resolution and the efforts of your Mission.
We welcome the resolution’s focus on implementation. Implemen…
The United Kingdom remains concerned by the negative trends on the ground in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. We continue to be deeply concerned by ongoing Israeli settlement advancements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in violation of international law. We urge Israel to…
I thank the Ambassador of Belgium for his briefing. Let me take this opportunity today to make three points, first, on the central role the sanctions regime plays in maintaining peace and security in the region; secondly, our expectations of the upcoming mandate renewal; and finally, the importance …
Let me, like others, thank our briefers today.
The United Kingdom welcomes the fact that the United States-brokered ceasefire is holding in north- east Syria and that the fighting appears to be over. We note the agreement announced on Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Erdoğan …
The Sudan and South Sudan are at critical junctures in their political transitions. We hope to see both Governments seize the opportunities this offers for forging a lasting and comprehensive peace in Abyei and Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. We are therefore encouraged by the recent talks betw…
I would like to thank our two briefers and commend all the work that their teams are doing on the ground.
I think that we have heard a very wide-ranging description of what is going on the ground at the moment. There are some very good parts, as Mr. Lowcock said, but also some things that we need t…
