That was a very moving conclusion from Mr. Lillie.
I just wanted to say that I would like the record to show that I did not get answers to my questions from someone who ought to have been able to answer them and that, for as long as we do not have answers to those questions, the types of suffering,…
It is dangerous to humanitarian workers on the ground to allege a connection with the Al-Nusra Front when none exists. I want to put that on the record because that could really put lives at risk.
At the outset I should like to thank the briefers.
I think Mr. David Lillie was right to challenge us. Humanitarian workers deserve our praise, thanks, admiration and, above all, Security Council efforts to protect them. I am sorry that those efforts have been found wanting. I will come back to tha…
I would like to thank our briefers. I want to express our strong support for Special Representative Shearer and the men and women serving in South Sudan on behalf of all of us here, and to thank them for all that they are doing on the ground.
On many occasions the United Kingdom has welcomed the ge…
As a co-penholder, the United Kingdom would like to echo the words of the Polish representative, Ambassador Wronecka, and thank the Security Council members for their constructive and thoughtful contributions during the negotiation process. The United Kingdom would like to express special thanks to …
I thank our briefers. I thought their briefings today were particularly insightful and clear.
While it is good to hear that security has broadly improved in some areas over the past six months, I would like to start by offering my condolences to the families of those killed in the attacks by member…
Before I start on the Middle East, I would just like to say how sorry we were to hear about the terrorist attack on 16 June in Nigeria, near Maiduguri, which killed at least 30 people. The press statement on that attack (SC/13852) that the Security Council just issued is welcome, but our sympathies …
We welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General back to the Council and thank him for his briefing. We also thank our Afghan colleague for hers. I am very pleased to welcome Ms. Samar back to the Council; I knew her well when I was in Kabul two years after she became the first civil s…
Let me thank the Prosecutor for her twenty-ninth report on the situation in Darfur pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005) and her briefing to the Security Council today. I would particularly like to commend the Prosecutor and her staff on their continued dedication and hard work on the investigations in…
For the record, then, the answer is that we should trust the information from Russian intelligence about strikes on rebel-held territory, but when the information is provided by independent experts of the United Nations, we should not trust it.
My Ambassador has apologized for the fact that she had to leave the meeting and has asked me just to make a couple of final points on the substance of the issue at hand today, as opposed
to some of the extraneous points that have been brought up by some speakers. My points refer back to the strikes…
I thank both Under- Secretaries-General for their respective briefings. Through them, I should also like to pay tribute to and thank all United Nations personnel and humanitarian workers on the ground in Syria and neighbouring countries who are risking their lives to try and make the situation bette…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your guidance to limit today’s meeting to questions. I will do so. I have to say that following our Polish colleague’s intervention, that he has already taken some of my questions. Therefore, I think that, as you will speak last, Sir, that you will have a difficult ti…
As this is the first time that I personally take the floor during your presidency, Mr. President, I would like to welcome you to the position and pledge the United Kingdom’s support for Kuwait during this month. I would also like to thank your predecessor.
This is a very difficult set of issues, as…
Let me, too, thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Gilmour for their briefings this morning.
Let me speak a little, first, about the wider situation in the Sudan and its impact on Darfur and then, secondly, on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darf…
I thank the Secretaries-General for their briefings today. I want to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Kuwait on organizing this first meeting with the League of Arab States under this agenda item. We agree with others that sustainable long-term peace and prosperity is best achieved through coord…
Let me also thank our briefers today. The United Kingdom held an open debate on mediation during our own presidency of the Security Council in August (see S/PV.8334). We are very glad to see the Kuwaiti presidency taking the debate further, because we believe that mediation can and does work. We bel…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General Annadif for his very clear and objective briefing. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Dramé to the Council. I look forward to hearing from him in a few minutes’ time.
Let me begin by joining others in offering …
I would like to formally welcome you today, Mr. President, to the Council. I congratulate you and your team on presiding over it and thank you for the great work you have already done this month.
Every year, thousands of people go missing amid violence and armed conflict. Every one of those missing…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and the Under-Secretary-General for their briefings today. I would also like to thank the Special Representative and his team for their continued dedication to Kosovo.
Since the United Nations Interim Administration Missi…
