As is clear, the United Kingdom voted in favour of the American draft resolution (S/2019/186) and against the Russian one (S/2019/190). I think the fact that the Russian draft resolution failed to obtain the required number of votes whereas the American text was vetoed accurately pinpoints the uneas…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar. It is very good to know that her office in Myanmar is up and running.
At the start, I apologize if I may have to slip away before the meeting is over. I am hosting an event for Brian Urquhart, who turned 100 today. Colleagues will know …
I would like to thank our briefers of today — Ms. DiCarlo, Under-
Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Lamamra, African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa; and Mr. Vasu Gounden — for their valuable insights. The United Kingdom warmly welcomes Equa…
Let me begin by thanking Rosemary DiCarlo for her informative and timely briefing and by thanking the United States for requesting this meeting.
Let me also begin by saying that I agree with everything that the German Ambassador said today, in particular about the importance of the Security Council…
At the outset, let me thank Ms. Reena Ghelani for her briefing, as well as to pay tribute, through her, to all the United Nations staff members who are doing such important humanitarian work in Syria.
Today Ms. Ghelani reminded us that the humanitarian situation in Syria remains grave. We cannot af…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing on her visit and the latest developments on the ground. I will focus my remarks today on three issues: the situation in Darfur, the transition and the broader situation in the Sudan.
First, on the situation in Darfur, the U…
Let me begin by thanking all those who briefed the Security Council today for their words of insight and their efforts towards bringing peace and stability to the Central African Republic. Let me also welcome to the Council Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Valérie Baïpo-Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs …
We welcome today’s debate and the opportunity to discuss the situation in Ukraine. I would like to start by joining those of my colleagues who have reiterated their unwavering support to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, including within its internationally recognized bo…
Let me join others in thanking today’s briefers for their updates on the situation in Burundi.
We welcome the efforts and dedication of former President Benjamin Mkapa in support of the East African Community-led intra-Burundi dialogue. We now look to the East African Community and the Government o…
Once again, we thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, as well as their teams, for all their work and dedication. We have heard what Mr. Griffiths a…
I would like to thank all of our briefers. The Russian Ambassador spoke at length and in colourful and imaginative language about many other actors as he introduced the topic, but he said nothing about Russia’s role. The German Ambassador — an eyewitness to the Minsk agreements — showed us why, wit…
Let me start by thanking very sincerely Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx for their briefings and ongoing efforts
to work with Member States on strengthening counter- terrorism. We also thank the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Tea…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for his briefing, and his team for their continuing dedication to this issue. I also extend a welcome to His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Serbia and Her Excellency the Ambassador of Kosovo.
I have spent a lot of my career dealing with the Balka…
I welcome you to New York, Mr. President, and thank you very much for being with us today, as well as for picking this important topic, which, as I think you have heard from all the speakers, in particular from our last speaker, has very particular resonance for a very large number of countries. Man…
I offer Equatorial Guinea a warm welcome to the Security Council and congratulate it on assuming the presidency for the month of February. I also thank and congratulate the Dominican Republic for its excellent stewardship of the Council in January.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, …
Let me begin, if I may, by welcoming Belgium and Germany to the role, with Kuwait, of humanitarian co-penholders and by thanking Kuwait and Sweden for their outstanding efforts, especially the renewal in December of
resolution 2449 (2015), on cross-border aid to Syria, for another year. Let me also…
The United Kingdom welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2453 (2019) today and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). I would just like to thank all members of the Security Council for their support in bringing these negotiations to a success…
There are probably only a few moments in history when a country’s rate of inflation has had to be measured in millions of per cent. But in the case of Venezuela, this is such a moment. Beneath that stark statistic rests a scene of total economic collapse and, with it, a comprehensive picture of huma…
Mr. President, I would like to welcome you again to the Security Council; we thank you for being with us today. I would also like to welcome the Colombian Foreign Minister, who has visited us before, and whom we thank for being with us again.
We also offer a big welcome to the Special Representativ…
I join others in welcoming the Indonesian Foreign Minister, who is a very good friend of the United Nations. I also join the American representative in expressing our deepest condolences to Chad for the loss of its peacekeepers. We send our condolences also to the victims’ families.
As other speake…
