I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this briefing. It is very good to hear from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, and I thank him for everything he said. I want to start by also thanking him for restructuring the United Nations Support Mission in Libya a…
Like others, I would like to start by thanking Ambassador Wronecka, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, for her briefing and for her continued efforts as Chair, based of course on her considerable personal experience. It is disappointing that o…
Let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing and wish her well in her new role, as this is the first time that I have seen her since she took it up. I also welcome the presence of Her Excellency Foreign Minister Camara in the Security Council.
I will focus largely on the implemen…
The fact that we have been fortunate enough to have so many briefers today testifies to the importance of this issue. I would like to thank them and like to thank in particular Minister Malanji and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for being with us. I would like to make five brief…
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his briefing and for his team’s work in West Africa and the Sahel. His efforts continue to be an invaluable bulwark against the forces of instability in the region.
The United Kingdom welcomes the progress set out by the Sp…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for scheduling this meeting. I also thank Martin Griffiths and his team, Mark Lowcock and all the humanitarians. I think it is very good that the Security Council has been able to be united on this very important issue. It is very good that we can have a timely …
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassador Vieira for their briefings today.
I would like to commend the hard work conducted by the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Se…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling the vote on resolution 2451 (2018) at this time. I also thank my colleagues, members of the Security Council, for their collegiality and cooperation, allowing us to adopt a unanimous resolution — the first resolution on this kind of subject —…
I thank Mr. Thiaw, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, for briefing us today. We are pleased to hear of the progress made to operationalize and deliver the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. He and his team deserve real credit for the 2018 Support Plan, which has r…
Like others, I pay tribute to our good friend and colleague Staffan. It was a sad day when we learned that he would step down. He has given the most enormous service to the United Nations. I personally have worked with him on Afghanistan and other issues, and his track record in that country, in Ira…
The United Kingdom would like to express its support for the statement to be delivered by the representative of Denmark, on behalf of a group of countries. I will also set out here why the United Kingdom supports the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (resolution 73/195).
Migrat…
May I say, at the outset, how much we welcome Côte d’Ivoire’s initiative to bring this issue back to the Council’s agenda, which I think we last considered in 2013. It is a timely moment to look at it.
May I also welcome the briefing by Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Off…
I would like to join other colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing.
I would also like to join other colleagues in making clear that the United Kingdom also condemns Hizbullah’s building of tunnels leading into Israel. As others have noted, that is a clear…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, along with Norway, Argentina and Italy, for organizing this important meeting. I was particularly pleased to hear the statements of Ms. Jilani, Ms. Mogwe and Ms. Simbiri-Jaoko. They and their fellow human rights defenders are the lifeblood o…
Five years ago, fighting broke out in South Sudan. Over the past five years, nearly 400,000 people have been killed. Lives have been lost and futures have ended. But in 2018 we have seen significant progress. A year ago, the peace process was stalled. In September, the parties signed the Revitalized…
Before I start, could I, through the American delegation, pass on a tribute to Ambassador Haley in connection with her time on the Council. Her ambition for the Council and her commitment to delivery and effectiveness have really helped moved issues and ourselves forward. So I would ask the United S…
I would like to sincerely thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing on the most recent report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/1092). I would also like to thank Mr. Fedotov and Ambassador Umarov for their briefings today. I join other colleagues in thanking Ms. Ghiza…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for his briefing. I also listened very carefully to what President Vučić and President Thaçi said today.
We believe that Kosovo’s development of its own armed forces is within its sovereign right as a self-governing independent State, and we urge Kosovo to do it…
I would first like to thank the Prosecutor for her twenty-eighth report on the situation in Darfur and for her briefing today. I would also like to commend the hard work that she and her staff have done in relation to this investigation and their commitment to making progress and getting justice for…
I would like to welcome the new Yemeni representative to the Council. This is a good day for all of Yemen. I want to congratulate and commend Mr. Griffiths and his team for the work they have done to bring about these developments. But, as Mr. Griffiths himself said, we should also thank and commend…
