I thank Under- Secretary-General Lowcock for his very detailed briefing. I would also like to thank Special Representative Gamba for her briefing. It was particularly useful to be reminded of the horrific suffering of Syrian children throughout the conflict.
We should all remember that one of the s…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Zerrougui for her very clear briefing. I would also like to thank the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for all the important work it does in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I furt…
Let me begin by welcoming His Excellency Vice-President Óscar Naranjo Trujillo back to the Council, and allow me also to thank him warmly for the personal leadership he has shown in implementing the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace and in working very c…
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and for his recent work with Egypt to secure a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. It is essential that the ceasefire be respected and maintained by all sides. The people of Israel and Gaza deserve peace and security.
The escalation seen…
Let me begin by thanking Commissioner Chergui for his briefing and for the work of the African Union (AU) to bring peace and security to Africa. I would also like to welcome Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zewde to her
new role and thank her for her briefing, presentation of the rep…
I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming our new colleague from Côte d’Ivoire. We look forward to working with him and would like to thank Ambassador Alcide Djédjé for his excellent cooperation in the interim.
We voted in favour of resolution 2428 (2018), but listening to some of the explana…
May I once again thank and congratulate Sweden for selecting such a good menu of themes for us to discuss in the Security Council. I was here in 2007 for the first Security Council climate change debate (see S/PV.5663), and I think that today’s discussion is already shaping up to be a very worthy co…
I thank you very much indeed, Madam President, for being with us again today. It is fantastic to have you here. I thank you for all the work Sweden has done on this important dossier, and particularly for keeping it at the forefront of our minds in the Security Council and for the way you have tried…
Let me join others in welcoming Sweden’s presidency of the Security Council and in thanking Russia for its stewardship during the previous month. We are also very pleased, Mr. Prime Minister, that you have convened this open debate today. It is very important for the Council to focus on the protecti…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev for his briefing, and through
him I would like to extend the United Kingdom’s appreciation for all the work carried out by United Nations staff working on mine action, especially in the United Nations Mine Action Service.
I thank the Secretary-General for …
I wish to thank our three briefers today. This is an important issue, so I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this debate.
For the United Kingdom’s part, we welcome the thorough and well-evidenced report on the ongoing implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2018/602). We are aware o…
I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Mr. John Ging for their briefings. Through them, allow me once again to thank their teams on the ground, which are doing good work in very difficult circumstances.
As there was positive news on the political front and as we do not often have such new…
I thank the briefers, particularly Special Representative Yamamoto, for updating the Council on the latest report (S/2018/539) and for all of the work that he and his team are doing in challenging circumstances.
This feels like a moment of opportunity for Afghanistan. Recent events, including the u…
I would like to begin by aligning the United Kingdom with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union, and I thank the Ambassadors of Finland and Jordan and their experts for their tireless efforts over the past month.
The United Kingdom is pleased that we, the States member…
I would like to align myself with the statements made earlier by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect.
We welcome the inclusion of the responsibility to protect as a formal agenda item of the General…
I would like to thank the Russian Federation for the opportunity to discuss holistically the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. I think that we all agree that many of the conflicts in the region share root causes and complex linkages. We agree that an approach to resolving such conflicts…
At the outset, allow me to thank our briefers, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative Nébié and Brigadier General Maio, for their briefings and their and their teams continued efforts in the Central African Republic. We know how difficult and chall…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor for her twenty-seventh report on the situation in Darfur, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), and for her briefing today. I would also like to commend her and her staff for their hard work and dedication in the investigations.
The International Criminal Court (I…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and welcome His Excellency Mr. Coulibaly to the Council today.
The United Kingdom continues to support the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). We recognize the challenging circumstances in whic…
I wish to thank our briefers today — Ambassador Fall for his report and for his team’s work in this challenging region, and Ambassador Allam-Mi for his comments. I welcome him to the Security Council; it is good to see him today, because regional organizations like his are essential, and we are plea…
