As I have taken the floor once today already, I will be brief. With regard to Karl Marx, I think he must be turning in his grave to see what the country that was founded on many of his precepts is doing in the name of supporting Syria by condoning the use of chemical weapons on Syrian territory.
We…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2410 (2018) today and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) for a further 12 months. As the United States has made clear, today’s vote is not a reflection of MINUJUSTH or the Government…
This is a sad day for the Security Council; it is a sad day for the cause of universal norms and standards; and it is a sad day for the non-proliferation regime. But, above all, it is a very sad day for the people of Douma, who now are without the protection that the international system was set up …
I wanted to take the floor because we are at an important point in this region. I also want to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General back to the Security Council and, through him, to thank the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the C…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I want to clarify something. The Russian Ambassador’s English is far too good for him not to have understood me when I spoke on 5 April (see S/PV.8224). The investigation of the Salisbury incident that is under way is an independent police investigation, a…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria and Mr. Markram for their briefings. I also thank all the United Nations teams on the ground for the important and incredibly difficult work they do.
As Staffan de Mistura said, this is an important Security Council meeting. My Government…
I will not detain my colleagues for very long. There is another very good quote from Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There: “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” I think that is the quote that suits my Russian colleague bes…
We did not seek this meeting, but we take requests from the Council for meetings very seriously. I am pleased to be able to update the Council on some developments, but I am also pleased to be able to provide the intellectual clarity that our Russian colleague has called for. In my statement, I will…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for his briefing.
I would like to start by also saluting Dr. Morad. I thank him for his work, and I thank Ambassador Haley for drawing our attention to his presence in this Chamber today. I also thank all those members of the United Nations, the Interna…
I would like to join my colleagues in congratulating you, Sir, on your presidency, and thanking the Netherlands for theirs. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for his briefing. It was very good to have news of his visit in March and to see the degree to which the Security Council’s mandate is …
I would like to start by agreeing with my colleague from the United States that it is a shame that our Israeli colleagues are unable to participate owing to the start of Passover this evening.
The United Kingdom is appalled by the deaths and injuries suffered during today’s events on Gaza’s borders…
I would like to welcome you to the Council today, Mr. President, and to thank France for its work in facilitating the unanimous adoption of resolution 2409 (2018).
I would like to concentrate on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) …
I thank you, Mr. President, both for being here today to underscore the vital importance of this topic and, in particular, for your very powerful statement. The United Kingdom supports your call for a referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court.
I also wish to express our…
I offer very many thanks to colleagues for their warm welcome, as this is the first time I take the floor as the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom. It is an enormous honour to represent the United Kingdom. It is very nice for me personally to be back in New York. I see many good friends…
Today our briefers have sounded the alarm and warned us of the surging levels of acute hunger, which are largely attributable to conflict. But that is not for the first time. More than a year ago, the Secretary-General drew the Council’s attention to the change in the long-term trend in global hunge…
I would like to thank you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing today’s briefing and for giving us the opportunity to discuss the situation in the Lake Chad basin one year after we in the Council visited the region and adopted resolution 2349 (2017), which was unique in its comprehensive approach…
I thank our briefers for their clear and detailed accounts. They have set out why there has been such a rapid increase in humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As Under-Secretary-General Lowcock reported, the number of people in need of aid in the Democratic Republic of the Co…
My Russian colleague has asked some questions that I thought I should answer.
He asked why we came to the Security Council. Is the Security Council not where a country comes
when there has been a threat to international peace and security or an unlawful attack on it?
He asked if we will work with…
I thank you, Sir, for arranging this urgent meeting of the Security Council today to give the United Kingdom the opportunity to update Council colleagues on our investigation into a nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
On Sunday, 4 March, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were found in the …
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and, through him, may I thank all of those trying to supply the desperately needed humanitarian response on the ground. They are indeed valiant.
Sixteen days ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2401 (2018). We did so because we and…
