I would like to begin by thanking our briefers. In particular, I would like to say to Special Representative Patten how profound and incredibly moving her testimony to the Security Council was. Her concluding words that inaction must not be allowed to take place are vital for us all. I think she has…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor for her twenty-sixth report on the situation in Darfur, for the unwavering commitment that she and her staff have shown for the investigation and for her briefing to the Security Council today.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has an important role to play…
I thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and Mr. Miroslav Jenča for their harrowing words on the dire situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Sadly, it is unsurprising that the regime maintains a stranglehold on every aspect of its citizens’ lives. …
Let me start by condemning the horrific attack on peacekeepers and host-country troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday and by offering my sincere condolences to Tanzania and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is truly shocking that peacekeepers are targeted in that way. Ou…
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this important meeting. I also thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing, in particular for his unequivocal support for the two-State solution and for his warnings against unilateral measures that jeopardize the prospects of sustainable peace for Israelis and Pal…
I would like to begin by saying how pleased the United Kingdom is to see Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and Mr. Serge Brammertz, recently Prosecutor …
I thank our briefers and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2017/969). It provideds a comprehensive summary of the actions many of us have taken to protect cultural heritage sites since the adoption of resolution 2347 (2017) and, perhaps more importantly, of what more we can all do to prevent a…
We have met too many times this year to discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s flagrant violations of unanimous Security Council decisions, and I am deeply disappointed that we have to meet again today following yet another such violation. For the third time, the Democratic People’s Rep…
I should like to thank all our briefers today for their insightful remarks on the threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters. I extend a particularly warm welcome to Ms. Michèle Coninsx on her debut.
In recent weeks and months, we have seen the near total military collapse of Da’esh in Iraq and Sy…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Keita for her briefing. Time and time again, we have voiced our despair at the depth of the suffering of the people of South Sudan. The scale of the numbers is deeply shocking: one third of the population has been forced to flee their…
I thank the briefers for updating us following the disturbing news footage that we all saw last week, showing migrants being sold into slavery in Libya.
Today, let us stand together as an international community in our commitment to eliminating the abhorrent crime of modern slavery and human traffi…
The United Kingdom welcomes this debate and resolution 2388 (2017). They are further steps towards more robust Security Council action against trafficking. I also thank you, Under Secretary of Sate Amendola, for your presence at the debate, and I also thank all of our briefers.
It was just last wee…
I thank Afghanistan and Chief Executive Abdullah for addressing the General Assembly yesterday (see A/72/PV.56), as well as Germany for leading efforts on the important draft resolution before us (A/72/L.8).
As we have been discussing, Afghanistan continues to face huge challenges to its peace and …
Last month, I was disappointed that a simple technical rollover of the mandate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) was blocked by Russia. Yesterday, I was deeply disappointed that, even after extensive efforts to reach an agr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting of the Security Council and for everything that Italy does so effectively in tackling the security challenges in the Mediterranean region. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on this complex set of issues before us.
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Today we have reached the end of the road for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). It was a road that all members of the Security Council set out on together two years ago. We did so in the hope that those using chemical weapons…
I welcome you, Mr. President, back to New York. It is a pleasure to see you at this meeting. I think your presence is a sign of your country’s commitment to the people of Libya at this difficult time for them.
I also thank Ambassador Skoog for all his hard work on the Committee established pursuant…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Tanin for his briefing. I would also like to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to the Security Council and thank both of them for their constructive statements this morning.
It has been three months since the Council la…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption today of resolution 2385 (2017), which renews the Eritrea and Somalia sanctions regimes for a further 12 months. This is a vital regime for the region — one that keeps guns and funds out of the hands of Al-Shabaab and helps to promote peace and stability acro…
I would like to start by expressing the gratitude of the United Kingdom to Ms. Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for being here today with members of her team and for presenting to the Security Council her fourteenth report and update on the activities of her …
