I thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. I join others in thanking the Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Chawahir Mohamed and Mr. Smail Chergui for their briefings, and all the ministers for their presence.
As we have just heard, Africa is often associated with the scourge of war. In countries such …
I thank you, Mr. President, for agreeing to hold this meeting at our request. I also thank Mr. Feltman and Mr. O’Brien for their highly effective briefings today.
I would like to begin with the harrowing words of Stefan Heunis, a photographer working for Agence France-Presse who visited a camp for …
I thank you, Sir, for agreeing to hold this meeting in open session today. Enough is enough. We need to break with tradition and have this debate in public because it is vital that the world hear the reality of life in Syria. I therefore thank Under-Secretary O’Brien for his sobering briefing.
It i…
This is my first my visit to the United Nations as Foreign Secretary, and I am delighted that it has coincided with the unanimous adoption of resolution 2298 (2016), which marks an important step forward for international peace and security. I recognize that this excellent work goes on day in and da…
The working methods of the Security Council are absolutely key. Done well, they facilitate our work, provide a framework for our deliberations and allow us to take decisions that can help maintain international peace and security. Done less well, they prevent all that. Japan wrote the working method…
I thank the Secretary-General for his first report (S/2016/589) on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). It has been produced in challenging circumstances, but it is a strong
report that covers the full range of implementation. I also thank both briefers, and Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing today.
I want to begin by welcoming the Quartet’s report on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. I join others in thanking the Quartet Envoys and principals for all their hard work in producing
that important analysis on t…
I congratulate Japan on its assumption of the Council presidency, and thank France for its very efficient running of the Council’s business last month.
I should like to take this opportunity to join Egypt in paying tribute to the role of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). As we review t…
Ten years ago we adopted by consensus the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. It was a major step forward for a coordinated, united, global response to the international terrorist threat. That strategy remains a vital reference point today. However, in the past decade terrorism has evo…
Like others, allow me to begin by expressing my sincere condolences to the Government and people of Turkey for the appalling attack on Istanbul International Airport.
Very briefly, with regard to Mali, I welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2295 (2016). It provides the United Nations Multid…
As the Security Council’s penholder for Darfur, the United Kingdom wholeheartedly welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2296 (2016), which extends the important work of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for another year. I also welcome the constructive spirit i…
I would like to to use this opportunity to add my voice to others on behalf of my Government to thank Special Representative Haysom for the way he has carried out what I think is an extraordinarily tough job, and one that he has
done with both flair and commitment. On behalf of my Government, addin…
At the outset, I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the representative of the United States following the horrific attack in Orlando on Saturday. This was a hateful act of terror against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and the United States has the fullest support …
Let me begin by welcoming President Touadera to the Council and thanking him and Mr. Maurer for their briefings. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and for his report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2016/447).
My conclusion from this debate so far, sadly,…
I would like to associate myself with the remarks made by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union (see A/70/PV.99).
It is an honour to address the General Assembly. The United Kingdom was proud to be at the forefront of this agenda in 2001, 2006 and 2011, and we are pr…
Let me begin by thanking Prosecutor Bensouda for her twenty-third report and for briefing us today on the activities of her Office concerning the situation in Darfur.
Like others here, the United Kingdom is deeply concerned about the increased violence in Darfur this year, in particular in Jebel Ma…
I thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and the Prosecutor of the ICTY and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the reports and today’s briefings.
At the outset, let m…
The United Kingdom will vote in favour of draft resolution A/70/L.51 today. The draft resolution seeks to reaffirm the inalienable right of internationally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees to return to their homes in a safe and dignified manner, regardless of their ethnic origin. Let me be clea…
Let me begin by welcoming Ms. Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, back to the Council today. I thank her for her informative briefing this morning.
As the High Representative and other have set out, the European Union (EU) and regional organ…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the start of your presidency for the month of June.
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I am very grateful that France scheduled this debate today. The women and peace and security agenda is a high priority for the United Kingdom, and I am very glad th…
