I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate today. I also thank the Secretary-General, Committee Chairs and the Secretary General of INTERPOL for their briefings.
As a diplomat now running an interior ministry, I particularly welcome this initiative to use the convening power of…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I welcome the adoption of resolution 2222 (2015) — the first in nine years on this important issue — and congratulate you, Sir, on the leadership Lithuania has shown in moving the issue forward.
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing. I welcome the fact that we are again joined by Deputy Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaçi, and I thank them for their interventions.
It has been three months since we last met to discuss the United Nations Interim Administration …
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of today’s important resolution 2220 (2015). We thank Lithuania for the leadership and tenacity it has shown on the issue, with efforts that build innovatively on resolution 2117 (2013), which was the Council’s first on small arms and light weapons.
Today ma…
I would like to begin by expressing the heartfelt condolences of the Government and the people of the United Kingdom to the Government and the people of Nepal and to all those who have lost family, friends and livelihoods in this dreadful tragedy.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General fo…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important open debate on small arms and light weapons and for your leadership on this issue. I welcome the briefings by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid. I also thank Karamoko Diakité, for sharing his perso…
I thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing today. It is fitting that my first statement in an open debate of the Security Council is on the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Earlier in my career, I served in the British delegation at the Dayton peace talks. I saw first- hand how the interna…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor for her latest report on Libya and for her briefing today.
The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict in Libya. The situation remains fragile and the fighting has continued. While we welcome the progress that has been made in the Unit…
This weekend, countries across the world will pause and mourn the millions of innocent men, women and children who lost their lives in the Second World War. Whatever flag they followed, whether civilian or soldier, we will remember them.
In our remembrance, we will also celebrate the heroism and ex…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2218 (2015). In co-sponsoring it, we wish to reiterate our full support for the Secretary-General, Special Representative Bolduc and Ambassador Ross. We appreciate their efforts to achieve a lasting and mutually acceptable political
solution th…
I thank you, Madam, for convening today’s important debate and for giving it a lot of publicity through Twitter.
I welcome the Secretary-General’s report (S/2015/203), which is a vital framework for all of us. I particularly want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bangura for…
Let me begin by condemning the Al-Shabaab attack this weekend in Mogadishu. Our colleague, Ambassador Yusuf Bari- Bari, Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was among those killed. Ambassador Yusuf will be remembered as someone who worked tirelessly at the Human Rights…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate on the victims of attacks and abuses on ethnic or religious grounds in the Middle East. I also thank the Secretary-General and all of the briefers for their thoughtful and sobering statements.
Last week I had the somber privilege of…
I thank the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and the Panel of Experts for their continued
work in supporting implementation of the Security Council’s resolutions on Iran. I particularly welcome Spain’s leadership on this sensitive issue.
We have made progre…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing today. The United Kingdom welcomes the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2015/157) and appreciates the valuable contribution that the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MIN…
In response to the point made by our Russian colleague, the focus on Ukraine reflected the serious nature of the situation on the ground there, precipitated by Russia’s actions and support for the separatists involved in the conflict. Our calls throughout have been clear. We have called on all sides…
I thank the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing today. I also welcome First Deputy Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaçi to the Security Council.
Since the Council last met in this format (see S/PV.7327), only two months ago, we have witnessed welcome …
I would like to thank the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) under the leadership of Ambassador Quinlan, as well as the Panel of Experts, for their
continued work in supporting implementation of the Security Council’s resolutions on Iran. The United Kingdom would like to pay w…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her report and for her briefing today.
The United Kingdom very much regrets that the situation in Darfur has not improved since the Prosecutor last addressed the Council in June (S/PV.7199). As her report highlights, the ongoing aerial bombardments, gro…
I would like to begin by once again expressing the United Kingdom’s continued support for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugsolavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Their work remains vital to en…
