I wish to thank you, Sir, and the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting on this important subject.
At the outset, the United Kingdom should like to align itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
The United Kingdom welcomes the report of t…
I thank the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing today. I welcome to the Council Prime Ministers Thaçi and Vučić.
The United Kingdom welcomes Kosovo’s continued progress on the international stage, including the recent statement by the Internation…
I will start where the representative of Lithuania ended, by thanking Ambassador Oh Joon and the Republic of Korea for their strong leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years. Their engagement and drive has been essential to the work of this im…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I want to add my thanks to those of others to Special Envoy David Nabarro, Special Representative Anthony Banbury, and Thomas Mauget for their tireless work in combating this epidemic. I do not want those thanks to sound formulaic. Th…
I welcome High Representative Valentin Inzko back to the Council and thank him for his twelfth report to the Secretary- General (S/2014/777, annex). Once more, his report highlights honestly and objectively the challenges that Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to face and the crucial importance of th…
I thank the Prosecutor for her briefing on Libya and for introducing the report submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
The United Kingdom is concerned about the continued violence and political instability in Libya. The recent Supreme Court ruling that the internation…
I thank you, Madam President, for holding this important debate today and for your personal commitment to this issue. I also warmly thank Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, Mr. Mulet and Mr. Beyani for their compelling and sobering briefings. I would particularly like to welcome Ms. Suaad Allami from Iraq and to th…
The United Kingdom welcomes the fact that the Security Council voted unanimously in favour of the renewal of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). We also welcome the spirit of compromise and flexibility displayed on all sides during the negotiations on the text of resolution…
It is a pleasure to be here today to reiterate the United Kingdom’s full support for the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and its subsequent reviews.
In 1994 the Cairo Conference produced an agreement that was a major landmark in recognizing t…
This year we face extraordinary tests of our values and our resolve. In responding to the aggression against one of our Member States, Ukraine; in seeking peace in the Middle East; in dealing with the terrifying spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa; and in overcoming what I want to focus on toda…
The conflict in Iraq and Syria is shocking the world with its barbarity. The cruelty that is being meted out — beheadings, eyes being gouged out, rape — is horrific. It is literally medieval in its character. The appalling murder of the French citizen Hervé Gourdel is the latest horror. The French …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting on this vital issue. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his powerful statement on a health crisis that has profound implications for us all. The United Kingdom aligns itself with the statement made earlie…
I warmly welcome your initiative, Mr. President, in convening today’s important meeting on Iraq. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mladenov and Foreign Minister Al-Jaafari for their informative briefings.
I would like to congratulate Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi on the forma…
I thank the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), under the chairmanship of Ambassador Quinlan, as well as the Panel of Experts, for their continued work in supporting the implementation of the Security Council’s resolutions on Iran.
Negotiations between the E3+3 and Iran on a c…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Honoré for her briefing today and for her work in Haiti. Under her leadership, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) continues to make a valuable contribution to ensuring stability and progress in Haiti.
We welcome the S…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s debate. I would also like to thank Ambassadors Drobnjak and Patriota for their briefings.
This meeting is a timely opportunity to reflect on the experience of the United Nations in helping countries recover from conflict with a particular focus on the importa…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš for his update to the Council and Mr. Fedotov for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his remarks. I will focus today on four areas: elections, security, engagement with the Government of Afghanistan and counter-narcotics.
Si…
I would like to thank the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), under the chairship of Ambassador Gary
Quinlan, as well as its Panel of Experts, for their continued work in supporting the Security Council’s resolutions on Iran.
The E3+3 and Iran have reached a critical point in…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for the briefings that we have just heard and for the detailed and thorough work being undertaken by the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine.
Let me start with the positive. Th…
