I thank Special Envoy Hiroute Guebre Sellassie for her briefing and take this opportunity to welcome her to her new role. I also want to thank the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Said Djinnit, for his work over recent months to begin the implementation of the integrated s…
We thank Ms. Bensouda for her report and her briefing today. In December last year, we expressed our concern at the lack of progress since she last addressed the Council (see S/PV.7080). It is extremely depressing that we must do so once again now.
First and foremost, that lack of progress is evide…
Today I have the real honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States. On behalf of the Group, I would like to offer our warm congratulations to His Royal Highness Prince Zeid on his appointment to this important office.
The promotion and protec…
I congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the successful completion of the fourth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We thank the Mission of Turkey for its able facilitation of the review and express our profound solidarity with Turkey after the kidnapping …
The United Kingdom would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/68/825) on progress towards achieving the commitments set out in the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (resolution 65/277, annex). The report highlights the important progress we have made globally …
At the outset, I would like to thank President Meron, President Joensen, Prosecutor Brammertz and Prosecutor Jallow for the reports that they have presented to the Council today. I would also like to reiterate the United Kingdom’s continued support for the very important work being carried out by bo…
I thank the Committee Chairs for their important briefings to the Council today.
Terrorism is regrettably an agile and evolving threat that requires us to be a step ahead and to anticipate developments. Since our last meeting on this subject (see S/PV.7071), the Council has taken further steps to a…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing today. I am delighted to welcome to the Council Her Excellency President Atifete Jahjaga and His Excellency President Tomislav Nikolić.
We recognize that President Nikolić’s visit comes at a ve…
I would like to join others in welcoming High Representative Valentin Inzko back to the Council and to thank him for his comprehensive and objective report (S/2014/314, annex). The United Kingdom strongly supports the work of the High Representative and his ongoing commitment to ensure the implement…
I too thank the Prosecutor for her report and briefing on the situation in Libya.
The United Kingdom is concerned about the continued deterioration in security and political stability, which continues to hamper overall progress towards a secure, stable and prosperous Libya. Libya is now at a critic…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Moussa for his statement this morning. I pay tribute to him for his contribution to peace and security in the Central African region during his tenure at the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). The United Ki…
I thank you, Madame President, for convening this important debate today. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2014/181), and in particular Special Representative Bangura, her staff, the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, and United Nations country te…
I thank the President for having convened this annual meeting. I wold also like to thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for his briefing, and the Secretariat for having prepared the report (A/68/729).
The year 2013 represented a mixed year for United Nations peacebuilding. In parallel to…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Sandra Honoré, for her briefing today. We recognize the continued contribution of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to stability and progress in Haiti, and I would like to thank the departing Force…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. I would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme for their briefings.
I would like to focus on three issues: first, impr…
I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming the President of the Swiss Confederation, His Excellency Mr. Didier Burkhalter, to the Council today, and to thank him for setting out his priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The Unite…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Baroness Catherine Ashton for their statements and express our full support for the presidential statement just adopted by the Council (S/PRST/2014/4). I would also like to say …
I thank you, Madam President, for holding this important debate today. I also thank High Commissioner Pillay, Under- Secretary-General Amos, Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Director-General Daccord for their compelling and thoughtful contributions …
I thank the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing today. I am also delighted to welcome to the Council His Excellency Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo and His Excellency Prime Minister Ivica Dačić of Serbia.
The United Kingdom is grateful for …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/721) and Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing. I would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his important statement today.
I would first like to join with others in expressing our sadness at today’s crash in southern…
