Many thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I also express my thanks for the briefings that we have heard. Given the mounting demands on the United Nations to support countries emerging from conflict, such as the Sudan and Côte d’Ivoire, this debate provides a timely opportunity to…
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier for his briefing today and for his continuing strong leadership of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I would also like to welcome Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, and …
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Amos, Under- Secretary-General Le Roy and Assistant Secretary- General Šimonović for sharing their thoughts with the Council today.
Civilian protection has taken on a new significance in recent months as worrying security situations and reports of hu…
I express our thanks to the High Representative for his frank and dispassionate report. The United Kingdom strongly supports his ongoing work in Bosnia and Herzegovina and shares his deep concerns about the situation there and its deterioration over the past few months.
Seven months after elections…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing.
Over the past few months, we have witnessed seismic shifts across the Middle East. There have been tragic events, the loss of innocent lives and Governments’ brutal repression of aspirations to change. However, there has also be…
I would first like to express the thanks of my Government to the Secretary-General, President Clinton and President Préval for their briefings today. I would also like to join with my Brazilian colleague in expressing our appreciation for the priority that you personally, Mr. President, and the Gove…
This unanimous resolution sends an important message about the firm resolve of the international community to see a swift resolution to the political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. It responds to an urgent situation. Events are moving fast on the ground. The security situation continues to deteriorate. An…
I would like to start by thanking Ambassador Wittig and Ambassador Gasana for their very helpful briefings this morning. We are very grateful to Ambassador Wittig for his dedicated work over the past year, as well for the work of the Permanent Representatives of Canada, Belgium, Brazil, Jordan, Nepa…
I would like to join Council colleagues in thanking the Secretary- General for his report (S/2011/120*), Special Representative of the Secretary-General De Mistura for his briefing, and Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
The year 2011 is another important year for Afghanistan. As transition gather…
I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss Somalia at such an important time. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative of the African Union (AU) Diarra and Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi-Farmaajo for their excellent contributions to this debate.
The United Kingdo…
I wish to express our thanks to Prime Minister Gusmão and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ameerah Haq, for their briefings today and to all the personnel of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for their dedication to assisting the people of Timor-Lest…
May I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr. Ažubalis, to the Council today. I thank him very much for his briefing.
The United Kingdom welcomes Mr. Ažubalis’s assumption of his role as Chairperson-in-Office for 2011. We fully support the work programme that…
I, too, would like to thank the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Jack Lang, the Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Permanent Representative of Somalia for their briefings this morning, and Jack Lang for his report (S/2011/30) presenting a plan in 25 proposals. I also take this…
Like other speakers, I would like first to renew our condolences to
the people and Government of Haiti and to the United Nations for the losses they suffered during the devastating earthquake 12 months ago. Many thanks, too, are due to Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy and Amos and to the representa…
Let me associate myself with Ambassador DiCarlo’s words of appreciation for our colleagues who will leave the Council at the end of this year. I should like also to join others in paying tribute to Richard Holbrooke, an outstanding diplomat who will be greatly missed. Adding to the condolences expre…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of this resolution, which makes arrangements for the continuation of essential legal functions of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) following the completion of the Tribu…
May I, too, begin by remembering Richard Holbrooke. The House of Commons foreign affairs session yesterday was led by Foreign Secretary William Hague, who offered a warm and heartfelt tribute to Ambassador Holbrooke for those who had worked so closely with him. His lifetime of effort on behalf of hu…
Many thanks indeed to Presidents Robinson and Byron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings this morning, their comprehensive reports (see S/2010/588 and S/2010/574) and their reminders of the nobility and importance of their work in the interests of international justice. I would l…
The United Kingdom has already made a statement on the annual report of the Security Council (A/65/2) in its capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of November. The Assembly will have heard in that statement that we have tried to move away from a standard reiteration of the Coun…
When the General Assembly met last year to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, we identified the importance of driving forward the process of Afghanization. This meant working with the new Afghan Government to build up its security forces, build constructive relations with its neighbours, make pro…
