I am delighted to be the first Minister of the new British Government to address the Security Council. It is a particular honour that you are in the chair, Sir, as I do so, particularly on a day when my Foreign Secretary has made a key announcement in the House of Commons in relation to non-prolifer…
Like my colleagues, I would very much like to welcome His Excellency President Guelleh to the Security Council this morning and to thank him for his very useful briefing and thoughts. The United Kingdom applauds
the positive work of Djibouti in support of peace in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti has p…
I welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Ibrahim and Commissioner Lamamra to the Council this morning and thank them very much indeed for their briefings. I should also like to thank Mr. Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. We greatly appreciate the efforts …
I thank you, Madam President, and the Chairmen of the three Committees for their very helpful briefings. In particular, I should like to welcome Ambassador Apakan and Ambassador Heller as they give their first briefings to the Council in their new capacities.
With respect to the Committee establish…
The United Kingdom strongly supports the negotiation process under the auspices of Ambassador Ross, which, as this Council has long maintained, should lead to a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. The unan…
At the outset, I should affirm that the United Kingdom aligns itself fully with the statement that was made earlier by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
I welcome this High-level Dialogue to consider our shared promises to the world’s poor. Since the last such meeting, th…
I too would like to begin by welcoming the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Ameerah Haq, to her first meeting with the Security Council in that capacity, to thank her for her briefing today and also to reiterate our continuing support for the efforts of the United Nations in assisting the…
I would like to join Security Council colleagues in welcoming the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, to the Council today. May I also thank him for his full briefing, setting out the priorities of Kazakhstan as Chairman-in-Office of the O…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are particularly pleased to see you here today and are grateful to you and the Burkina Faso delegation for all your hard work in promoting an agenda item to which we attach great importance too. I would like to thank too the…
The British Government would like to express its deep sadness at the loss of life and destruction that has been caused by the floods in Pakistan and our concern for the continuing suffering of the Pakistani people.
I have come straight from Pakistan today and the area devastated by flooding. Yester…
I offer you warm congratulations, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We very much look forward to working with you, and we assure you of our full support. We are very grateful also to Ambassador Mayr-Harting and the Austrian delegation
for their distinguished p…
I welcome this debate and am very grateful to Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing.
Better peacebuilding is at the heart of this Council’s work. The thematic debate that Uganda, as President of the Council, held in July (see S/PV.6165) highlighted the need for rapid implementation of measures to impro…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, which provides a useful opportunity to take stock of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
I should like to align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the…
What I wish to say is that I support my colleague, the Permanent Representative of Belgium, in opposing the proposal for the adjournment of the discussion of this item. I call on all those who wish to support the draft resolution proposed by the States members of the European Union (A/64/L.67) and s…
When the General Assembly met last year to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, many if not all of us underlined the significance of the August presidential elections for Afghanistan and the need for the United Nations to work with the Afghan authorities to ensure that they were credible, inclusive…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Le Roy for his presentation and welcome the fact that Under-Secretary-General Malcorra is also here with us for this debate. We are also grateful for the presentation by Mr. Antonio on behalf of the African Union and to Mr. Prodi for his contribution and for the work…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Khare, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Timor-Leste, for his briefing. I understand that this will be his last appearance before his departure in December, so I would very much like to thank him for all his efforts during his time as Special Re…
I, too, would like to join others Security Council colleagues in welcoming the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier; the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni; and the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, to the Council Chamber today. I should like …
I would like to begin, Sir, by congratulating you and your delegation on Viet Nam’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like also, through Ambassador DiCarlo, to thank Ambassador Rice and the United States delegation for a very productive and distinguished pr…
Let me first express the thanks of the United Kingdom delegation to Norma Chan for her extraordinary service to the United Nations and to the Security Council over so many years, as well as for her kindness, efficiency and wise advice. Her shrewd and sometimes quite wicked sense of humour has enhanc…
