Allow me to begin by echoing your condolences, Mr. President, to the peoples of China and of Burma/Myanmar with regard to the sad events that have occurred in those countries.
The United Kingdom abstained today on this resolution, in line with our long-standing position. We recall the annual Genera…
I join colleagues in welcoming this debate and in thanking the Secretary-General for preparing a thought-provoking and challenging report. I would also like to thank the Deputy to the High Representative for her intervention. I would like to associate my delegation with the statement to be delivered…
I wish to join colleagues in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for his presentation on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2008/266). I should like to ask him to pass on our thanks to the United Nations and all the team working on Iraq. They do very good work, and I would like to see that acknowled…
I want to start by thanking President Mbeki for convening this event and for his important and pivotal role in the creation of the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, both of which are essential to ensuring African solutions to the challenges that Africa faces.
Six …
The United Kingdom supports the statement made by my Slovenian colleague this morning on behalf of the European Union (EU).
In 2000, the international community declared that we would spare no effort to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Huge progress has been made. But halfway …
We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary- General (S/2008/26) and Ambassador Santos for giving us so concisely his country’s crucial perspective on recent events and on the future.
I would like to begin by associating my dele…
With your permission, Sir, I should like to make a general statement.
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. It is fitting that, as we close the year marking the two-hundred…
In response to the statement we have just heard, I would like to refer briefly to the right of reply that we gave during the
discussion on this item in the Fourth Committee and to underline in particular that the United Kingdom does not accept that the existence of a sovereignty dispute overrides t…
I would like to thank Ambassador Sangqu for his oral report on last month’s mission to Timor-Leste, which was led by Ambassador Kumalo. We would like to thank the Secretariat for the detailed written report on that mission (S/2007/711). We also pay tribute here to Ambassador Kumalo’s leadership and …
We would also like children and young people to be more involved in the democratic and political decision-making processes, both domestically and internationally.
We are both involved in a project which has allowed us to hear the ideas and views of many different children in England. By doing so, w…
The United Kingdom Government has invested a lot of money, both domestically and internationally, in improving education and to ensure that children have access to good health care. We would also like to highlight the
good work done by the United Kingdom Government on child trafficking.
Within the…
It is a great pleasure for the United Kingdom to participate in this Commemorative Meeting. We associate ourselves with the statement made by the Portuguese representative on behalf of the European Union.
For the United Kingdom, improving the lives of children and young people is a major policy pri…
I too would like to extend our thanks to the Presidents of the Courts, Judges Pocar and Byron, and to the Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, not only for their briefings today, but for the tireless commitment with which they work for justice in their respective areas. My delegation would wis…
I, too, would like to join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for his briefing. I think his visit to the region was very welcome, and it is very good to have a first-hand assessment from him of these situations of concern.
I will discuss the Sudan first. We share the Under-Secretary-Gen…
I can be brief, because I would associate myself and our delegation with many of the points made by other Council members this morning.
May I begin by joining others in thanking the Minister for his very timely report this morning. The United Kingdom welcomes the huge efforts that South Africa has …
I would like to thank Mr. Arias, Mr. Verbeke and Mr. Burian for their briefings to the Council this morning. We would also like to thank them and their staff for their time and
commitment to these important committees and for the energy and seriousness that they bring to the task.
I would also lik…
May I join others in thanking you in particular, Mr. President, for honouring us with your presence today and for choosing such an important theme for this debate. We are also pleased to be honoured by the presence of so many other ministers.
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his rep…
I too would like to add my delegation’s voice in welcoming Mr. Bassolé and Mr. Abou Moussa, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General. It is very good to be able to hear from them at first hand in the Security Council.
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I would also like to ext…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for organizing this important debate. It offers a very useful opportunity to take stock of the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and of the Peacebuilding Fund following their first anniversaries. It also allows us to chart th…
It is a great honour to make my first speech to the General Assembly.
The United Nations has a duty to lead the world in addressing the shared threats and opportunities that dominate our age, and it must do so in deed as well as in word. That is why I want to use this platform to express my admirat…
