Let me extend a very warm welcome to Vice-President Naranjo. I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Vice-President and, through him, to President Santos Calderón for their tireless commitments to peace in Columbia. I also thank Jean Arnault, for his briefing and presentation of …
I thank you, Mr. President, and welcome you to the hot seat.
I would also like to thank our briefer, Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun, for the updates on the situation in Iran and to extend a very warm welcome to all the new members of the Security Council. We look forward to working closely wi…
Last week, we sat in this Chamber and heard about the many ways that North Korea has violated multiple United Nations resolutions and the will of the Security Council (see S/PV.8137): the illegal nuclear programme; multiple launches of ballistic missiles; the appalling human right violations. We con…
I thank you, Mr. President for holding this important debate. It gives us the opportunity both to reflect on the past year and to look to the year ahead.
I want to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent briefing, which clearly demonstrates that the contemporary challenges we are addressing a…
I thank our briefers: Under-Secretary-General Feltman, for his comprehensive presentation of the Secretary- General’s fourth report (S/2017/1030); Ms. Adamson, for her update on the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); and Mr. Cardi, for his summary as Facilitator of t…
The United Kingdom welcomes the renewal of resolution 2165 (2014) today for a further 12 months. Resolution 2393 (2017) will allow us to continue to deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid across conflict lines and borders to reach the people of Syria. We thank the co-penholders for their work, and…
The United Kingdom voted in favour of draft resolution S/2017/1060 today because it is in line with previous Security Council resolutions, including 242 (1967), 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 2334 (2016), and with our established position on the status of Jerusalem. That position is clear and long-stand…
I thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and Mr. Miroslav Jenča for their harrowing words on the dire situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Sadly, it is unsurprising that the regime maintains a stranglehold on every aspect of its citizens’ lives. …
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this important meeting. I also thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing, in particular for his unequivocal support for the two-State solution and for his warnings against unilateral measures that jeopardize the prospects of sustainable peace for Israelis and Pal…
We have met too many times this year to discuss the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s flagrant violations of unanimous Security Council decisions, and I am deeply disappointed that we have to meet again today following yet another such violation. For the third time, the Democratic People’s Rep…
I should like to thank all our briefers today for their insightful remarks on the threats posed by foreign terrorist fighters. I extend a particularly warm welcome to Ms. Michèle Coninsx on her debut.
In recent weeks and months, we have seen the near total military collapse of Da’esh in Iraq and Sy…
The United Kingdom welcomes this debate and resolution 2388 (2017). They are further steps towards more robust Security Council action against trafficking. I also thank you, Under Secretary of Sate Amendola, for your presence at the debate, and I also thank all of our briefers.
It was just last wee…
Last month, I was disappointed that a simple technical rollover of the mandate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) was blocked by Russia. Yesterday, I was deeply disappointed that, even after extensive efforts to reach an agr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting of the Security Council and for everything that Italy does so effectively in tackling the security challenges in the Mediterranean region. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on this complex set of issues before us.
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Today we have reached the end of the road for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). It was a road that all members of the Security Council set out on together two years ago. We did so in the hope that those using chemical weapons…
I welcome you, Mr. President, back to New York. It is a pleasure to see you at this meeting. I think your presence is a sign of your country’s commitment to the people of Libya at this difficult time for them.
I also thank Ambassador Skoog for all his hard work on the Committee established pursuant…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption today of resolution 2385 (2017), which renews the Eritrea and Somalia sanctions regimes for a further 12 months. This is a vital regime for the region — one that keeps guns and funds out of the hands of Al-Shabaab and helps to promote peace and stability acro…
At the outset, Sir, I wish you all the best in your month of the presidency. I also want to thank United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Grandi for his compelling, but concerning, remarks this morning.
We meet today at a crucial time for global displacement, as the number of people forcibly …
I would like to thank all our briefers and visiting Ministers for their remarks. I am particularly grateful that we have had the opportunity to hear a voice from civil society in this Chamber today, something that is even more vital at a time when so many such voices are being ignored, threatened or…
A little more than four years ago in this very Chamber, a member of the Security Council proudly declared,
“the use of chemical weapons by any party will be carefully investigated by the Security Council,
which will stand ready to take action under Chapter VII of the Charter” (S/PV.7038, p.4).
“B…
