I welcome this opportunity for a candid and constructive discussion with the Force Commanders. I wish to thank Mr. Ladsous and the three Generals for their briefings. I look forward to their responses to our questions.
I would first like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the Force Comm…
I welcome this opportunity to review the Council’s subsidiary bodies on counter-terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and the sanctions regime against Al-Qaida and its affiliates. I thank our briefers for the comprehensive overview they have just given and the hard work they do on our behalf alongs…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent meeting. I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman and Mr. Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
It is disturbing that the Council must again return to this issue, since fighting has flared u…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I welcome the adoption of resolution 2222 (2015) — the first in nine years on this important issue — and congratulate you, Sir, on the leadership Lithuania has shown in moving the issue forward.
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of today’s important resolution 2220 (2015). We thank Lithuania for the leadership and tenacity it has shown on the issue, with efforts that build innovatively on resolution 2117 (2013), which was the Council’s first on small arms and light weapons.
Today ma…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important open debate on small arms and light weapons and for your leadership on this issue. I welcome the briefings by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid. I also thank Karamoko Diakité, for sharing his perso…
I thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing today. It is fitting that my first statement in an open debate of the Security Council is on the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Earlier in my career, I served in the British delegation at the Dayton peace talks. I saw first- hand how the interna…
This weekend, countries across the world will pause and mourn the millions of innocent men, women and children who lost their lives in the Second World War. Whatever flag they followed, whether civilian or soldier, we will remember them.
In our remembrance, we will also celebrate the heroism and ex…
