I thank the two briefers of the United Nations, which continues to have the United Kingdom’s full support for the important work that it is doing.
Since this is my last meeting in the Chamber, I wanted to offer a few reflections on the Council’s work on Syria. It weighs heavily on me that, despite …
First, let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and for the excellent work that she and her team are doing on the ground in Iraq. She has our full support.
We particularly welcome the announcement of the memorandum of understandin…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987, eliminated an entire category of missiles, those capable of travelling 500 to 5,500 kilometres. It was one of the key achievemen…
Let me begin by thanking our four briefers, who have genuinely enriched our discussions here today, as well as by extending the United Kingdom’s deepest sympathies to the families of the victims targeted in attacks by Al-Shabaab. We condemn those attacks in the strongest possible terms and we pay tr…
The United Kingdom is honoured to present the draft annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly today. I hope the Council members will support its adoption.
As the President of the Security Council for the month of August 2018, the United Kingdom was responsible for coordinating t…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zerrougui and Ambassador Alotaibi for their briefings today.
I will focus my invention on three issues: the security, humanitarian and political situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
First, the deterioration in the security situ…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Chambas for his briefing.
I too can be quick because, as the German Ambassador said, there is a good degree of consensus in the Council on today’s topic. I agree with the points made by almost everyone here today. Let me just highlight three i…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General Annadif for his very clear and objective briefing. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Dramé to the Council. I look forward to hearing from him in a few minutes’ time.
Let me begin by joining others in offering …
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and the Under-Secretary-General for their briefings today. I would also like to thank the Special Representative and his team for their continued dedication to Kosovo.
Since the United Nations Interim Administration Missi…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2473 (2019). The Libyan arms embargo remains an important tool of the Council and an integral part of our work to help support the stabilization of Libya.
We are concerned by reports of weapons entering Libya and take this opportunity to remind…
The United Kingdom welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2471 (2019). As a member of the troika, we stand firm in our support for peace in South Sudan and for the progress made to date, especially efforts from the region led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to ensure that the Revi…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her very thoughtful and comprehensive briefing. I think today’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2470 (2019), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), shows the strong support o…
Let me begin by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his very objective and detailed briefing and report (S/2019/364, annex) and for all the efforts that he and his team have made to support peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He continues to have our full suppor…
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of resolution
2469 (2019) resolution today. We believe the resolution sends a strong signal of our support for the valuable work of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, ex-President Horst Köhler, in his efforts to find a mutually acceptable p…
I would like to begin by extending a warm welcome back to the Security Council to Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga. We look forward to working with him on this very important topic.
I think we all agree that this is a very complex issue. It also strikes me that this is an interesting time to be discuss…
This has been an especially rich and informative meeting on Haiti, thanks largely to our briefers this morning. I think the presence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chamber today reminds us all that human rights are of vital importance, both in their own right and acr…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Djinnit for his briefing today, for the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/229) and for all his very diligent work and strong personal dedication to these issues since 2014. We appreciate all that he has done, and we wish him every success for the future. It …
Let me begin by thanking the Ambassador of Indonesia for his briefing and for his work since assuming the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
The 1540 (2004) Committee is an importance cornerstone of the international non-proliferation architecture. As such, it is…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 2460 (2019). We recognize the diligent work of the co-penholders. However, we also regret that it was not possible to adopt a more comprehensive resolution with a 12-month mandate.
The forthcoming presidential elections mean that Afghanistan fa…
I thank High Representative Mogherini for her excellent briefing today. Listening to her, I am struck by just how central the European Union (EU) is to every single issue on the Security Council’s agenda, and it is therefore very useful to have this level of engagement.
Today happens to be an impor…
