Let me begin by expressing our condolences with regard to all of those killed or affected by the tragic aeroplane crash in Ethiopia.
Let me also thank our briefers today: first, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto, given that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…
I thank Minister Lajčák for his briefing and welcome him back to the United Nations. The United Kingdom fully supports his chairmanship and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and its work to address the serious security challenges we face.
The people of Ukraine feel thes…
I would like to thank our briefers of today — Ms. DiCarlo, Under-
Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Mr. Lamamra, African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa; and Mr. Vasu Gounden — for their valuable insights. The United Kingdom warmly welcomes Equa…
Let me begin by thanking Rosemary DiCarlo for her informative and timely briefing and by thanking the United States for requesting this meeting.
Let me also begin by saying that I agree with everything that the German Ambassador said today, in particular about the importance of the Security Council…
At the outset, let me thank Ms. Reena Ghelani for her briefing, as well as to pay tribute, through her, to all the United Nations staff members who are doing such important humanitarian work in Syria.
Today Ms. Ghelani reminded us that the humanitarian situation in Syria remains grave. We cannot af…
Let me begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing on her visit and the latest developments on the ground. I will focus my remarks today on three issues: the situation in Darfur, the transition and the broader situation in the Sudan.
First, on the situation in Darfur, the U…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassador Vieira for their briefings today.
I would like to commend the hard work conducted by the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Se…
I thank Mr. Thiaw, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, for briefing us today. We are pleased to hear of the progress made to operationalize and deliver the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. He and his team deserve real credit for the 2018 Support Plan, which has r…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime, for her briefing, and in particular for the mandate-implementation benchmarks dashboard of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), which is very useful and helpful. …
I thank our briefers, Special Envoy Kafando for his update and
Ambassador Lauber for updating us on his trip to Burundi and the region, and for so clearly setting out his recommendations. I would also like to welcome the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/1028), which provides a valuabl…
I would like to thank Special Representative Zerrougui and Ms. Mbela for their briefings. I would particularly like to thank Ms. Mbela for her brave work as a human rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for making such clear recommendations to the Council, her Government and th…
First, let me join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš, both for his briefings and all the work he has done over the past three years and nine months as Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Ira…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Salamé for his briefing and by reiterating the United Kingdom’s strong support for him and the work of all his team on the ground.
It is clear that a military solution to Libya’s problems will not bring the long-term peace an…
The United Kingdom welcomes the Security Council’s agreement to renew the Libya sanctions regime. In particular, we welcome the fact that the Council has taken an important step by expanding the designation criteria to include gender-based violence. This sends a powerful signal that the internationa…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zerrougui for both her briefing and the excellent assistance and advice she gave the Security Council during our visit last week. I would also like to thank Special Envoy Djinnit for his briefing and for the work he has been d…
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I would also like to thank Special Envoy Mr. Nicholas Haysom both for his briefing and for his excellent work during his tenure to support peace and stability between South Sudan and the Sudan. We look forward to wor…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for both her briefing and the handout on benchmarks; it is particularly useful. We talk a lot about benchmarks in the Security Council when it comes to peacekeeping missions, but we do not always analyse performance against those benchmarks as clearly…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lowcock for his very detailed briefing. I would also like to thank Special Representative Gamba for her briefing. It was particularly useful to be reminded of the horrific suffering of Syrian children throughout the conflict.
We should all remember that one of the s…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Zerrougui for her very clear briefing. I would also like to thank the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for all the important work it does in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I furt…
Let me begin by welcoming His Excellency Vice-President Óscar Naranjo Trujillo back to the Council, and allow me also to thank him warmly for the personal leadership he has shown in implementing the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace and in working very c…
