The founding Members of the United Nations vowed to save the generations that followed them from the scourge of war. They conferred the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security on the Security Council. As a part of that, permanent members of the Security Council were g…
I take the floor to provide the United Kingdom’s views on Belarus’ draft amendments, contained in document A/77/L.2, but first let us be clear on why we are even having this discussion. It is because Russia invaded its neighbour, and, for that reason, Ukraine’s President cannot travel to New York fo…
We welcome the opportunity to discuss resolution 76/300 and make our national position clear in the negotiations.
The United Kingdom has a strong commitment on taking ambitious action to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. We were proud to host the twenty-sixth C…
The United Kingdom will vote in favour of the inclusion of this item on the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session and we encourage others to do the same. The position of the United Kingdom is clear. We do not recognize Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and remain concerned…
I would like to start by thanking the facilitator and the negotiators for their hard work in this year’s negotiations on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.
The United Kingdom attaches great importance to Africa’s sustainable development. We support African- led efforts to unlock inclusiv…
The United Kingdom thanks the delegation of Morocco for its work in facilitating resolution 75/309. We support the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance. We also support freedom of expression as both a human right in itself and for the contribution it can make to suppo…
I want to thank the co-facilitators, Russia and Côte d’Ivoire, for their work on draft resolution A/75/L.109. We look forward to fully supporting the high-level meeting on improving global road safety in 2022. However, we regret that operative paragraph 12 of the draft resolution represents a depart…
The adoption of draft resolution A/75/L.65 today is an opportunity for the international community to reiterate its commitment to working together to reduce the flow of conflict diamonds. The United Kingdom would like to take this opportunity to thank the Kimberley Process for warmly welcoming our c…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for your quick work early on in the pandemic to appoint two coordinators to manage the General Assembly’s work on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). That has enabled us to come together to address the pandemic over the past few months.
I would …
Throughout this process, the United Kingdom has continuously strived for consensus and has shown great flexibility. Throughout negotiations where consensus could not be reached, we have always drawn on the most recent example of agreed language from the World Health Assembly that directly relates to…
The United Kingdom supports the continued consideration of agenda item 63, “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”. We will vote in favour of its inclusion in the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, and we encourage others to do the same.
The posi…
