At the outset, let me congratulate Ambassadors Albanai and Marschik on their well-deserved reappointment as the co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations. We appreciate the progress made under their able leadership earlier this year and look forward to that continuing.
It is difficult to igno…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing, and I welcome the participation of the representative of the Sudan in this meeting.
The conflict in the Sudan is having a catastrophic impact on civilians. More than 6 million people are now displaced inside and outside of the country. We …
I would like to thank all of our briefers today.
United Nations police (UNPOL) are uniquely placed to contribute to meeting the aims of the New Agenda for Peace — preventing the recurrence of conflict and sustaining peace. United Nations police play a critical role in mediation and protection and c…
Let me just thank the Security Council for its show of unity in the adoption of the 12-month technical rollover (resolution 2707 (2023)). The Council’s continued positive engagement on this file is crucial to securing further progress in the fragile peace process. This show of unity sends a clear si…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan in our meeting today.
Let me start by commending the newly reconfigured multinational force of the United Nations Interim
Security …
Let me join others in congratulating China on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of November and wishing them the best. I also thank Brazil for its excellent stewardship during the month of October.
We welcome the unanimous adoption today of resolution 2706 (2023), renewing the ma…
I thank High Commissioner Grandi for his sobering briefing.
This meeting comes at a crucial time. As we heard, the number of people who have been forced from their homes has reached a record high of 110 million. Sadly, that trend is set to continue. New emergencies are pushing the limits of an alre…
Let me thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her briefing. I also welcome the participation in this meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic,
Ms. Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, and the representative of Angola.
Let me f…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing. I welcome the participation of Her Excellency Ms. Osmani-Sadriu, President of Kosovo, and Her Excellency Ms. Brnabić, Prime of Minister of Serbia, in our meeting.
The United Kingdom is a long-standing supporter of Kosovo as an…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador, Executive Director Russell, Executive Director Wali and Ms. Manigat for their briefings today. United Nations staff and their local partners continue to do vital work in Haiti in the toughest of circumstances. I also welcome the parti…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari, former Presidents Bachelet and Mbeki, and Ms. Echavarría Álvarez for their briefings.
The Secretary-General’s analysis in his New Agenda for Peace should strike a chord with us all. People aroun…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Souef for their briefings this morning and for the continued work of their teams and troops in very challenging circumstances. I also …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Japan for his update on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution
1970 (2011), concerning Libya. I also welcome the participation of the represent…
I would like to begin by congratulating Brazil on its assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. I also want to join others in welcoming Foreign Minister Généus of Haiti, and the representatives of Kenya, Jamaica and Guyana, to our meeting.
The United Kingdom is pleased to have voted i…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita, the Permanent Representative of Gabon, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ms. Modi for their briefings today.
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I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Director Wosornu and Ms. Juan for their briefings today.
This September marks five years since the South Sudanese parties came together to sign the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan.…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings and Ms. Adil for her powerful testimony. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Ghana for his report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and continued leadership of United Nations peacekeeping.
The United Kingdom pays tribute to those peacekeepers who lost their lives in pursuit of peace this year. Peacekeeping relies on the determination and dedication of United Nations pers…
Let me begin by thanking France for its efforts as penholder.
In a spirit of compromise and consensus, the United Kingdom voted in favour today. The United Kingdom is a strong supporter of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has a critical role in maintaining peace and stabi…
The United Kingdom thanks France and the United Arab Emirates for all their efforts on draft resolution S/2023/368.
Despite having to make a number of difficult compromises, we voted in favour of it because of our strong support for the renewal of the Mali sanctions regime and Panel of Experts’ man…
