With resolution 2685 (2023), the Security Council has sent a unified endorsement of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS). I would like to pay tribute to the efforts of all the United Nations staff in the Sudan, as well as those providing support from out…
I thank Vice President Amherd for convening this important debate.
As we mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, let me begin by paying tribute to all those who have contributed to United Nations peacekeeping over the past 75 years, in particular those who have made the ultimate …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes, Commissioner Bankole Adeoye and Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu for their briefings.
Let me start by underlining our support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes and all United Nations staff who continue to…
I thank Turkmenistan for initiating today’s important discussion.
Let me start by highlighting the United Kingdom’s continued support for a stable, secure and prosperous Central Asia, as envisaged by resolution 76/299. We
are firm advocates of the work of the United Nations in support of this goal…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee, Executive Secretary Tiaré and Ms. Diouf for their briefings.
The Sahel is in crisis: escalating violence at the hands of extremist groups, democratic governance and human rights under threat, and vast humanitarian needs and food insecurity, all exacerbated…
Let me first thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his powerful briefing today and for his twenty-fifth report on the situation in Libya. The United Kingdom gives its full support to the Prosecutor’s ongoing investigations in line with resolution 1970 (2011). We welcome both the briefing and the report as…
Let me start by welcoming the participation of the High Representative in this meeting. Mr. Schmidt and his Office continue to play a crucial role in contributing to a stable and secure Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is therefore important for the Security Council to have an informed and open dialogue w…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings.
I will make three brief points.
First, the United Kingdom commends the tireless efforts of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to help maintain peace and security in Abyei…
I would like to thank Foreign Minister Osmani for his briefing.
For almost 50 years, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has played a vital role in promoting peace, stability and security in Europe, and it remains a critical institution for European and Euro-Atlantic secu…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her sobering briefing.
As others have also pointed out, in January 2022 the leaders of the five permanent members of the Security Council said that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. They also said that nuclear weapons, for as long as the…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this timely debate. As we have heard today, President Nyusi’s personal leadership in delivering the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation offers many valuable lessons for silencing the guns across the African continent. I am grateful to all o…
We thank Vanuatu and the core group of States that presented resolution 77/276 for the positive and constructive approach they took towards negotiations. We particularly welcome the presence of Prime Minister Kalsakau at this meeting.
The United Kingdom is committed to taking ambitious action to ta…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting, consistent with your personal leadership on peace and stability to drive the implementation of the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation. The coordinated response to the conflict in northern Mozambique that you secured, Sir, de…
The United Kingdom condemned the act of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines, and we do so again now. We full support the national investigations currently being conducted by Denmark, Germany and Sweden and look forward to their results. We support investigative commissions by the Secretary-Ge…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Mr. Talahma for their briefings and for the work of their teams.
Some 12 years ago, Syrian people peacefully took to the streets to demand freedom, political reform and a Government that respects and upholds human rights. The Al-Assad regime met those demands with…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
We commend Israeli and Palestinian officials for their engagement in Aqaba, Jordan, on 26 February and in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 19 March, and we thank Jordan and Egypt for hosting those events. The commitments to desist from provocative …
I apologize for taking the floor once again, and I will try to be brief.
First, I want to address China and Russia’s raising of the question of the cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS). North Korea’s illegal nuclear and ballistic- missile programmes violat…
I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing today and welcome the participation of the representative of the Republic of Korea in today’s meeting.
The United Kingdom condemns the launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of a further intercontinental ballistic missile …
I also thank Under- Secretary-General Griffiths for his briefing today.
Today, over 21 million people need humanitarian assistance as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion: this is over 50 per cent of Ukraine’s pre-war population. Of these people, over 5 million are displaced internally, and ano…
I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev and African Union Commissioner Bankole Adeoye for their briefings.
As Mozambique’s helpful concept note for this meeting (S/2023/168) sets out, security sector reform and governance play an important role in State-building and peacebuilding. The United…
