Let me join other speakers in congratulating Gabon on its excellent presidency in October. I wish Ghana all the best for the month of November. I thank High Commissioner Grandi for his briefing, and I offer congratulations on the recent extension of his term by the General Assembly.
The United King…
Today’s vote sends a powerful message of Security Council support, not just to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), but also to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and all Somalis.
UNSOM has played an important role in Somalia since its inception. The recent strategic review found …
Let me just echo Mr. De la Fuente Ramírez’s thanks to Council members for their cooperation and for the flexibility shown during these negotiations. In particular, I would like to thank our co-penholder, Mexico, including the experts on both sides, for our close working partnership on resolution 265…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Legal Affairs for his briefing.
This meeting represents another attempt by Russia to distract from its crimes in Ukraine and from the failure by Iran and Russia to abide by their international obligations.
Russia and Iran have been caught red-handed violati…
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing today and welcome the participation of the representatives of countries of the region in this meeting.
The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned about the security situation in the Great Lakes region, in particular the resurgence of violence by the…
Let me thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Pedersen and Ms. Ghelani for their briefings today.
I would like to make three points.
First, the United Kingdom supports the efforts of Special Envoy Pedersen to advance the implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) through the step-for- step ini…
Let me thank Special Representative Bathily for his inaugural briefing to the Security Council and congratulate him on taking up his appointment. He has the full support of the United Kingdom in the implementation of his mandate. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Li…
I once again thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. And I thank Resident Coordinator Brown for her invaluable update on the situation on the ground and the work the United Nations team is doing in the toughest of circumstances.
So far, this war has killed, maimed and psychologicall…
Let me thank the Deputy Secretary-General and all our briefers today for their testimony, advocacy and leadership.
As we mark the anniversary of resolution 1325 (2025), the United Kingdom is proud to be a leading champion of the women and peace and security agenda at the United Nations and around t…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for
his insights and leadership of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and for the hard work of his team in the toughest of circumstances. I join others in expressing our deepest condole…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her sobering briefing this afternoon. I recognize the presence of the representatives of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Belize and the International Organization of la Francophonie in today’s Council meeting.
I would like to make t…
Let me thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their powerful briefings and for the tireless work they and their teams are doing on behalf of the Yemeni people.
After six months of relative peace, it is deeply disappointing that the truce in …
Let me begin by thanking all of our briefers for their presentations today.
The United Kingdom sees an undeniable link between climate, nature, peace and security in Africa and around the world. We were the first to bring climate security to the Council in 2007 and hosted the first leader-level deb…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu, Ms. Moreno Barco and Mr. Muhith, for their briefings. I warmly welcome Foreign Minister Leyva Durán. and Ambassador Zalabata Torres to the Security Council. Their presence here today is a reflection of their personal…
To the people of Pakistan, the victims and their families, we send our deepest and most heartfelt condolences. As the Secretary-General and Ambassador Akram said, the floods demonstrate the catastrophic effects of climate change. It hit some of the most vulnerable people in one of the world’s most a…
I would like to thank our briefers for setting out what we know so far about this case, which is clearly still very limited.
But this afternoon in the Chamber, we once again heard some absurd Russian claims and conspiracy theories. Russia’s request for this meeting was a cynical attempt to distract…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and Mr. Mudinga for their briefings.
We commend the Special Representative for her continued efforts in what are increasingly challenging and, in some cases, deadly circumstances. I also thank the representative of Gabon for the briefing…
Let me thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I welcome the participation of President Zelenskyy in today’s meeting.
Russia’s holding of sham referendums in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions of Ukraine is an egregious violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and terr…
I thank Brazil and Ireland for convening this meeting. Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Torero and Mr. Beasley have painted a devastating picture from the front line of conflicts and hunger, as set out in the recent white note. We pay tribute to the work of their teams on the ground, and we look forward to the Se…
I am grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his briefing and for his and his team’s tireless efforts. I also thank Mr. Mudawi for his account, which we followed closely, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan at our meeting today. I w…
