I am grateful to Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Under-Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Al Obahi for her vital insights, which serve as a timely reminder of the importance of engagement with civil society and the Yemeni community, especially women, in order to achiev…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2750 (2024), which renews the sanctions regime established by resolution 1591 (2005). We thank the United States for leading us in the negotiations.
Let me make two points.
First, the Sudanese people have suffered from this man-made conflict for over 18 months…
I would like to thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya for her briefing today.
More than two and half years after Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, it is the Ukrainian people who continue to bear the terrible consequences of Russia’s aggression. Approximately 14 million Ukrainians are in ne…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix, International Crisis Group Chief Executive Officer Ero and International Peace Institute President Al-Hussein for their valuable insights and their continued support for United Nations peacekeeping. Let me also thank the brave peacekeepers who put their live…
I would like to thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya and Deputy Director General Ryan for their briefings and also, once again, for the vital work of their staff.
The United Kingdom, alongside Switzerland, called this humanitarian meeting after yet another alarming warning from the United Nat…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings today.
I will make three points.
First, this month we have seen yet another series of attacks by Iranian-backed militia groups against coalition forces in Syria. Malign actors continue to seek to capitalize…
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
As we discuss the situation in Ukraine today, we are once again compelled to highlight the continued barbarity of President Putin’s tactics against the Ukrainian people. Last weekend, Ukraine marked its third Independence Day since Rus…
Let me first thank France for its efforts in guiding us to consensus today.
With the situation on the Blue Line the most precarious it has been for years, we cannot overstate the importance of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to calming the situation on the border. That is why w…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Dr. Baxter of Save the Children for their briefings and for the tireless work of their teams.
Gaza has become the deadliest place in the world to be a child. Women and children continue to bear the brunt of the brutal conflict, which, since 7 October 2023,…
I am grateful to Sierra Leone for convening this important meeting, and I thank Assistant Secretary-General Spehar, African Union Commissioner Bankole Adeoye, Ms. Samai and Mr. Descardes for their briefings today.
In 2016, the sustaining peace framework underlined the importance of shared responsib…
I thank Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Koury and Ambassador Yamazaki for their briefings today. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya in our meeting.
Libyans deserve stability and prosperity but, disappointingly, a political settlement to …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Doughten for their briefings and for the tireless work of their staff and other United Nations personnel in Yemen.
The situation in Yemen is desperate, with devastating flooding coming on top of an already dire humanitarian crisis. We express condolences…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director Doughten of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings.
First, the United Kingdom is appalled by the Israeli military strikes on the Al-Tabaeen school, where Palestinian civilians were sheltering. The United Nati…
I welcome you, Madam President, to the Security Council, and I thank you for convening today’s debate and for Sierra Leone’s consistent leadership in promoting the women and peace and security agenda. I thank Executive Director Bahous, Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Ms. Khair for their briefi…
The United Kingdom recognizes the important role that regional initiatives can play in delivering peace and security in Africa. We voted in favour of today’s resolution 2746 (2024) to support peace in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. We thank France and Sierra Leone, as co-penholders, for thei…
I would like to thank Ms. Wosornu and Mr. Omollo for their briefings and for the work of their teams in the Sudan.
There is only one possible conclusion from the Famine Review Committee’s data — there is famine in the Sudan, and that famine is entirely man-made. Today 100 Sudanese civilians, men, w…
I thank Special Representative Salvador for her briefing, and I welcome the participation of the Prime Minister of Haiti, the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic and representatives of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada and Kenya in this meeting.
The crisis in Haiti has affected the lives of Hait…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her comprehensive briefing today. I also welcome the participation of Ms. Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, in our meeting. I would like to make three points today.
First, we welcome the e…
Let me thank all the briefers, from the eldest to the very youngest generation, for their powerful and courageous testimony today.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2024/384) is horrifying. Grave violations regarding children and armed conflict rose by 21 per cent in 2023. Thirty-five per cent more…
Let me thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director Rajasingham for their briefings today. I will make three points.
First, I want to underline the critical importance of sustainable and effective aid access into Syria. Needs are higher than ever. Humanitarian organizations must be able to delive…
