I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter, Mr. Chaiban and Ms. Niger-Thomas for briefing us today. The children and armed conflict mandate is an important tool for advancing the protection of the world’s most vulnerable people, and the United Kingdom is committed to supporting the work of th…
Let me congratulate Malta on assuming the presidency for the month of April and thank Japan for their successful presidency during the month of March. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing on Monday’s strike in Damascus.
We underline the importance of respect for the invi…
Let me begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita for her briefing today, as well as Ms. Jacquie-Anna for her remarks.
I have three points I wish to make in response.
First, the United Kingdom commends Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and the Unit…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their work and the work of their teams in trying to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people, and for their briefings today.
Thirteen years ago, the Syrian people took to the streets in peaceful protest to demand freedom, …
I thank Ms. Wosornu, Mr. Martina and Mr. Skau for their briefings. We are grateful to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for alerting the
Council to this urgent crisis, and to Switz…
I am grateful to Japan for convening this important meeting, and to the Secretary-General, Mr. Floyd and Ms. Mukhatzhanova for their briefings.
For 50 years, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been a bulwark for global security, allowing peaceful uses of nuclear techno…
Hatred on the basis of religion or belief, including anti-Muslim hatred, antisemitism and the persecution of Christians, is deplorable. We condemn incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence wherever it occurs.
The United Kingdom is a proud multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracy. However, we r…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
I must first address the latest appalling Russian missile strikes on Odesa today — an apparent double-tap strike designed to inflict maximum human casualties and target first responders.
Ukrainians are not only mourning the 16 civilians wh…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their briefings. We are grateful for all the work that they and their teams are doing to bring sustainable peace and humanitarian relief to the Yemeni people.
Since we previously met (see S/PV.9548) to discuss Yemen, the Houthis have continue…
Let me join others in thanking our briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador França Danese, Mr. Williams and Ms. Bhagwan Rolls for their briefings today.
In 2014, the United Kingdom led the development of resolution 2171 (2014). That resolution, which was unanimously adopted, underlined…
I join others in thanking High Representative Borrell Fontelles for his briefing.
The Summit of the Future this year will offer an important opportunity to reinvigorate the multilateral system, in which regional organizations play an important role. The United Kingdom welcomes the European Union’s …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Doughten for their briefings today.
“You see who we are dealing with. They do not care where to hit”. Those words were spoken by the President of Ukraine on Wednesday, and they could have been spoken on countless occasions during this war. We are a…
With the adoption of this resolution (resolution 2724 (2024)), the Security Council has sent a strong and clear message to the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces
to agree on an immediate cessation of hostilities during the month of Ramadan. That follows the call of the Secretary-Gen…
I thank the Secretary-General for his sobering update.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bear responsibility for the horrendous situation in the Sudan. Shelling and attacks from both sides on heavily populated urban areas and across the entire western region of the …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the representative of South Sudan at our meeting.
Let me begin by praising Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for their tireless …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing and Special Representative Souef for their briefings and pay tribute to the work of their teams in Somalia. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Somalia in this meeting.
Let me first address the Ethiopia-So…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman and Secretary General Stock for their briefings today. I also thank the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team for their work on the report (S/2024/117).
The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned at the p…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
Russia has called this meeting in another attempt to distort history. Once again, the Russian delegation is seeking to use the Security Council in a desperate effort to justify Russia’s unprovoked, unnecessary and illegal invasion of Ukrai…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing today. I also welcome the participation of President Vučić and Prime Minister Kurti in our meeting.
Next week marks the nineteenth anniversary of Kosovar independence. The United Kingdom welcomes the progress it has made as a sovereign State in…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
At the outset, Mr. President, let me express our full support for your handling of the presidency of the Security Council. I do find it ironic that, while the Russian representative chooses to lecture France on United Nations rules, as he h…
