How is it that Russia can sit here and claim any sort of commitment to diplomacy while at the same time ramping up missile and drone strikes on Ukraine? A 6-year-old boy was among those killed last night by Russian missiles in Kyiv. The problem is that, for all its words, the Russian State has geare…
We congratulate Pakistan on assuming the presidency. We thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Executive Director Waly for their briefings. We also thank Special Representative Salvador, as her role is finishing, for her service and her tireless efforts to restore stability in Haiti. And we wel…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Let me start by underlining that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran offers a much-needed moment of hope for the region. That hope must extend to Gaza — we need a ceasefire now. That remains the most credible path to end the terrible su…
We have listened very carefully to the Russian delegation, including to their attacks on the United Kingdom. Let me say one thing: let us all hope that Russia engages with more seriousness and more sincerity in the peace talks than we have heard it do here today. Russia has just blamed the United Ki…
The United Kingdom welcomes the renewal of the South Sudan sanctions regime, including the arms embargo and the mandate for the Panel of Experts on South Sudan. We are grateful to the United States as
This sanctions regime is an important tool in support of peace and stability in South Sudan. We re…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, National Security Adviser Juma and Ms. Solages for their briefings. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic and the Ambassador of Haiti to the Chamber.
The United Kingdom is extremely concerned by the s…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and her team for all the work that they are doing in Kosovo and for the briefing today, and let me welcome the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Kosovo to the Chamber, as well as the delegation of the European Uni…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Force Commanders of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for their very helpful briefings. Let me, on behalf of the United Kingd…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her very helpful briefing.
The last time that the Security Council met to discuss chemical weapons in Syria (see S/PV.9800), Bashar Al-Assad was still in power. Two days later, he fled, and his brutal regime was overthrown. The fall of Al-…
Let me thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Executive Director Gherman for their very helpful briefings today.
The United Kingdom remains fully focused on tackling the continued threat from Da’esh and its affiliates. While steady progress has been made by the international community to suppre…
I thank the Special Representative for his very valuable briefing and for all the excellent work of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) team, and I thank Ms. Addae-Mensah for her briefing. We are also grateful to Sierra Leone and Switzerland for all their work this year …
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing. This is the seventeenth time in the past year that Russia has called a meeting that seeks to rewrite history and undermine United Nations-verified facts. Russia’s aim is to distort reality so thoroughly that the international …
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Let me start with a basic fact: Western support for Ukraine’s self-defence is both legal and moral. Any support for Russia’s act of aggression, whether by Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or any other party, is neither. Russia calls these meetings to…
We welcome the Foreign Minister of Serbia and the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo to the Chamber.
Allow me to begin by thanking the Special Representative for the work that she and her team are doing to promote stability and respect for human rights in Kosovo.
The United Kingdom is a long-standing…
I thank the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration for their briefings this afternoon.
We wish to make three points today.
First, the United Kingdom is committed to working with Member States and United Na…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
First, the United Kingdom is gravely concerned by the ongoing conflict and devastation within Syria
and the risks that they present for the stability of the entire region. It must not be forgotten. The regime and its back…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Since calling this meeting and accusing the West of escalation, Russia has bombarded cities across 15 regions of sovereign Ukraine — more than half of the country — using hundreds of drones, cruise missiles, hypersonic ballistic missiles, glide bombs and more, so…
We understand that an invitation is to be extended to Mali to participate under rule 37. We of course accept the ruling of the presidency on that, and we are happy to hear what Mali has to say. But just for the record, in case it is misinterpreted under the wording of rule 37, we do not accept the p…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Simão for his very helpful briefing and for all his work and that of his team.
I would like to start by welcoming the Security Council’s agreement of the presidential statement on the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS…
We welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to the Chamber. I would like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her hard work and that of her team under exceptionally challenging circumstances and for her briefing today.
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