I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Otunbayeva and Director Doughten for their briefings and for all the work of the United Nations on the ground, and Ms. Wafeq for setting out so powerfully the damage done by the Taliban’s policies on women and girls and the possibilities for ch…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing.
On Monday, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a military satellite for the fourth time. The launch failed, but make no mistake, that remains a flagrant violation of the Council’s resolutions. It also recklessly endangered Ja…
The United Kingdom is committed to preventing an arms race in outer space. That is why we introduced a draft resolution in the General Assembly last year establishing norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours to reduce threats to space systems (resolution 78/20). It was adopted with the …
The United Kingdom is honoured to present the draft annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. While we had the responsibility of preparing the introduction to the report, this report is a collective effort by both the 2023 Council membership and the Secretariat. We thank all Cou…
We are grateful to High Representative Schmidt and to the Assistant Secretary-General for their briefings. We also took careful note of the briefing in her personal capacity by
Ms. Cvijanović, and we welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia to the Chamber.
First, w…
I will be brief. Allow me to answer that question. I think that it is clear from my statement at least that we did not link the Nord Stream attack to anything to do with Ukraine. This is a question of consistency in Russia’s approach to attacks on critical infrastructure, and we merely pointed out t…
I can be quick because we have had this debate many times in the Chamber before.
As we have said several times, the United Kingdom unequivocally condemns acts of sabotage on critical
national infrastructure. And we take the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines extremely seriously.
I would like t…
Let me start by thanking Foreign Minister Borg on behalf of the United Kingdom for his briefing today and for the excellent work he has already undertaken this year as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The United Kingdom remains a firm supporte…
I thank Ms. Landgren very much to for her excellent briefing and for the invaluable and always excellent work of
Security Council Report. Let me also join my United States colleague in taking this opportunity to thank the Security Council Affairs Division for its tireless work and unrivalled expert…
I will not be long. I just need to respond to the story that the Russian delegation likes to put out about Boris Johnson going to Kyiv and talking Ukrainians out of negotiations with the Russian side. Let me just say one thing: I think that story says a lot about Russia’s approach to Ukraine’s sover…
We thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing, and we welcome the representative of Ukraine to the Chamber for this meeting.
The United Kingdom deeply regrets all loss of life in this war, wherever it occurs. But perhaps we should start with a few facts that Russia tries to hide from th…
I would like to welcome the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait to the Chamber. Let me start by thanking the Special Representative for her briefing and for the important work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). I would like to highlight four points of particular importance for…
I thank Mr. Ebo and Ms. Wright for their briefings.
This is the seventh time this year that Russia has called for a Security Council meeting on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. They have once again invited a Western briefer to support them. It is obvious what they are trying to do. These d…
I would like to thank the Special Adviser for presenting the eleventh report of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for the Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) and for all the work of the Team. The United Kingdom continues to value UNITAD’s important contribution to …
I thank our briefers, and I also thank the Russian delegation for bringing human rights issues to the Security Council. The United Kingdom has long believed in the link between human rights and matters of peace and security, and we are glad that the Russian delegation now appears to share that view.…
I thank the Chairs for their briefings and for their combined leadership of our counter-terrorism efforts. The Council has been lucky to have such effective and dynamic chairships from the United Arab Emirates, Malta and Ecuador through the course of the year.
The United Kingdom is particularly gra…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his very helpful briefing.
Russia wishes to address weapons proliferation. In a happy coincidence, the United Kingdom would also like to address weapons proliferation, but that may be about the only thing we agree on today. Russia has spent the past two decades flouting its obli…
I believe we were asked to this meeting to talk about the inflow
of Western weapons to Ukraine. I wonder if we could maybe focus on that rather than on this anecdotal stuff. We appreciate the briefer, but we are a bit limited for time.
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing. I also thank Mr. Caholo and Ms. Malimukono for their contributions.
The United Kingdom is deeply concerned about the intensifying violence and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region and the recent escalation in fighting betwe…
We would like to thank Mr. Ebo for his very helpful briefing.
Russia has made many excuses in the Council about what its illegal war of aggression was supposed to achieve. It claimed its invasion was defensive and born of a desire to protect rights enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. It…
