I thank the High Representative for her briefing.
There may be one thing that I can agree on with my Russian colleague — that today, sadly, we heard no significant new developments in the briefing from the United Nations. Instead, we again heard a long list of areas in which the Syrian regime conti…
We thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing, and we welcome the representatives of Serbia and Kosovo to the Security Council.
The United Kingdom welcomes the continued progress made by the Government of Kosovo on a number of important issues, including its continued commitment to reform…
Let me start by commending the tireless efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq in difficult circumstances. I would like to make four points today.
First, the United Kingdom offers its deepest condolences for the dea…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her very clear briefing and all the efforts of the United Nations team.
Month after month, we hear the same story. Syria is refusing to make any progress to fulfil its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and res…
We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his very helpful update. We welcome the Ambassadors of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the Chamber.
The United Kingdom welcomes the news of a ceasefire brokered on the evening of 14 September, but remains deeply concerned over numerous reports of civilian casu…
We would like to thank the High Representative once again for her briefing and for clearly reminding us of the facts.
We must keep those facts in mind and not allow ourselves to be distracted by the blizzard of disinformation that surrounds Syria’s chemical weapons programme. The Declaration Assess…
Like others, we wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and Albania for its excellent stewardship of the Council in June. We welcome the Special Representative to the Chamber and thank him for his very helpful update. We also …
Just very quickly on this, we would like to agree with Ireland as Facilitator. Facilitators’ reports have always been agreed by consensus, as it was this time, but, as the Ambassador said, that has never been the case with Facilitators’ statements for these meetings, and we do not see a need to chan…
I thank the Special Envoy and Mr. Alshogre for their powerful briefings today.
Bashar Al-Assad falsely claims that the situation in Syria is improving. He is trying to play on conflict fatigue to encourage normalization. We must be vigilant against that. The 12 years of suffering and terror that th…
We welcome the Special Adviser’s report on the very important work that he and his team are doing.
The world was shocked by the horrific crimes committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and by its barbaric methods and use of mass execution, torture and rape. We must maintain our …
First of all, we would like to thank Ghana and Norway for their sterling efforts to secure an agreement on resolution 2634 (2022). We welcome its strong focus on tackling the scourge of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which is an important step forward. The resolution also rightly highlights the prima…
I would like to thank the Special Representative and Ms. Edwar for their briefings.
The United Kingdom commends the continued work of the Special Representative and the whole mission in Iraq. They have our full support.
The United Kingdom urges Iraq’s political leaders to work together swiftly and…
I should like to start by offering the United Kingdom’s deep condolences on the death of the President of the United Arab Emirates.
I should like to thank Mr. Markram for his briefing.
As we have heard from the United Nations today, there is still no independent evidence whatsoever for any of thes…
We would like to thank the Mexican Permanent Representative and his team for their hard work in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) the very clear briefing today. We also extend warm thanks to the Group of Experts that supports the Committee.
Resolution 1540 (2004)…
I just want to say very briefly that we strongly support resolution 2622 (2022). Resolution 1540 (2004) has been a critical part of the multilateral non-proliferation architecture since its adoption in 2004. The Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts have r…
My thanks go to the Special Coordinator for his briefing today.
Let me start by welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Bennett’s recent visit to Bahrain. We are pleased to see the continuing positive relations between two long- standing friends of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom actively supports…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the African Union Special Representative and Mr. Caholo for their briefings.
First, the United Kingdom is concerned about the fact that the continued violence in the Central African Republic undermines the chance for inclusive political d…
I thank Under Secretary-General Voronkov for his briefing.
The evolving situation in north-eastern Syria over the past week demonstrates how, even without territory, Da’esh and its poisonous ideology continue to pose a threat in Syria, Iraq and the wider world. The international community must rema…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General and Mr. Egeland for their updates.
As we enter 2022, the twelfth year of the conflict, the Syrian crisis continues to deteriorate. As we have heard today, the humanitarian costs are clear — 13.4 million people are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance acro…
I would like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing. We also thank Director-General Arias for his monthly report (see S/2021/989), and we congratulate him on his reappointment last week as Director-General, demonstrating the overwhelming support of the States parties to the Organization for the Pr…
