I would like to thank Ambassador Osorio for today’s briefing and for his leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
As the Panel of Experts’ recent report to the Committee makes clear, Iran continues to violate the Council’s sanctions, both as a nuc…
I join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Muburi-Muita for his briefing this morning.
The seriousness of the threats to international peace and security in Africa, and particularly the situations in Somalia, the Sudan and Libya, underline the need for the internatio…
The United Kingdom welcomes the adoption today of resolution 1984 (2011), which extends the work of the Panel of Experts to support the work of the Iran Sanctions Committee.
The latest report of the Panel shows that Iran continues to violate the sanctions imposed on it by the Council, as illustrate…
Please accept our congratulations, Madam, on your assumption of the Council presidency for July. I would like to welcome the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadić; the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni; the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier; and the he…
I should like to start by thanking Ambassador Takasu for his briefing this afternoon. His Committee’s work is of critical importance as we pursue the dual-track strategy to
resolve the Iranian nuclear issue. It has only become more so following the adoption of resolution 1929 (2010).
The measures …
The United Kingdom strongly supports the negotiation process under the auspices of Ambassador Ross, which, as this Council has long maintained, should lead to a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. The unan…
We are grateful to Foreign Minister Omaar, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ould Abdallah and Commissioner Lamamra for their briefings this morning.
It is right that the Security Council remain focused on the situation in Somalia. As we have said before, instability there poses a cle…
I join others in thanking Special Representative of Secretary-General Victor Angelo for his briefing today. We are very grateful to him and all the contributors to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) for its work to date.
MINURCAT is clearly starting to ha…
Like others, we are grateful to Mr. Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing to the Security Council this morning. Indeed, we welcome him to the Council for the first time.
In the Council’s regular meetings on this issue in recent months, there has been broad agreement on what needs to be done to achieve…
I should like to start by thanking the President and the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone for their very informative briefings this morning and for all the work they are doing to help to bring justice to the people of Sierra Leone. We would also like to welcome to the Council today t…
I join colleagues in thanking Mr. Pascoe for his briefing this morning, and I also thank the representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
I would like to associate the United Kingdom with the statement to be made later today by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic on behal…
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Grauls for this year’s final report to the Council and, on behalf of my delegation, join others in paying tribute to his outstanding chairmanship of the 1737 Committee.
The United Kingdom remains committed to the E3 + 3 Governments dual-track policy. T…
First of all, we would like to express our congratulations to you, Sir,
and to China on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, and also to underline our gratitude to Ambassador Kafando and the team of Burkina Faso for their very successful shepherding of the Council through th…
We join others in warmly welcoming the Prime Minister of Djibouti today and also the representatives of Eritrea, the African Union and the League of Arab States. We thank Mr. Honwana for his briefing.
Of course, we welcome reports that the situation is calm at present, but we are also concerned by …
We too thank Ambassador Grauls for his report and welcome him to his new responsibilities as Chairperson of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). The delegation of the United Kingdom will give him its full support.
I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the si…
We join others in welcoming His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica to today’s briefing. His presence reflects Costa Rica’s strong leadership on this issue. We also welcome the new Permanent Representative of Belgium.
And, of course, we welcome Prosecutor Moreno- Ocampo back to the Securi…
