I am delighted to have cast the United Kingdom’s vote in favour of resolution 2379 (2017), and I am grateful to Council members for their unanimous support of this United Kingdom- drafted text.
One year after we gathered on the margins of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly and promis…
I would like to begin by thanking Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs for convening this important meeting as the National Dialogue in Yemen draws to a close. The United Kingdom also thanks its friends — Special Adviser Benomar, Secretary General Al Zayani and Foreign Minister Al-Qirbi — for t…
May I, too, begin by remembering Richard Holbrooke. The House of Commons foreign affairs session yesterday was led by Foreign Secretary William Hague, who offered a warm and heartfelt tribute to Ambassador Holbrooke for those who had worked so closely with him. His lifetime of effort on behalf of hu…
I am delighted to be the first Minister of the new British Government to address the Security Council. It is a particular honour that you are in the chair, Sir, as I do so, particularly on a day when my Foreign Secretary has made a key announcement in the House of Commons in relation to non-prolifer…
