The United Kingdom remains concerned by the negative trends on the ground in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. We continue to be deeply concerned by ongoing Israeli settlement advancements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in violation of international law. We urge Israel to…
I thank the Ambassador of Belgium for his briefing. Let me take this opportunity today to make three points, first, on the central role the sanctions regime plays in maintaining peace and security in the region; secondly, our expectations of the upcoming mandate renewal; and finally, the importance …
Let me, like others, thank our briefers today.
The United Kingdom welcomes the fact that the United States-brokered ceasefire is holding in north- east Syria and that the fighting appears to be over. We note the agreement announced on Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin and President Recep Erdoğan …
I assume you, Mr. President, are sharing your water with all the members of the Security Council who need it.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I also welcome the Ambassador of the Sudan here. The Under-Secretary-General talked about some of the remarkable changes that have …
It is customary for all Security Council members to thank the President of the meeting for convening a debate on an important topic when they have chosen one, but I really mean it. Preventive diplomacy is a vital tool of the Council in maintaining and restoring international peace and
security, whi…
Let me, like others, to thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing this morning. We look forward to continuing to work closely with him to support efforts to achieve greater peace, stability and development in the Great Lakes region.
The Great Lakes region, historically characterized by internal conf…
Let me say simply that we very much welcome the Council’s decision to renew the authorization for Member States and regional organizations to inspect and seize vessels involved in people smuggling and human trafficking off the coast of Libya. We remain deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict in …
I would like to add my own congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency. I also thank the Russian delegation for its habitually professional Security Council presidency last month.
I also thank you, Mr. President, for convening a debate on this important issue. I than…
I would like to welcome today all the Ministers to the Council. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had wanted to make the intervention on behalf of the United Kingdom today, but he had to return to London for urgent parliamentary business.
The United Kingdom is a staunch supporter of the African Union …
I thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing.
The United Kingdom has long made its position clear that Israeli settlement activity is illegal. The increased pace of settlement advancement and the retroactive approval of unauthorized settlement outposts — as seen in the Jordan Valley on Sunday — further t…
The situation for civilians in northwest Syria is devastating. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed, including over 500 women and children, and almost 630,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the beginning of May. I would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Mueller for…
There were two draft resolutions on the table today. The humanitarian penholders’ draft resolution (S/2019/756) would have protected civilians. The Russian and Chinese draft resolution (S/2019/757) imperils them.
We thank the humanitarian penholders, Belgium, Germany and Kuwait, for their considera…
Let me, too, thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Shearer for his briefing.
As my colleague from Equatorial Guinea just said, we very, very much welcome the meeting that took place between President Kiir and Mr. Machar. This was a necessary step for the implementation of the Revita…
Let me also condemn the attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso and convey our condolences to the families. I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his briefing.
Today we have an opportunity to identify where peacekeeping reforms have already delivered a real
impact and where we need to redouble…
The United Kingdom continues to support a sovereign, stable Lebanon, governed and underpinned by legitimate State institutions. We recognize that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon makes a significant contribution to Lebanon’s stability and security and we are pleased to renew its mandate f…
I should like to join others in welcoming you, Sir, to the Security Council today, as well as to thank Nikolay Mladenov for his briefing and, through him, his team for all they are doing.
I want to start by stating clearly that the brutal murder of an Israeli soldier on 8 August and the improvised …
May I start by thanking Mr. Vladimir Voronkov and Ms. Michèle Coninsx for their briefings today, which I think set out very clearly, as does the Secretary-General’s report (S/2019/612), just how much of a challenge remains. While military successes have removed Da’esh’s territorial control of the so…
I would like to begin by thanking our briefers. This is a very positive moment, and therefore, I hope, a very positive meeting of the Security Council. The people of the Sudan have brought about unprecedented change through their demands for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future. I congratula…
I welcome you back to the Council, Mr. President, for your second day as the presiding officer. May I also welcome Foreign Minister Trujillo García to the Council, as well as a number of his colleagues who are now our firm friends after a very productive visit last week. I once again thank him and h…
Let me continue where you, Mr. President, left off — with day two of the visit of the Security Council.
On 13 July, the Council travelled to Caldono, in Cauca — an area that has been highly affected by conflict over the past five or more decades. Our first meeting there was with community leaders f…
