I wish to thank our briefers today.
We know that transitions are crucial for countries emerging from crisis and which, at that time, are at risk of returning to conflict and losing political, developmental, social and economic gains. We need to get those transitions right as a top priority, in part…
I thank you, Mr. President, for using your presidency today to highlight this issue and organize this briefing on youth, peace and security. May I also thank our briefers very much. It is very valuable and important to hear directly from representatives not only of civil society but also of the yout…
I thank Mr. Zannier for his briefing.
When the Security Council decided not to hold a meeting on this issue on the day of President Zelenskyi’s inauguration, the Russian Ambassador accused the Council of censorship. Well, there is no censorship. Here we are debating the issue. Back then, Russia was…
May I start, Mr. President, by welcoming your choice of topic for today’s debate. I think that, from the conversation we have had around the table and the contributions made, this is one that has provoked considerable interest. It is a really good choice. In the same spirit, I would also like to tha…
It is very nice to see you, Mr. President, presiding over today’s meeting, and I thank our French colleagues for their work on resolution 2480 (2019). I must also bid Ambassador Delattre farewell and thank him for his leadership in the Security Council. I am grateful for his friendship to me persona…
I would like to thank all Council colleagues for their engagement on resolution 2479 (2019) and for coming together in this constructive way, and I am very pleased today to see the resolution adopted unanimously. I particularly want to thank our good friends from Germany, with whom we have worked so…
I would like to thank our briefers. I want to express our strong support for Special Representative Shearer and the men and women serving in South Sudan on behalf of all of us here, and to thank them for all that they are doing on the ground.
On many occasions the United Kingdom has welcomed the ge…
As a co-penholder, the United Kingdom would like to echo the words of the Polish representative, Ambassador Wronecka, and thank the Security Council members for their constructive and thoughtful contributions during the negotiation process. The United Kingdom would like to express special thanks to …
I thank our briefers. I thought their briefings today were particularly insightful and clear.
While it is good to hear that security has broadly improved in some areas over the past six months, I would like to start by offering my condolences to the families of those killed in the attacks by member…
Let me thank the Prosecutor for her twenty-ninth report on the situation in Darfur pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005) and her briefing to the Security Council today. I would particularly like to commend the Prosecutor and her staff on their continued dedication and hard work on the investigations in…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your guidance to limit today’s meeting to questions. I will do so. I have to say that following our Polish colleague’s intervention, that he has already taken some of my questions. Therefore, I think that, as you will speak last, Sir, that you will have a difficult ti…
Let me, too, thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Gilmour for their briefings this morning.
Let me speak a little, first, about the wider situation in the Sudan and its impact on Darfur and then, secondly, on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darf…
I thank the Secretaries-General for their briefings today. I want to congratulate you, Mr. President, and Kuwait on organizing this first meeting with the League of Arab States under this agenda item. We agree with others that sustainable long-term peace and prosperity is best achieved through coord…
Let me also thank our briefers today. The United Kingdom held an open debate on mediation during our own presidency of the Security Council in August (see S/PV.8334). We are very glad to see the Kuwaiti presidency taking the debate further, because we believe that mediation can and does work. We bel…
I would like to formally welcome you today, Mr. President, to the Council. I congratulate you and your team on presiding over it and thank you for the great work you have already done this month.
Every year, thousands of people go missing amid violence and armed conflict. Every one of those missing…
I very much welcome the opportunity to discuss working methods today. It is an important subject and it affects the Council’s ability to deliver on its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations as an effective, efficient and transparent organ.
I also thank you, Mr. President, for you…
I thank Mr. Fall for what he has had to say and for his efforts.
We very much welcome the continued support of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) to tackle the underlying root causes of conflict in the region, and we believe that national, regional and international coope…
I would like to take the floor in order to clarify the reference to Srebrenica in our statement to the Security Council this morning. The United Kingdom is clear that the Srebrenica massacre was an act of genocide, as confirmed by the judgments of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia…
A century ago, when international humanitarian law was still in its infancy, civilians represented only 10 to 15 per cent of the total casualties in armed conflict. Today, civilians account for more than 80 per cent of all casualties. As we sit here today, civilians are bearing the brunt of conflict…
I do not want to detain us any longer than necessary. I want to reply to the representative of Argentina. We have had a couple of responses to each other during the day so I hope that I may simply say that the United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia…
