Today I have the real honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States. On behalf of the Group, I would like to offer our warm congratulations to His Royal Highness Prince Zeid on his appointment to this important office.
The promotion and protec…
I congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the successful completion of the fourth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We thank the Mission of Turkey for its able facilitation of the review and express our profound solidarity with Turkey after the kidnapping …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Moussa for his statement this morning. I pay tribute to him for his contribution to peace and security in the Central African region during his tenure at the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). The United Ki…
I thank you, Madame President, for convening this important debate today. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2014/181), and in particular Special Representative Bangura, her staff, the Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, and United Nations country te…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Baroness Catherine Ashton for their statements and express our full support for the presidential statement just adopted by the Council (S/PRST/2014/4). I would also like to say …
I thank you, Madam President, for holding this important debate today. I also thank High Commissioner Pillay, Under- Secretary-General Amos, Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Director-General Daccord for their compelling and thoughtful contributions …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/721) and Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing. I would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his important statement today.
I would first like to join with others in expressing our sadness at today’s crash in southern…
I wish to join other speakers in thanking the Chairs of the Committees, Ambassadors Quinlan, Loulichki and Oh, for their comprehensive briefings today but, above all, for their strong leadership of the three important Committees.
Terrorism continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and…
I would particularly like to thank Special Representative Moussa for his statement this morning and for the continued work of United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) on these issues.
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has blighted the heart of Africa for over 20 years, and it remain…
I join in the expressions of gratitude for the statements that we have heard today. I particularly want to thank you, Sir, for holding this debate, and the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Mlambo- Ngcuka, High Commissioner Pillay and Ms. Balipou for their valuable briefings…
I hope you do not mind, Sir, that I introduce myself by name, because this is the first time that I am addressing the Council. My name is Peter Wilson, and I am the new Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom. It is an honour to be in this group, and I am proud to be here.
First of al…
My delegation did not stand in the way of the adoption of this resolution without a vote. However, this Organization does have established guidelines with regard to the holding of international years and anniversaries and we should keep to them.
The United Kingdom welcomes this special session because it rightly combines the theme of reforming public administration with the development process. This is proving one of the key relationships on the development agenda in the 1990s.
In the United Kingdom, we have pursued the reform of public ad…
