I would like to make a statement today briefly on agenda item 13 and the note of the Secretary-General submitted thereunder (A/75/854).
The United Kingdom remains concerned about high levels of malaria cases and deaths. To put it simply, progress has levelled off. While some countries are nearing e…
I would like to start by thanking the co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Austria and Senegal, and their teams for their tireless efforts to bring delegations together on resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B.
We sincerely regret today that all delegations could not come together to set t…
As noted in the Secretary-General’s report of 21 May (A/75/891), there are still more than 280,000 individuals registered as internally displaced in Georgia. That is an important humanitarian issue that should be addressed, and that is why the United Kingdom, alongside so many other Member States fr…
I have the pleasure this evening to introduce a pre-recorded statement by Wendy Morton, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are particularly pleased to see you here today and are grateful to you and the Burkina Faso delegation for all your hard work in promoting an agenda item to which we attach great importance too. I would like to thank too the…
The United Kingdom supports the statement made by my Slovenian colleague this morning on behalf of the European Union (EU).
In 2000, the international community declared that we would spare no effort to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Huge progress has been made. But halfway …
My delegation welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to review progress in decolonization and to examine what still remains to be done. I would like to thank, first of all, the Rapporteur of the Special Committee on decolonization for his introduction to the comprehensive report of the C…
