I welcome the High Representative and thank him for his briefing. I would also like to welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Chamber today. It is an honour to be back in the Security Council and to see some familiar colleagues. I am here today in my new capacity as the United …
I will not take up much of anyone’s time. I apologize to Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Rajasingham, who have had their briefings hijacked by this attention.
I would like to thank everybody for their incredibly kind words and all their friendship and cooperation and that of all their missions during my time…
At the outset, I wish to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Acting Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Rajasingham, as well as both of their teams, for all the work that they are doing under very difficult circumstances. We come here every month and hear these briefings, which normally swing be…
The United Kingdom was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2513 (2020) and that it was unanimously adopted. Today Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture. The Joint Declaration between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States of America for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, of 29…
Let me join others in welcoming you to the presidency, Sir, and say that the United Kingdom looks forward to working with you and your delegation. I also thank the representative of
Belgium for an excellent stewardship of the Council’s business during the month of February.
Let me start by thankin…
I am very pleased that resolution 2511 (2020) has been adopted, but disappointed that two members of the Council wanted to abstain when we have previously been able to have united agreement on Yemen. I am particularly disappointed that this took place after extensive negotiations this morning, reope…
I was mentioned in the Russian intervention so I would like to respond. I listen very carefully to what the Russian military say, including in briefings to the Council. I am waiting for a Russian military official to answer the question of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: how c…
At the outset, we would like to express our condolences to the families and friends of those Oxfam workers mentioned by Mr. Lowcock who were killed.
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Lowcock for their briefings.
I agree very much with my German and my American colleagues. I am not going to rehearse the…
I thank our briefers who are joining us via video-teleconference from Kyiv and the Under Secretary-General.
The Minsk agreements provide a road map to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The United Kingdom reiterates its firm support for those agreements and Ukrainian sovereig…
I would like to thank Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Lowcock, as well as Ambassador King, for their briefings. I want to state on record, once again, that we fully support the United Nations- led process and the United Nations efforts to bring peace to Yemen. We once again take this opportunity to urge all t…
May I join others in thanking Belgium for convening today’s important debate. I am very pleased that the High Commissioner for Human Rights was able to join us and brief the Security Council today. May there be many more occasions where that might happen. I also thank our other two briefers.
I will…
I want to thank Their Majesties for graciously being with the Security Council today. It enhances the reputation of the Council to have them here. I also want to thank them for the amazing efforts that Belgium has long made on the issue of children in armed conflict. I am very pleased to be able to …
Resolution 2510 (2020), which we just adopted, is viable. We all want to see it implemented. I must say, it is the first time that I have heard a period of three weeks after a conference described as a rush. Some of us might think it is a bit leisurely given the situation on the ground. However, the…
I welcome you to the Security Council, Sir, for Belgium’s presidency. I join others in welcoming President Abbas and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres and Mr. Mladenov for their remarks.
As we have heard today, the Israeli-Palestinian confli…
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this important debate today. I also wish to thank Mr. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, for taking the time to come here, as I think it is very important for the Security Council to hear from the Organization for Security and Cooperation …
I think that the worst nightmare concerning Idlib has come to pass. As Mark Lowcock just told us, the United Nations has been warning of this day for a long time. And this is within an environment in which nightmares happen 24/7. Idlib has long been, as it were, the refuge of last resort for all tho…
Before I start, I want to pick up on what both the American and the German Ambassadors said about the Holocaust commemoration, which of course takes place this year. It is a very important commemoration. Some of us will be joining the Secretary-General at the weekend in New York to commemorate this …
I wish to welcome once again the Special Envoy to the Security Council. I also welcome the Director. I thank both of them for their briefings and for their tireless efforts and those of their teams on this very acute problem.
I think it is clear from what we have heard today that the political sett…
Before I start on Colombia, let me thank you, Mr. President, for having arranged the two moments of silence and also used this occasion to pay tribute to His late Majesty Sultan Qaboos of Oman.
Turning to Columbia, I would like to welcome the Foreign Minister. We are very pleased to have her here a…
I know time marches on; I will be brief. I have a practice in the Security Council of defending the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) here at the United Nations whenever the Syrian representative attacks it. I wish to point out that, on this occasion, the same will apply.
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