May I join others in thanking you in particular, Mr. President, for honouring us with your presence today and for choosing such an important theme for this debate. We are also pleased to be honoured by the presence of so many other ministers.
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his rep…
I too would like to add my delegation’s voice in welcoming Mr. Bassolé and Mr. Abou Moussa, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General. It is very good to be able to hear from them at first hand in the Security Council.
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I would also like to ext…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for organizing this important debate. It offers a very useful opportunity to take stock of the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and of the Peacebuilding Fund following their first anniversaries. It also allows us to chart th…
The United Kingdom supports the General Committee recommendation that item 165 of the draft agenda not be included in the agenda of the sixty-second session. The United Kingdom’s position on Taiwan has not changed. We urge both the Chinese Government and the Taiwanese authorities to avoid any action…
I had not intended to take the floor today, but in the light of the previous explanations of vote, I wanted to place on record the United Kingdom’s very strong support for the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and of all its Prosecutors, and in particular for Ms. Del Ponte…
Allow me to say at the outset that we normally would have expected to speak after the representative of the Portuguese presidency of the European Union, but as I understand from the Secretariat, for technical reasons it is not possible for the representative of Portugal to speak before us today. The…
The United Kingdom welcomes the continuing cooperation between States in the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. However, with reference to the Luanda Declaration issued by those States, the United Kingdom would like to reiterate its position on the issue of sovereignty of the Falkl…
Madam President, I would like to start by joining colleagues in paying tribute to you for your efforts on this important issue and for the leadership and guidance that you have shown us throughout all the deliberations. Our thanks go also to the facilitators.
I simply wanted to state that the Unite…
Thank you to Ambassador Kumalo for his interesting briefing. It is my honour to follow Ambassador Kumalo in
presenting the report today and to speak on behalf of Ambassador Jones Parry, who co-led the mission. May I say, at the start, that it was very good as a curtain- raiser to see President Kona…
The United Kingdom voted in favour of the resolution today, but I would like to give an explanation of our position. I would like to place on record the United Kingdom’s strong support for the role and responsibilities of the High Representative, who is also the European Union’s Special Representati…
I wish to align myself with the statement to be made later this morning by the presidency of the European Union.
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for his thought-provoking presentation. It is not acceptable that even now, in the twenty-first century, violent conflict impacts most …
The United Kingdom would like to join preceding speakers in thanking the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the two Tribunals: President Pocar, President Byron, Prosecutor Del Ponte and Prosecutor Jallow.
As this is Prosecutor Del Ponte’s last appearance before the Security Council, we would like to…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Group of Western European and other States and to make a statement on the passing of Kurt Waldheim, the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations.
As Secretary-General, Mr. Waldheim was dedicated to serving the United Nations during a …
I too wish to join colleagues in thanking Ambassador Qazi for his presentation on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2007/330). I also wish to extend my thanks to His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Iraq for joining the Council to give a presentation on behalf of the Iraqi Government. We are …
Allow me also to thank the President and Prosecutor of the Special Court for their very informative briefings and for all the work they are doing to help bring justice to the people of Sierra Leone. I would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for attending this meeting and for her words …
I too should like to associate myself with the comments which will be made shortly by the Permanent Representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union. I should like to thank Ambassadors Verbeke, Arias and Burian
for their briefings to the Security Council this morning. I thank them and thei…
I would like to add our words of thanks to the Under-Secretary- General for his briefing. These humanitarian updates are very welcome, and they serve as an important reminder to the Council of the human cost of conflict.
The Under-Secretary-General’s account today shone a very sobering and much-nee…
Allow me to join others in thanking the High Representative for his work and dedication throughout his time in office, and especially through what has been a difficult few months in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have been extremely grateful for his efforts to maintain momentum on key reforms. We note a…
I should like to join other representatives in welcoming you, Sir, to the presidency of the Council for this month. I should also like to join those representatives who found the mission worthwhile and to thank the Russian Federation for its proposal.
It was very good for those of us who have spent…
I would like to join colleagues in thanking Ambassador Qazi for his presentation on the Secretary-General’s report. I would also like to express, along with other representatives, particular thanks to His Excellency the Vice-President for agreeing to join us in the Council and for giving a presentat…
