I want to respond to the unwarranted and intemperate comments of the Syrian Permanent Representative against Germany and the German Ambassador. I want to stress that Germany is our partner and our ally in Europe, the European Union and NATO, at the United Nations and throughout the world. Germany ma…
I thank the two Under-Secretaries-General for their helpful briefings. I would like to structure my remarks under six headings, namely, the United Kingdom’s position on the Golan; Security Council resolutions; what this means for the international order; Israel’s right to security; the Middle East p…
Like our German colleague, I shall try to be brief because I think that there have been a lot of common themes across the Council today. While I share people’s dismay that so many of these issues come back to us repeatedly, I think that if there is any unity in the Council, it has been on the condem…
I will be very brief but, as a number of lurid claims were made against my country, I would like to respond.
First, I have sent you a letter, Mr. President, in response to allegations made by the Venezuelan representative, which sets out very clearly British policy towards his country — very much …
I will add our voice to all those welcoming the Special Envoy and thanking him for his briefing.
I think that there has been a lot of identity of view today, and it is all centred around our support for the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. I just want to note that, to date, we have…
As is clear, the United Kingdom voted in favour of the American draft resolution (S/2019/186) and against the Russian one (S/2019/190). I think the fact that the Russian draft resolution failed to obtain the required number of votes whereas the American text was vetoed accurately pinpoints the uneas…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar. It is very good to know that her office in Myanmar is up and running.
At the start, I apologize if I may have to slip away before the meeting is over. I am hosting an event for Brian Urquhart, who turned 100 today. Colleagues will know …
We welcome today’s debate and the opportunity to discuss the situation in Ukraine. I would like to start by joining those of my colleagues who have reiterated their unwavering support to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, including within its internationally recognized bo…
Once again, we thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, as well as their teams, for all their work and dedication. We have heard what Mr. Griffiths a…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for his briefing, and his team for their continuing dedication to this issue. I also extend a welcome to His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Serbia and Her Excellency the Ambassador of Kosovo.
I have spent a lot of my career dealing with the Balka…
I welcome you to New York, Mr. President, and thank you very much for being with us today, as well as for picking this important topic, which, as I think you have heard from all the speakers, in particular from our last speaker, has very particular resonance for a very large number of countries. Man…
Mr. President, I would like to welcome you again to the Security Council; we thank you for being with us today. I would also like to welcome the Colombian Foreign Minister, who has visited us before, and whom we thank for being with us again.
We also offer a big welcome to the Special Representativ…
I join others in welcoming the Indonesian Foreign Minister, who is a very good friend of the United Nations. I also join the American representative in expressing our deepest condolences to Chad for the loss of its peacekeepers. We send our condolences also to the victims’ families.
As other speake…
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this briefing. It is very good to hear from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, and I thank him for everything he said. I want to start by also thanking him for restructuring the United Nations Support Mission in Libya a…
The fact that we have been fortunate enough to have so many briefers today testifies to the importance of this issue. I would like to thank them and like to thank in particular Minister Malanji and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for being with us. I would like to make five brief…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for scheduling this meeting. I also thank Martin Griffiths and his team, Mark Lowcock and all the humanitarians. I think it is very good that the Security Council has been able to be united on this very important issue. It is very good that we can have a timely …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling the vote on resolution 2451 (2018) at this time. I also thank my colleagues, members of the Security Council, for their collegiality and cooperation, allowing us to adopt a unanimous resolution — the first resolution on this kind of subject —…
Like others, I pay tribute to our good friend and colleague Staffan. It was a sad day when we learned that he would step down. He has given the most enormous service to the United Nations. I personally have worked with him on Afghanistan and other issues, and his track record in that country, in Ira…
I would like to join other colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his briefing.
I would also like to join other colleagues in making clear that the United Kingdom also condemns Hizbullah’s building of tunnels leading into Israel. As others have noted, that is a clear…
Before I start, could I, through the American delegation, pass on a tribute to Ambassador Haley in connection with her time on the Council. Her ambition for the Council and her commitment to delivery and effectiveness have really helped moved issues and ourselves forward. So I would ask the United S…
