I thank the Special Envoy. I also thank John Ging very much, as well as the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait for being here with us today.
This is a terrible situation. I think that what we are hearing today is very strong support for the primacy
of the political process, as well as a…
I thank colleagues for the views and expressions of solidarity and support. I also thank those colleagues who repeated their revulsion at the use of chemical weapons wherever and whenever it occurs. I just want to make it very clear that the United Kingdom shares that position about bolstering the i…
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing and for all the work that she is doing on this issue with her team. Through her, allow me to thank the staff of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
Like other speakers, we remain deepl…
I want to thank you, Madam President, for scheduling this meeting today at short notice following the announcements in the United Kingdom yesterday.
When the Security Council last met on this issue, on 18 April (see S/PV.8237), I undertook to update the Council in the light of significant developme…
This is the first time I am taking the floor under your presidency, Madam President, so I would like to congratulate you and your team on your assumption of the stewardship of the Council for September. I would also like to thank Mr. Koncke of the Organization of American States (OAS) for his inform…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General not only for his very sobering briefing, but also for all his work on Libya. Through him, we would pass on our thanks to his team.
The first point I would like to make is to strongly condemn the escalation of violence in and around Tripoli…
I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming our new colleague from Côte d’Ivoire. We look forward to working with him and would like to thank Ambassador Alcide Djédjé for his excellent cooperation in the interim.
We voted in favour of resolution 2428 (2018), but listening to some of the explana…
May I once again thank and congratulate Sweden for selecting such a good menu of themes for us to discuss in the Security Council. I was here in 2007 for the first Security Council climate change debate (see S/PV.5663), and I think that today’s discussion is already shaping up to be a very worthy co…
I thank you very much indeed, Madam President, for being with us again today. It is fantastic to have you here. I thank you for all the work Sweden has done on this important dossier, and particularly for keeping it at the forefront of our minds in the Security Council and for the way you have tried…
Let me join others in welcoming Sweden’s presidency of the Security Council and in thanking Russia for its stewardship during the previous month. We are also very pleased, Mr. Prime Minister, that you have convened this open debate today. It is very important for the Council to focus on the protecti…
I wish to thank our three briefers today. This is an important issue, so I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this debate.
For the United Kingdom’s part, we welcome the thorough and well-evidenced report on the ongoing implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2018/602). We are aware o…
I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Mr. John Ging for their briefings. Through them, allow me once again to thank their teams on the ground, which are doing good work in very difficult circumstances.
As there was positive news on the political front and as we do not often have such new…
I would like to align myself with the statements made earlier by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect.
We welcome the inclusion of the responsibility to protect as a formal agenda item of the General…
I would like to thank the Russian Federation for the opportunity to discuss holistically the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. I think that we all agree that many of the conflicts in the region share root causes and complex linkages. We agree that an approach to resolving such conflicts…
I thank you, Mr. President, and I join colleagues in welcoming you to the presidency for this month and saying that the United Kingdom looks forward to working with Russia. I also thank Poland for its very distinguished presidency of the Council.
The United Kingdom remains extremely concerned by th…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his very sobering briefing.
Echoing Ambassador Haley’s concern, I condemn — without qualification and in the strongest terms — yesterday’s mortar and rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. Indiscriminate attacks against civilians are unacceptable and they are unj…
I join other colleagues in welcoming the three Ministers for Foreign Affairs to this important meeting. I should also like to thank the briefers from the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for their account and for the work they and their teams do on th…
I just wanted to comment on the Syrian representative’s last statement, in which he said that the Syrian Arab Republic will spare no effort to arrive at a political solution. That is obviously a welcome statement. I would like to ask him if he could tell the Council, or is willing to say today, that…
I had not intended to speak today in the Chamber, but I wanted to respond to some of the things that we have just heard. I will therefore take this opportunity to thank Staffan de Mistura and his team for all their work, which is not proving as fast or as productive as all of us would like, but I th…
I thank Mr. Mladenov for his sobering briefing. I would like to thank him and his staff for everything they are doing to try to calm down the violence. I also echo his tribute to the medical staff on the ground, as well as his appeal for facilitatiting the evacuation of the wounded.
We have seen a …
