The United Kingdom strongly urges delegations to vote against this motion. We do so for reasons of principle. A motion to adjourn an item sine die represents an attempt to prevent the consideration of a draft resolution on procedural grounds. The calling of such a motion aims at denying States Membe…
I warmly thank Under-Secretary-General Le Roy and the Force Commanders for their briefings. Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to the work of the Force Commanders, both those who briefed us and all the others who are here today, and to the work of all of the women and men who are under thei…
I would like to join my Security Council colleagues in welcoming the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić; and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skander Hyseni. I would also like to thank the Secretary-G…
I thank you very much indeed, Madam President, for organizing this debate. Many thanks, too, go to the Secretary-General and to Under-Secretary-General Holmes and High Commissioner Pillay for their comprehensive briefings. Let me also echo, Madam, your warm comments marking the fact that this is pro…
I too would like to thank very much Presidents Robinson and Byron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their very helpful briefings. I thank them and all their colleagues for the work of the Tribunals and for their reports on the completion strategies of the Tribunals (see S/2010/270 and S/2010/…
I should say first of all that the United Kingdom aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
In 2005, world leaders defined a goal of universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 in order to mobilize…
Like my colleagues, I would very much like to welcome His Excellency President Guelleh to the Security Council this morning and to thank him for his very useful briefing and thoughts. The United Kingdom applauds
the positive work of Djibouti in support of peace in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti has p…
I welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Ibrahim and Commissioner Lamamra to the Council this morning and thank them very much indeed for their briefings. I should also like to thank Mr. Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. We greatly appreciate the efforts …
I thank you, Madam President, and the Chairmen of the three Committees for their very helpful briefings. In particular, I should like to welcome Ambassador Apakan and Ambassador Heller as they give their first briefings to the Council in their new capacities.
With respect to the Committee establish…
At the outset, I should affirm that the United Kingdom aligns itself fully with the statement that was made earlier by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
I welcome this High-level Dialogue to consider our shared promises to the world’s poor. Since the last such meeting, th…
I too would like to begin by welcoming the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Ameerah Haq, to her first meeting with the Security Council in that capacity, to thank her for her briefing today and also to reiterate our continuing support for the efforts of the United Nations in assisting the…
I would like to join Security Council colleagues in welcoming the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, to the Council today. May I also thank him for his full briefing, setting out the priorities of Kazakhstan as Chairman-in-Office of the O…
I offer you warm congratulations, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We very much look forward to working with you, and we assure you of our full support. We are very grateful also to Ambassador Mayr-Harting and the Austrian delegation
for their distinguished p…
I welcome this debate and am very grateful to Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing.
Better peacebuilding is at the heart of this Council’s work. The thematic debate that Uganda, as President of the Council, held in July (see S/PV.6165) highlighted the need for rapid implementation of measures to impro…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, which provides a useful opportunity to take stock of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).
I should like to align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the…
What I wish to say is that I support my colleague, the Permanent Representative of Belgium, in opposing the proposal for the adjournment of the discussion of this item. I call on all those who wish to support the draft resolution proposed by the States members of the European Union (A/64/L.67) and s…
When the General Assembly met last year to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, many if not all of us underlined the significance of the August presidential elections for Afghanistan and the need for the United Nations to work with the Afghan authorities to ensure that they were credible, inclusive…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Le Roy for his presentation and welcome the fact that Under-Secretary-General Malcorra is also here with us for this debate. We are also grateful for the presentation by Mr. Antonio on behalf of the African Union and to Mr. Prodi for his contribution and for the work…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Khare, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Timor-Leste, for his briefing. I understand that this will be his last appearance before his departure in December, so I would very much like to thank him for all his efforts during his time as Special Re…
I, too, would like to join others Security Council colleagues in welcoming the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier; the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni; and the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, to the Council Chamber today. I should like …
