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  1. “It was collective engagement by States across the globe that produced the counter-proliferation framework. Even the most powerful recognized that investing in collective rules-based restraint was the only effective way of addressing national security interests and avoiding unilateral recourse to force. We cannot let that framework be undermined today by those who reject the values and disregard the rules that have kept us safe. It will take collective engagement to reinforce it in the face of today's challenges. And in that, as always been the case, the United Kingdom will play a leading role.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  2. “If so, the Council will again be able to work together to rid the world of chemical weapons, but if not, we should leave no one in any doubt of the international community's determination to uphold international non-proliferation regimes. Not all the challenges faced by the counter- proliferation framework come before the Council, but they are no less urgent. We need to strengthen the rules to keep pace with new technologies and more complex global supply chains. We must hold every United Nations Member to develop its capabilities and regulations and ensure they are able to make their contribution to that global effort. The quiet, but essential, role the United Nations plays must be at the heart of those efforts. As United Nations Members, therefore, we should invest the expertise and necessary diplomatic resources in the conventions.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  3. “The United Kingdom has presented detailed evidence, clearly laid out in charges of attempted murder and the use and possession of a chemical weapon against two agents of the Russian State. We have taken appropriate action with our allies, and we will continue to take the necessary steps to ensure our collective security. Russia has sought only to obfuscate through desperate fabrication. Permanent Members of the Security Council must not attack and undermine the international non-proliferation regimes and the institutions that underpin them. All members of the council must fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard them in support of international peace and security. It is my sincere hope that Russia will rejoin the international consensus against the use of chemical weapons and the collective efforts to uphold it.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  4. “I would like to thank President Trump and President Macron for their shared determination, with the United Kingdom, to deter the use of chemical weapons in Syria through the joint military action in April by the United States, United Kingdom and France. Those actions sent a clear message to the Al-Assad regime, that is, that perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons cannot escape identification or act with impunity. The regime's backers must use their influence to ensure chemical weapons are not used again - for there must be no doubt that we will respond swiftly and appropriately if they are. The United Kingdom saw the consequences of those norms being eroded in Salisbury this year when Russia recklessly deployed a nerve agent on the streets.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  5. “Nowhere are the grim consequences of the erosion of global norms on weapons of mass destruction more apparent than in Syria, where the United Nations has concluded that Al-Assad's regime has repeatedly use chemical weapons, a direct assault on a near century- old ban vital to our collective peace and security. Yet Russia has repeatedly wielded its veto to prevent the Security Council from holding the Al-Assad regime to account even shutting down the international body established to investigate the use of chemical weapons in Syria. I therefore welcome the decision of 150 countries in June, the largest gathering in its history, to empower the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to attribute responsibility for chemical-weapon attacks in Syria and to put in place arrangements for attribution for any country that requests it.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  6. “Iran's proliferation and transfer of missile and sophisticated military technology to groups like Hizbullah in Lebanon or - as the United Nations Panel of Experts concluded - to the Houthis Yemen are also not in compliance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. It risks a dangerous escalation. We therefore need to see further decisive action in the Council to tackle both the transit and proliferation of those technologies and increase the costs for those responsible. It is regrettable that Russia continues to prevent the Council from upholding its responsibility to stop that destabilizing activity.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  7. “It remains the best means of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and we are committed to preserving the JCPOA, as long as Iran continues to abide by its obligations in full. Iran must ensure that it implements its obligations fully, and, in order to monitor Iran's compliance, we strongly support the International Atomic Energy Agency using inspections and other monitoring provisions of the JCPOA to their full extent. Other aspects of Iran's policies, in particular its destabilizing regional behaviour and sustained efforts to enhance its ballistic-missile capability, continue to cause serious concerns. The international community and, where appropriate, the Security Council need to be ready to address that.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  8. “In meeting Kim Jong Un, you have created a historic opportunity for complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. Consensus from the Council to impose sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea played no small part, but we will not continue meaningful progress towards peace on the Korean peninsula without sustained pressure. Sanctions must be strictly enforced by all, including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's neighbours. We must remain vigilant. Ensuring non-proliferation also requires collective leadership of the type that led to the 2015 agreement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the Iran nuclear deal. For many years, the scale and nature of Iran's nuclear programme raised serious international concerns. The JCPOA was an important step forward in addressing them.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  9. “But the past 18 months have seen those hard-won gains challenged. We have seen chemical weapons used in Syria, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. The conventions governing our nuclear compact are being picked at. Predictability and stability are declining. If we do not increase our collective efforts to preserve and build on what we have, there is a very real risk that those gains will subside or fall away. The 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty is rightly perceived as the flagship of the international community's determination against nuclear proliferation. Supporting it requires leadership, which your Administration and you personally, Mr. President, are demonstrating with regard to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - the world's most pressing nuclear threat.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  10. “It has brought about a measure ofpredictability and stability. And it has paved the way to arms control agreements and disarmament. When many of us around this table were born, it was feared that dozens of nuclear-weapon States might emerge. Instead, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has seen a remarkable near- 30 States abandon their pursuit of nuclear weapons. Global stockpiles have been reduced by almost 80 per cent since their Cold war peak. That is true success on a truly global scale. Similar if not greater success has been achieved with regard to chemical and biological weapons. More than 96 per cent of declared stockpiles of chemical weapons have been destroyed under international verification, and no country professes publicly to possess biological weapons.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  11. “I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. There is no greater threat to international peace and security than the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. These issues matter to every man, woman and child around the globe, and United Kingdom, like the other permanent members of the Security Council, has a special responsibility to protect the significant gains that we have made in the past 70 years - because the international community has invested a huge amount of energy into containing the horrific forces that emerged in the twentieth century. The multilateral framework of treaties to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is one of the greatest achievements of the international community, thereby demonstrating the value of global cooperation. It has improved all of our security.”

    2018-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8362 (2018) · source

  12. “We must also find a creative solution to ensure funding for the African Union Mission in Somalia on secure basis, beyond 2018. All options should be on the table so that the Council can make an informed decision that is acceptable to all. I thank all delegations for the vital contribution their countries have made to United Nations peacekeeping. I again thank Ethiopia for organizing this debate, and our briefers for addressing it. Together we can deliver better peacekeeping, and this resolution is an important step in that direction.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  13. “I would like to conclude by recognizing the importance of the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) in delivering lasting peace on the African continent. A secure funding arrangement for African Union-led operations can help us to achieve that goal. Resolution 2320 (2016) and the African Union's commitment to fund 25 per cent of AU peace-support operations provide a basis for us to work towards part funding on a case by case basis by the United Nations. I welcome further discussion to establish the role of the Council in deploying and ending peace operations and ensuring that we achieve common performance, conduct and financial management standards across all United Nations and AU operations.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  14. “The huge contribution made during peacekeeping's 70-year history is undermined with every failure to protect civilians and every instance of sexual exploitation and abuse. This resolution breaks ground by calling for the collection ofperformance data so we can better monitor peacekeeping performance and evaluate success. Let me be very clear: sexual exploitation and abuse cannot continue to happen. We fully support the Secretary-General's zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and the Council's resolution 2272 (2016). That is why I joined the Secretary-General's circle of leadership and the United Kingdom signed the Voluntary Compact against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  15. “I am also pleased that the resolution recognizes the vital role that women play in peacekeeping, as well as our commitment to double the number of women serving in peacekeeping by 2020. At the London Ministerial Meeting, we reaffirmed that goal and agreed that 15 per cent of all military observer and staff officer roles should be filled by women. Thirdly, with regard to stronger performance, I salute what United Nations peacekeepers have achieved in often horribly difficult circumstances, and I pay tribute to those who have lost their lives. We ask a lot of them. We must give them every chance to succeed through high-quality training, functioning equipment and capable and decisive leadership. But when those standards are not met, we must also have accountability.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  16. “That required patient and determined effort, delivered hand in hand with our colleagues in the United Nations. Pledges are crucial so that the United Nations can always deploy troops on basis ofwho is best for the job, not just who is available for the job. The quicker that we all turn those pledges from words spoken around a table into real women and men on the ground, the quicker we realize that goal. I am glad that this resolution reinforces that. Work is also under way to improve strategic force-generation. As we reform peacekeeping into just mandates, we need to be sure that we have the right troops with the right capabilities at hand and ready to deploy. That is why the United Kingdom and France will hold a debate on this very issue next month.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  17. “That requires the different parts of the United Nations - peace and security, development and humanitarian - to work as one to build a shared understanding of the situation and coordinate our efforts to resolve it. When the circumstances on the ground change, we must be agile in reviewing our missions and adapting them quickly. Secondly, with regard to more pledges, collectively we have generated over 80 new pledges of personnel and capability in the past two years. That is fantastic, but pledging is only the first step. We must all turn those pledges into troops on the ground. In early July, United Kingdom troops officially opened a field hospital in Bentiu, South Sudan. In doing so, I am proud that delivered on our pledge to double the number of British forces deployed in United Nations missions.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  18. “As we look ahead to the next such meeting, to be held in Vancouver in two months' time, we must concentrate on delivering the vision we agreed upon in London and continue the progress made since the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations issued its report (see S/2015/446), two years ago. We want to see better planning of peacekeeping missions, more pledges of the personnel and equipment that the United Nations needs, and stronger performance by peacekeepers on the ground. I am delighted to see those points reflected in this resolution, and will cover each of them in turn. First, with regard to better planning, to plan our missions effectively, we must be clear-sighted as to what they are there to achieve so that we know when we are making progress and when it is time for the mission to go.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  19. “The Council's own performance in responding to the situation in South Sudan, where there has been conflict for five out of the six years the country has existed, has been found wanting. Therefore, just as we want to monitor the performances of our peacekeeping missions, we should monitor our own performance too. The United Kingdom is proud to be a champion of peacekeeping reform. In September 2016, in London, we held the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Meeting, a landmark event with a communique signed by 64 countries, which set out a path to better peacekeeping.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  20. “For our peacekeepers to succeed, we must have a clear political strategy for resolving conflicts. For no matter how bravely our peacekeepers fulfil their mandate, peace will come about only when we get the politics of conflict right. I am therefore encouraged that resolution 2378 (2017) recognizes the vital political role of the Council and of the Secretary-General's good offices in resolving conflict. However, politics do not stop with the peacekeeping mission on the ground. Just like peacekeepers, the Council must be willing and capable of discharging its duty. Too often we are in deadlock and unable to act. Too often we cannot agree to give a strong message of condemnation when our resolutions are not implemented by States.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source

  21. “I thank you, Prime Minister Desalegn, for convening this debate and coordinating resolution 2378 (2017), on an issue of great importance to the United Kingdom. I am pleased to see its unanimous adoption. I thank our briefers - Secretary-General Guterres, His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat and His Excellency Mr. Jose' Ramos-Horta. The Secretary-General has made the reform of the United Nations approach to peace and security a priority, and rightly so. The Security Council has a solemn responsibility that we must uphold. The Secretary-General has called for the United Nations to become more coordinated in its approach to conflict, while seeking to prevent outbreaks of violence before we are forced to send in peacekeepers. I share the Secretary-General's vision for sustaining peace and fully support the steps he is taking to deliver it.”

    2017-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8051 (2017) · source