Thank you to our briefers: we all collectively benefit from your exceptional institutional knowledge and continued close following of the Council’s evolving working methods.

Let me also thank Denmark and Pakistan for your joint stewardship of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions.

Underlining the United Kingdom’s approach to working methods is our desire for an action-oriented Security Council that is able to build consensus and reach compromises through constructive and informed debate.

The United Kingdom welcomes today’s open debate, as an opportunity to reiterate our commitment to the full implementation of Note 507, which underwent a significant update under Japan’s leadership of the Informal Working Group last year.

At that time, we were please

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