Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:39 pm on 17 January 2023.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Chair, International Relations and Defence Committee, Chair, International Relations and Defence Committee
2:39,
17 January 2023
My Lords, on this very date 77 years ago, the United Nations Security Council met for the first time, here in London. There has been much talk of reform and I very much welcome my noble friend’s words today, but nothing much seems to happen on reform of the powers and the membership. It is a different world from 77 years ago. My noble friend referred to the intergovernmental negotiations. What text-based information have we already tabled, in the light of our ambassador to the UN having said in November that this would be the best way of moving forward, getting away from making promises and good statements, and getting the job done? When my noble friend was there in December, and when my Honourable Friend Minister Rutley was there just last week, what discussions did they have on this matter of a text-based way forward?
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