United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry
The United Kingdom oversaw the administration of Palestine from the end of World War I in 1917 until 1947, when it turned over responsibility for the territory to the United Nations. The United Kingdom is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Emyr Jones Parry has served as Britain’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations since July 2003. The following is excerpted from the 4,929 th meeting of the Security Council on March 23, 2004, and the 4,935 th meeting of the Security Council on March 25, 2004, in New York.Foreign Ministers of the European Union yesterday condemned the…