United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant
The UK has been a member of the UN since October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Mark Lyall Grant has served as the UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN since November 2009. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Grant’s statement during UN Security Council debate on UN Resolution 1973 and the Situation in Libya on March 17, 2011. The situation in Libya is clear. A violent, discredited regime that has lost all legitimacy is using weapons of war against civilians. Qadhafi’s regime has ignored this Council’s demand in Resolution 1970 that it stop…
