United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sir John Sawers
The United Kingdom joined the United Nations on October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. John Sawers has served as the United Kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN since August 28, 2007. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Sawers’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on August 18, 2008. On August 11,in this Chamber, the United Kingdomand others welcomed the French-led efforts to secure an immediate end to thefighting in Georgia.The culmination of those efforts was the six-point agreement signed by Russia and Georgia a week ago, together withthe agreed clarifications issued by…
