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Henry Bellingham: 'UN needs to continue to provide strong leadership'

UK-UN Association event marks 65 years of global effort to ensure peace and security.

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Henry Bellingham
Published
13 June 2010
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Attending the annual UN-UK Association event in London on 12 June, FCO Minister for the UN, Henry Bellingham said: 鈥淲e need the UN to continue providing strong and effective leadership in maintaining peace and security. It鈥檚 time the UN Security Council became more representative of the modern world and we support an intermediate model of reform鈥�.

Over 1,000 people attended the event to mark 65 years of the UK鈥檚 membership of the UN and 65 years of global effort to ensure peace and security.

Mr Bellingham said:

鈥淲e were reminded of the importance of the UN Security Council as it voted on a package of sanctions aimed at halting Iran鈥檚 nuclear proliferation on Tuesday, marking the international community鈥檚 desire to put pressure on Iran to return to dialogue and to respect its international obligations.鈥�

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Published 13 June 2010