I thank Special Representative Honoré for her briefing, which, together with the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/225), clearly outlines the important strides
that Haiti has made in the past several years since the earthquake, as well as the daunting challenges that it continues to face.
I would…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom for his update and his hard work over recent months. I also thank Ambassador Saikal for his comments this morning.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) remains a critical asset for the Security Council and the Af…
On behalf of the United States, I should like sincerely to thank those countries that voted in favour of resolution 2272 (2016), which was adopted today. The resolution underscores the Security Council’s responsibility — our responsibility — to address the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse in…
The United States will vote against the proposed amendment put forward by Egypt for a simple, stark reason, that is, the amendment would undermine the purpose of the draft resolution (S/2016/235). Our draft resolution does not dictate how any Member State should go about investigating allegations or…
I know I had the floor at length earlier, so I will try to be as brief as possible. Like the Secretary-General, because of the gravity of what we are discussing here and the insufficiency of what we have mustered up to this point as an international community, I think it is worth coming back to some…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing today, for the important report upon which it is based (A/70/729), and for his determined leadership in tackling what he has rightly called a cancer in our system. We know that he has faced considerable push-back against his efforts to bring to light th…
The Security Council and the United Nations remain steadfast in their commitment to support the people of South Sudan in their quest for stability, peace and good governance. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go and much work remains to be done. As such, we must work together to send the right si…
In looking at North Korea, it can at times feel as though one is seeing two entirely different realities. One is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that is expending tremendous resources in pursuing advanced technology to build an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying out a n…
I am pleased that the representative of the Russian Federation can agree with so much of what I had to say. It is too bad, however, that we cannot agree to some basic facts in this Chamber. The facts remain that Russia backed the separatists, Russia armed the separatists and Russia led a military ca…
I would like to begin by thanking by thanking the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Foreign Minister Steinmeier, for his briefing and for being here with us today. We know that the partnership between the OSCE and the United Nations remains stro…
I would like to welcome Special Representative of the Secretary- General Tanin back to the Council, even if only by video. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku back to the Council. The United States commends both of their Governments for their ongoing efforts to …
The Security Council deals with diverse challenges, many of which we struggle to find agreement and consensus on. On one, however, the will of the Council, and indeed of the membership of the Organization, could not be clearer: North Korea. Over the past weeks, North Korea’s dangerous actions and de…
I thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing and for his dogged efforts — no matter how many obstacles are put in his way — to seek a way out for the people of Syria from this abysmal conflict.
We are gathered here at a critical moment. Resolution 2268 (2016), which we have just adopted and in…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on peacebuilding. I would also like to thank Ambassadors Kamau, Skoog and Rosenthal for their briefings and for their important work to assist the world’s most fragile countries in building sustainable peace.
This meeting is especially impo…
I would like to begin by extending the sympathies of the United States to former Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali’s family, to his friends, to his wife Laila, to his former colleagues throughout the United Nations family and to the Egyptian people.
My predecessor, Madeleine Albright, once described …
I thank you, Sir, for your briefing and chairmanship of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. It is abundantly clear that the Council needs to remain diligent and focused on supporting Somali efforts to advance a stable, prosperous future wi…
In 1945, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, United States President Harry Truman reflected on the just-completed Charter of the United Nations and called it
“a declaration of great faith by the nations on this Earth — faith that war is not inevitable, faith that pe…
I thank you, President Lykketoft, for your leadership and support for the Secretary-General’s visionary initiative to fight terrorism through preventing extremism. The General Assembly’s consensus adoption of resolution 70/254 today sends a strong message that we are united in confronting terrorism …
I would like to begin by thanking the representatives of Chile and Sweden for their statements.
“Oh, there is no doubt.” Those are the words of the late Nelson Mandela on the eve of black majority rule in South Africa, describing the role that international sanctions played in ending apartheid. Ind…
We welcome resolution 2265 (2016) to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1591 (2005).
Following a brief period of relative calm, the past few weeks have been marked by aerial bombardments and ground offensives carried out by th…
