It is an honour to address this distinguished group of leaders.
This is an unprecedented event — a meeting of the Security Council convening key interior ministries. I express my appreciation to Lithuania for its leadership is convening this event, as the President of the Council, and its efforts a…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting and for Lithuania’s consistent effort to integrate the issue of press freedom and the threats to it across the work we do at the Council., I would also like to thank our guest briefers, Mr. Deloire and Ms. Pearl, for their powerful words to…
I thank Special Representative Zarif for his briefing. We welcome Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers Thaçi and Dačić back to the Security Council. We would also like to extend our thanks to the men and women of the Kosovo Force and the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, who cont…
We adopt resolution 2220 (2015) today, almost two years after the Security Council adopted the first-ever Security Council resolution on small arms and light weapons (resolution 2117 (2013). It is a pioneering text, and we should all support it. The new elements of the resolution will help mitigate …
On behalf of the United States, I would like to express our deepest condolences to all those affected by the earthquake in Nepal, including the families of those in Nepal, both Nepalese and visitors, who died or were injured in the earthquake and its aftermath. There are no words adequate to express…
My Government very much welcomes this meeting and the greater attention being paid to the danger posed by the illicit trafficking in and stockpiling and use of small arms and light weapons. I would like to thank Lithuania
for its leadership on this issue and also to thank the Secretary-General for …
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for her briefing and efforts to promote accountability for atrocity crimes in Libya.
As we have heard, since the Prosecutor last briefed the Security Council on Libya in November (see S/PV.7306), the conflict has persisted, despite th…
I thank High Representative Inzko for his work and his briefing today. We reiterate our support for him and his Office, as well as for the Council’s mandate and the European Union (EU) military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we commend his continued efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On beh…
Seventy years ago today — on 5 May 1945 — soldiers from the United States Army 11th Armored Division liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Mauthausen. It is estimated that nearly 200,000 prisoners had passed through Mauthausen’s gates since 1938 — including Jews, Roma, Spanish Republicans, commun…
The United States supports the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 2218 (2015), which renews for another year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). MINURSO is indispensable in its role of supporting
stability and security in Western Sahara, …
I thank you, Minister Judeh, for dedicating today’s meeting to a crisis that so urgently demands the world’s attention. I also thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General Amos, High Commissioner Guterres, Executive Director Cousin and Special Envoy Jolie, for their appropriately stark, firm and extr…
I thank His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II for joining the Council to preside over today’s meeting. His presence here is yet another testament to Jordan’s deep commitment to combating violent extremism among youth and people of all ages.
On Monday, 20 April, six young Somali…
I thank you, Minister Judeh, for presiding over this meeting. Your presence testifies to the huge significance of the issues before us.
On 8 April, two Israeli soldiers, a medic and a paramedic, were stabbed in the West Bank by a Palestinian man. On 20 April, a 28-year-old Arab municipal worker was…
The delegation of the United States would like to commend the tremendous work of the outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission’s Organizational Committee, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, and his staff at the Brazilian mission. Ambassador Patriota was instrumental in supporting post- conf…
Thank you, Madam President, for organizing today’s debate. We appreciate greatly the remarks and leadership of Special Representative Zainab Bangura and Ms. Hamsatu Allamin on the critical issue of combatting sexual violence in conflict.
Fifteen years ago this October, the Security Council acknowle…
For months the Security Council has clearly and unequivocally demanded that the Houthi withdraw from Government institutions, cease hostilities and return to Yemen’s agreed-upon political transition. As recently as our 22 March presidential statement (S/PRST/2015/8), we condemned unilateral actions …
Several notable issues captured our attention in the Security Council this month. Africa was naturally a major focus, including the Council’s first trip to the Central African Republic. In the Middle East, we continued to concentrate on Yemen, Libya and Syria. This month also marked one year since R…
I would like to begin by thanking Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, and Mrs. Vian Dakhil, member of the Iraqi Parliament, for sharing their valuable insigh…
The United States reaffirms its unwavering support for the critical work of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Bernardino León, in his tireless efforts to facilitate the formation of a National Unity Government as part of the next phase of Libya’s political transition through …
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, his Special Representative Laila Zerrougi, Deputy Director Brandt, Ms. Bodin and Mr. Nzita for sharing their insights to day and for the work they are doing to safeguard the world’s children.
In this Chamber we make choices about internationa…
