I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and for his leadership of the Committee over the last two years. Because of his diligence and commitment, the Committee’s work has been energized. He and his team have done a great job helping the Committee carry out its mandate, improve the …
I must begin by expressing the United States profound condolences to the victims of the horrific Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan. This gruesome attack deliberately targeted Pakistan’s — indeed all of our — most precious and sacred resource, our children. Cowardly and senseless violence like t…
We thank China for chairing the Kimberley Process during 2014 and applaud Angola for its assumption of the Chair as of 1 January 2015. Angola has set out an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship during 2015, including, as it has said, leading the transformation of industrial and artisanal diamond mi…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her sober briefing and for the thorough report on the situation in Darfur.
This year marks a truly sad milestone. It has been 10 years since the Security Council first condemned reports of large-scale attacks on civilians, sexual violence and force displacement in Da…
The United States wishes to reaffirm its strong support for the international humanitarian system. We remain deeply committed to working with the United Nations, its Member States and other humanitarian actors to protect and assist vulnerable individuals and communities caught up in conflict or impa…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor both draft resolutions before the Assembly today under agenda item 124: the draft resolution for an international day of yoga (A/69/L.17) and the annual draft resolution on global health and foreign policy (A/69/L.35). We appreciate the flexibility and dedi…
I thank Special Envoy Sellassie for her briefing today and for her important work. We appreciate her close work with the countries and people of the Sahel region and with international partners towards achieving sustainable security and prosperity for the people of the Sahel.
The States of the Sahe…
I thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their reports (see S/2014/546, S/2014/556, S/2014/826, S/2014/827 and S/2014/829) and for their steadfast commitment to advancing global justice. As the world faces the continued horrors of mass atrocities in Syria, South …
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/69/L.29) and on sustainable fisheries (A/69/L.30). The annual General Assembly draft resolutions on oceans and fisheries that we are debating today serve as important opportunities for the global com…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to speak on the report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (A/69/315).
We are pleased to see that the Intergovernmental Committee grappled ably and ambitiously with the complex issues at the core of its mandate, wh…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zarif for his briefing. We welcome Prime Minister Thaçi and Prime Minister Vučić to the Security Council and we thank them for their statements.
The European Union-facilitated Kosovo-Serbia dialogues in implementation of the Apr…
I am pleased to further discussion at the United Nations about the human rights enjoyed by all individuals within a family, as we mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family. The family clearly plays an important role within society, and we have come to observe that the na…
Tomorrow in the United States it is the Thanksgiving holiday. My delegation is actually giving thanks today to the delegation of Australia for its professionalism, flair and excellent stewardship of the Security Council during the month of November.
Today I would like to share my delegation’s views…
The United States thanks Secretary General Stock and Under-Secretary-General Feltman for their informative briefings. We are grateful to Australia for its efforts to focus the Security Council’s attention on strengthening the implementation of United Nations sanctions.
We share Australia’s view tha…
I thank Ambassador Oh for his briefing. The United States is grateful for the extraordinary success of his chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). Under his leadership, the Committee has made significant strides towards the full and universal implementation of r…
The establishment of a permanent memorial to and in remembrance of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and the strong leadership of the United Nations system so as to break the silence on the slave trade will ensure remembrance of our shared heritage borne of that human tragedy. This year we a…
Thank you, Madam President and Foreign Minister Bishop, for being here to preside over this crucial meeting. I also thank Special Envoy Nabarro and Special Representative Banbury for their briefings. To Mr. Mauget, we express our gratitude for his remarks — but even more for his service, just as we …
The United States is pleased to join other Member States in sponsoring the draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan (A/69/L.20). The text renews the international community’s commitment to supporting
the people and the Government of Afghanistan as they work to expand security, freedom and p…
The United States deeply appreciates Australia’s leadership in advancing the global community’s response to terrorism and violent extremism. The group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) does not threaten only global security; the cruelty of that group and others associated with…
The United States would like to thank last year’s co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly — the Permanent Representative of Slovakia, Mr. František Ružička, and the Permanent Representative of Thailand, Mr. Norachit Sinhaseni — for their leader…
