The United States welcomes the report (see A/68/650) outlining progress in realizing the commitments made in the 2011 Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (resolution 66/2, annex) and recognizes the continued need for urgency in addressing such diseases gl…
I thank the Kingdom of Jordan for proposing “War, its lessons and the search for a permanent peace” as a topic for Security Council debate. In so doing, it has raised profound questions about the role of accountability, the role of the United Nations and each of our individual and collective respons…
The Middle East has often been prey to the turbulence of conflicting forces, but rarely have we seen efforts towards peace and the staggering human costs of war so vividly and so simultaneously evident. That contrast is especially
striking in Syria, where diplomatic initiatives have intensified aga…
The United States is indeed pleased that after so many long days and nights of difficult discussions, weeks of intense and important debates, and months of hard work by so many people, we have a United Nations budget for the 2014-2015 biennium that follows the same responsible trend established in t…
The United States remains fully and firmly committed to upholding the human rights of all people and to combating racism and racial discrimination. We are pleased to join the consensus on resolution 68/237, and look forward to helping to formulate what we hope will be an appropriate and successful p…
The United States firmly supports efforts to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue and cooperation, as set forth in resolution 68/126. We are pleased to be joining the consensus on the resolution.
The United States believes strongly in encouraging a culture of peace through the adoption…
On behalf of the United States, I am taking the floor first to inform colleagues that we are withdrawing our sponsorship of amendment A/68/L.33 in order to make an explanation of vote before the voting to urge Member States to support this amendment.
The amendment is crucial to preserving the integ…
Let me, first of all, welcome the presence of Foreign Minister Carrera at the Council’s meeting this morning. We thank the Secretary-General, Executive Director Fedotov and Special Representative of the Secretary- General Djinnit for their instructive and helpful presentations this morning. The stat…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your expression of condolences.
I would like to welcome Special Representative Kubiš back to the Council and thank him for his briefing. On behalf of my Government, I also extend our appreciation to the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNA…
The United States welcomes the Secretary-General’s
reports, which describe the accomplishments and continuing challenges in international humanitarian assistance.
We would like to acknowledge the tremendous pressure that national and international humanitarian staff are under and the great sacrifi…
I thank the President, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank President Kim, Special Envoy Prodi, Ambassador António and Special Representative Reveyrand De Menthon for their briefings and for calling the Council’s attention to the challenges and opportunities we face in the Sahel.
My Government…
I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and for his leadership of the important Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) on Iran.
For the past decade, the international community has had grave concerns about the nature of Iran’s nuclear programme. Since 2006, the C…
The United States is pleased to speak to the item “Global health and foreign policy”. Our collective work in global health is based on partnerships, whether bilateral or multilateral. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was just successfully replenished, on 3 December, with outst…
We are pleased to welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to the Security Council. We would like to thank her for today’s briefing on, as she noted, the eighteenth report by an ICC Prosecutor on the situation in Darfur since resolution 1593 (2005) was adopte…
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/68/L.18) and on sustainable fisheries (A/68/L.19).
The annual draft resolutions on oceans and fisheries, which we are debating today, serve as an important
opportunity for the global community to i…
I thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their reports and, even more, for their dedication to global public service. The world community is indebted to each one for their outstanding leadership in the area of international criminal justice.
I would also like to…
The United States would like to thank last year’s Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly, Ambassador Mootaz Khalil of Egypt, for his leadership of the Group. Under his able stewardship, we adopted a resolution that will serve as a strong basis for…
Two months after the deadly attacks in Nairobi, where Al-Shabaab slaughtered over 60 civilians and wounded hundreds more, and over a month since the suicide bombing in Volgograd that took the lives of six innocent people and injured more than 30, we are again and again reminded that terrorism remain…
The United States is pleased to join other Member States in sponsoring this draft resolution (A/68/L.11) on the situation in Afghanistan. The draft resolution reflects the international community’s continuing commitment to supporting the Afghan people in building a stable, democratic and prosperous …
I would like to thank Special Representative Moussa for his briefing and for all his efforts on behalf of stability and peace in the Central African region.
Since its founding, more than a quarter century ago, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been a constant source of terror and suffering. Tens…
