I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to speak before the General Assembly today.
On behalf of the group of sponsors, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.42, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds a…
As President Obama said in this Hall almost three months ago, “the road is hard but the destination is clear: a secure, Jewish State of Israel and an independent, prosperous Palestine” (A/67/PV.6, p. 14) With that goal in mind, we remain deeply troubled by the repetitive and disproportionate number …
I wish to thank Special Representative Moussa for his briefing today.
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) remains a vicious and persistent menace to the people of Central and East Africa. Although its capacity is diminished and it is on the run, the LRA’s brutal attacks and abductions continue. We mus…
The United States welcomes the strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the support of peace and security in the region. Towards that end, the United States reiterates its position that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration be imp…
On 22 September, the United States commemorated the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, in which President Abraham Lincoln boldly declared that, on 1 January 1863, all people held as slaves would thenceforward be forever free. The Emancipation Proclamat…
The United States firmly supports efforts to foster peacebuilding, conflict prevention, peacekeeping and interreligious and intercultural dialogue and cooperation. We are pleased to have joined the consensus on all three of the resolutions adopted under the agenda item “Culture of peace”. The United…
The United States welcomes the most recent report of the Secretary-General on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (A/67/312) and appreciates the opportunity to discuss those issues in the General Assembly today.
As we know all too well, societies emerging from conflict or managing post-c…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2081 (2012). We would like to reiterate what we said during the Council’s meeting on Tribunals on 5 December (see S/PV.6880). The United States fully supports the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and respects its rulings. We suppo…
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 caught up in conflict or affected by natural …
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Bensouda, for her briefing today.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the mounting violence in Darfur and reports of deliberate targeting of civilian areas, including increased incidents of aerial bomba…
I would like to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing today and for his active and effective leadership of this critical committee.
Iran’s nuclear programme continues to threaten regional and international security. The latest news from Vienna on Iran’s nuclear progress underscores that threat. …
It is an honour to be here today to speak about addressing the socioeconomic needs of individuals, families and societies affected by autism and other developmental disabilities.
Today, there is more support for Americans with autism than ever before. Autism is no longer hidden. As recently as the …
The expansion of health care coverage has been at the forefront of our domestic agenda, and we believe that it is appropriate for the international community to begin putting it at the forefront of its agenda as well.
Universal health coverage is fundamentally about all people having equal access t…
As the leading voice on United Nations peacekeeping operations and a long-standing troop-contributing country, Morocco is ideally placed to organize this debate. We are grateful that you have taken this initiative during your presidency, Sir. We also appreciate the
participation of top troop- and p…
My delegation has the honour to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/67/L.21) and on sustainable fisheries (A/67/L.22).
As the host country, we were pleased to participate in yesterday’s commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the U…
On behalf of the host country, I have the honour to help commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention sets forth a comprehensive legal framework governing the use of the oceans. The world has benefited …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Envoy Prodi and the other speakers for their briefings.
We last gathered on the margins of the General Assembly general debate to spur international action on the deterioratin…
I would like to thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings today and for their service.
As President Obama has said, “Preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States of…
I wish to join others in congratulating you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Council for December, and to thank Ambassador Puri and his team for their leadership of the Council last month. Let me also thank Special Adviser Benomar for his briefing. We appreciate his hard work to s…
We realize that there are a number of important items being discussed today. Our comments will pertain only to agenda item 113 and the report of the World Health Organization Director-General on non-communicable diseases, transmitted in the note by the Secretary- General (A/67/373).
The United Stat…
