As the Council prepares to vote to terminate the mandates of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iraq Nuclear Verification Office upon completion of their missions, I appreciate this opportunity to brief th…
I would like to start by thanking you, Sir, and your entire delegation for your efforts to bring this important issue before the Council during your presidency.
In terms of our discussion, I would like to make five points.
First, this is an important issue — one that we have been interested in for…
We are encouraged that this meeting provides a forum for us to jointly reaffirm our commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We reiterate that the primary responsibility for protecting civilians lies with the parties to an armed conflict, and that international efforts should com…
Mr. President, our delegation wishes to express its appreciation for your continued leadership as the Chairman of the Security Council’s 1737 Sanctions Committee and for your report to the Council today. Your efforts were essential in the Committee’s establishment of its guidelines on 30 May 2007, a…
I would first like to address the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We welcome Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Registrar Adama Dieng and, especially, newly elected President Dennis Byron and thank them for their continued contributions to the Tribunal. We also wish to thank the hu…
I have asked for the floor in connection with the adoption of draft resolution A/61/L.61, entitled “The Ethiopian Millennium”.
The United States did not participate in the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and is therefore not in a position to affirm or reaffirm that docum…
On behalf of the United States as host country of the United Nations, I join others this morning in expressing our sympathy and condolences to the family of Kurt Waldheim, the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations, and also to the people and Government of Austria. The United States notes th…
I am pleased to report to the Security Council on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I). I warmly welcome Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Zebari, and am pleased that he could be here with us today. I also want to thank Special Representative Ashraf Qazi for his work and for his report on th…
On behalf of the United States, I would like to join others in welcoming the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice George Gelaga King, Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp, and Acting Registrar Herman von Hebel to New York and to the Security Council. Their briefings today come at a crit…
I am honoured to be here. I thank the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Srgjan Kerim, for convening this dialogue on religious and cultural understanding, and the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and the Philippines for proposing it.
A noble framework — the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, …
The United States was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, head of State of Samoa. My Government extends its sincere condolences to King Malietoa’s two sons and two daughters and to the people of Samoa during this time of sorrow and mourning.
King Malietoa…
Recent months have seen some potentially promising developments in rebuilding the momentum necessary to advance efforts towards peace. The United States remains firmly committed to the vision of two
States — Israel and Palestine — living side by side in peace and security, and to the Road Map as th…
Climate change clearly presents serious challenges. Under the able presidency of the United Kingdom, in Gleneagles, two years ago, Group of Eight (G-8) leaders emphasized that energy security, climate change and sustainable development are fundamentally linked. In consultation with our developing co…
My delegation notes with concern the letter from the President of the International Court of Justice, Rosalyn Higgins, about the possible implications of draft resolution I for provisions of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. My delegation would urge that the Secretary-General consul…
I, too, should like to thank Under-Secretary- General Holmes for his informative briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. It is particularly helpful to hear his first-hand observations, and we are grateful that Mr. Holmes decided to focus his first …
As my delegation explained on Friday, 30 March 2007, in the Fifth Committee, the United States strongly supports the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is implementing an important mandate. However, the use of General Assembly funding resolutions to pursue claims against a Membe…
The United States delegation welcomes Minister Dlamini Zuma, Minister Adada, Ambassador Imron Cotan and Commissioner Djinnit to New York and to the Security Council.
I would like to thank the South African delegation for having raised this important topic for debate in the Security Council. The iss…
Here at the United Nations we are all too often called together to address tragedies and injustice throughout the world. It is all too rare that we come together to celebrate and acknowledge an achievement. Today we are here to commemorate, and to celebrate, the end of one of the darkest chapters of…
The United States is pleased that the Security Council has once again unanimously taken action against what is clearly a grave threat to international peace and security. The Iranian leadership’s continued defiance of the Council in failing to comply with resolutions 1696 (2006) and 1737 (2006) requ…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation for Ambassador Verbeke’s diligent work as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for his report to the Council today. Ambassador Verbeke’s leadership has been essential in the Committee’s work thu…
