I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We would like to express appreciation to Switzerland for leading the discussion on the impact of scientific developments on international peace and security. I also thank our briefers, Mr. Geiss, Dr. Bloch, Dr. Courtine and Mr. Awad, for their …
I will be very brief in response to some remarks that were made. As I made clear in my statement, the United States supports a just peace in Ukraine. But any proposal that is not aligned with the Charter of the United Nations and/or seeks to freeze in place Russia’s territorial conquest is not a jus…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
For 970 days, Russia has waged a brutal, full-scale war against a fellow United Nations Member State and its people. Russia, through relentless violence, is razing Ukraine’s infrastructure, killing countless civilians, displacing millions …
We are grateful to Ecuador, our co-penholder, for its leadership on resolution 2752 (2024), and we thank all Council members for their continuing support for the sanctions regime.
The situation in Haiti remains dire. The United States remains deeply concerned by the security and humanitarian crises…
I thank Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya for her sobering and detailed briefing of the situation on the ground.
This weekend, like so many here and so many people around the world, I watched in horror as images from central Gaza poured across my screen — images of what appeared to be displaced …
The United States thanks President Gatti Santana for her report on the efforts of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to bring perpetrators to justice for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia (see A/79/249).
We are grateful to President Gatti Santana for …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Acting Under-Secretary- General Msuya and Ms. Jumaan for their briefings.
Last week, we marked a solemn milestone: one year since Hamas’s brutal 7 October terrorist attack on Israel. This week, we mark yet another grim anniversary: one year since the Houthis, seekin…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz- Massieu and Ms. Quintero García for their briefings today. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Murillo and Minister of the Interior Cristo and to thank them for being with us in the Security Council.
The United States has stron…
The United States has long partnered with the African Union on shared priorities in ways that are supportive of the Agenda 2063 of the African Union and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, bolstering the continent’s ability to contribute to solving global problems together.
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I apologize for taking the floor again. I will be very brief, but I need to respond to the comments from our Russian colleague.
Russia, as I have said many times, is in no position to criticize any country given the atrocities it is committing on a daily basis in Ukraine. It is Russia that is in cl…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix for their briefings.
The United States has been clear: a diplomatic solution between Israel and Lebanon along the Blue Line is the only path to restore lasting calm and allow residents in both Lebanon a…
The United States thanks Malta and Barbados for their leadership in finding consensus. The United States is pleased to have joined consensus on the ambitious action-oriented political declaration of the General Assembly high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (resolution 79/2), and we welcome…
I thank Officer-in-Charge Koury for her briefing and for her continued leadership of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). I also wish to thank Ms. Bugaighis for her presentation.
UNSMIL has played an essential role in supporting the political process, assisting with the unification…
I thank Commissioner-General Lazzarini and Director Doughten for their briefings.
I also want to take a moment to welcome the appointment of Tom Fletcher as the new Emergency Relief Coordinator and note how important it is for all of us to work very closely with him.
This Monday marked one year si…
I thank Special Envoy Xia and Ms. Ntambwe for their briefings. I would also like to welcome Her Excellency the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the representatives of Rwanda and Angola to this meeting.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the continuing confl…
The United States is pleased to have joined consensus on the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1). We greatly appreciate the co- facilitators’ extraordinary work over the past year and the leadership by the President of the General Assembly to achieve this result. We applaud the Pact for the Future…
There are many urgent matters before the Council. This topic is not one of them. Germany is investigating the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, which appears to be an intentional act of sabotage. The United States has condemned their destruction and is fully confident in Germany’s ongoing ju…
I thank Ambassadors Swan and Souef for their briefings, and I thank Ms. Ilwad Elman for her courage and insight today. I would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Fiqi to this Council meeting. We look forward to working closely with him and with all incoming members of the Council.
We commend the…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga, Ambassador Mohammed of the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union (AU) and Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for their briefings.
We know that strong partnerships between the African Union and the United Nations are vi…
