We are all aware of the seriousness of the situation that is unfolding in the Middle East. Let me state that our first and foremost goal here in the Security Council should be to avoid taking any steps that would unexpectedly exacerbate tensions in the region. To that end, we feel that we should tre…
First of all, Mr. President, I want to commend you for your ceaseless encouragement to finish work on this important resolution on development, a resolution that proved difficult not because of fundamental disagreements between members, but because of the complexity of the issues we had to address. …
We, too, thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his usual insightful and impassioned presentation to this Council.
In April of this year, the Council produced a thoughtful and comprehensive resolution recognizing the threats faced by civilians in armed conflict and condemning all acts of violenc…
We welcome today’s discussion on the Security Council and international law, as you have entitled it, Mr. President, and we salute the efforts of Denmark in holding this debate in the Council during its presidency.
Secretary of State Rice has noted that one of the pillars of our diplomacy is “our s…
We, together with other members, welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen Petersen, back to the Council and thank him for his encouraging report on progress in Kosovo. He has done an outstanding and exemplary job in his position in the leadership of the United Nations …
As requested by Security Council resolutions 1546 (2004) and 1637 (2005), I am pleased to report to the Security Council on behalf of the 29 countries making up the Multinational Force (MNF) on the Force's progress towards fulfilling its mandate.
This reporting period has borne witness to a strikin…
We thank Special Envoy Ian Martin for his excellent report on the situation in East Timor and the Permanent Representative of East Timor for his detailed presentation from Foreign Minister Ramos- Horta. We also thank the representatives of Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Portugal for their repo…
The United States remains strongly committed to providing significant financial and diplomatic support to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and appreciates the work of its President, Prosecutor and Registrar to bring to justice those most responsible for serious vi…
The United States understands that the reference to the International Conference on Population and Development and the phrase “reproductive health” do not create any rights and cannot be interpreted to constitute support for or endorsement or promotion of abortion.
Furthermore, the United States un…
I would like to thank all three chairmen for their briefings. Terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are the pre-eminent threats to international peace and security, and the Council has a critical responsibility to counter those threats. Ambassadors Løj, Mayoral and Burian sh…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the President, my fellow ministers and the members of the Security Council for responding to the call for this gathering and for convening a special meeting of this body on such short notice.
The Darfur peace agreement, signed just days ago at Abuja, rep…
The United States was pleased to join consensus today to support hallmark measures in the Economic and Social Council and now in the General Assembly to establish procedures for the selection of representatives to the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Getting to this point h…
The United States, on 28 April, gave a statement in the Fifth Committee explaining its vote on this item. That
position still stands. Since others have taken the floor on the occasion of today’s vote, I would like to make several additional points.
The United States strongly supports a United Nati…
The United States appreciates and supports the work of the Secretariat on the Capital Master Plan, in particular the efforts of Assistant-Secretary-General Fritz Reuter in the Capital Master Plan Office, to implement a cost- effective project. We support the Capital Master Plan and the very strongly…
We welcome as well the presence of Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta with us today and appreciate the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hasegawa, and his continuing efforts to build a lasting peace and the basis for sustainable development in Timor-Leste. We are, like o…
On this solemn anniversary we pay tribute to the lives lost and communities destroyed in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. We especially salute the heroic actions of those who responded to the accident, saving the lives of others through their sacrifice.
The aftermath of Chernobyl continues …
The United States voted in favour of the resolution in the hope that parties will use the next six months to make real progress towards reaching a mutually acceptable solution that brings peace, stability and economic prosperity to the region in a manner consistent with the principle of self-determi…
We believe that this vote today constituted an important first step in the
Security Council fulfilling its responsibilities under the several resolutions respecting Darfur that it has adopted. This resolution demonstrates that the Security Council is serious in its effort to restore peace and secur…
We, too, would like to thank High Representative Schwarz- Schilling for his briefing here today and to welcome Prime Minister Terzić as well.
The United States appreciates the High Representative’s support for constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Modernizing the Dayton constitution is e…
We meet in the aftermath of a vicious and despicable act of terrorism in Tel Aviv. We should first express our condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and the people of Israel, and also express our outrage.
The burden of responsibility for preventing terrorist attacks such …
