Building a peaceful and better world is the underlying principle of the United Nations Charter. Usually the Organization does this by considering peace and security, sustainable development, human rights and humanitarian assistance. Today we are considering how to build a peaceful and better world t…
The United States regrets that it will not be able to participate in the adoption of the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, contained in document A/56/L.31.
The draft resolution contains language on the International Criminal Court that is unaccept…
Mr. President, let me join others in congratulating you and welcoming you to the chair at the head of this table. I also want to thank Mr. Annabi for his update.
We support the intent of the Secretary-General and the efforts of Special Representative Klein to finish implementation of the mandate of…
I am pleased to represent the United States of America in my remarks before the United Nations General Assembly in support of volunteerism, both in the United States and internationally.
In the United States, the Points of Light Foundation and the Association of Junior Leagues International partner…
The Secretary-General stated in his report on the causes of conflict and promotion of durable peace and sustainable development, that Africa as a whole has begun to make significant economic and political progress. The advances achieved in some countries are truly remarkable and need to be remembere…
Madam President, I will try to be very brief given the hour, but I want to pay tribute to you and your delegation as presidency and as members of the Security Council, as others have done, and to acknowledge the contribution that you and your team have made and that Ambassador Ward has made. I shoul…
I request that the record of today’s proceedings reflect that the United States did not participate in the consensus on agenda item 74, draft resolution F, which asserts a relationship between disarmament and development. We continue to believe that disarmament and development are two distinct issue…
My delegation is pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolution entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea.” We also have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, the draft resolution entitled “Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the …
We also would like to thank Mr. Annabi for his briefing, and to congratulate the Special Representative, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, and the Head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Daan Everts, on their success in organizing Kosovo’s first general elections. By…
The United States opposes this draft resolution. Our trade embargo against the Government of Cuba is a matter of bilateral trade policy and not an issue that the General Assembly should consider. We do not forbid other nations from trading with Cuba; that is their decision. We choose, because of the…
It was with regret that the United States learned of the passing of His Majesty Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. We extend our most sincere condolences to the people of Malaysia on the loss of their great leader.
The King most certainly lived in an era of critical importance for Malaysia. In his …
This draft resolution has a number of very positive elements, including references to the need for control of drug trafficking and illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons. However, the definition of the zone of peace could, in other contexts, be construed as an attempt to infringe on the fre…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for convening this meeting today, and especially for your continued leadership on this issue. I also want to thank the Secretary-General; his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu; and the
Director of the United Nations Children’s …
I was sworn in only one hour before the general debate began on 10 November. At the first opportunity I will come to you, Mr. President, to pay my respects and seek your wisdom. In the meantime, I wish you every success.
The Millennium Summit last year addressed many of the challenges the internati…
Mr. President, thank you for convening this session and giving us the opportunity to address the pressing and rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan. We all support the Secretary-General and Ambassador Brahimi in their efforts to promote peace, freedom and stability in that suffering country, and…
Mr. President, let me begin by expressing my thanks to you, to the Secretary- General and to all of my colleagues for your expressions of solidarity and your condolences on this tragic incident of this morning. The reports that I have so far suggest preliminarily that it is an accident, and let us h…
The indiscriminate brutality of the 11 September terrorist attacks represented the antithesis of all that we would hope to achieve in a dialogue of civilizations, if by “civilization” we mean a mode of communal existence
that expresses a people’s finest qualities and greatest gifts and blessings.
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The United States would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm its long friendship with Kuwait and our close security and military cooperation relationship, which reflect our steadfast commitment to ensuring the security of the Gulf region. We support Kuwait’s leadership in the area of conservati…
I, too, would like to welcome you, Madam, to the presidency. I also welcome the Liberian Foreign Minister here today.
I also want to commend Ambassador Ayafor and his team for presenting us with one of the most comprehensive and useful reports we have seen in the Council. They deserve our respect n…
The United States delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his note on the final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for
the Development of Africa in the 1990s. We believe that the initiatives recently taken by the African leaders to assume and assert owne…
