The United States is pleased to join consensus on the draft resolution before the Assembly.
In September 1993, Israel and the PLO signed a historic Declaration of Principles, which began the process of bringing peace between Palestinians and Israelis. The next major step came in May 1994, when the …
Mr. President, I should like to begin by expressing to you our congratulations as you assume your duties as President of Security Council for this month. We look forward to a productive month under your able and gracious guidance. I should also like to thank Ambassador Li Zhaoxing for his effective …
May I begin by expressing my delegation's appreciation to Ambassador Li Zhaoxing for his excellent service as President of the Council this month and to you, Sir, for your very able substitution and quick gavel today. May I also express my delegation's indebtedness to the Permanent Representative of…
Six months ago, the General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution to establish the United Nations mission for the verification of human rights in Guatemala. My Government, as a friend to the Guatemalan peace process, is pleased to be a sponsor of the draft resolution extending MINUGUA’s mandate …
The United States believes that the ultimate test for our activities in the Security Council must be whether our actions serve the cause of peace. My Government doubts that Council activity on this subject at this time is likely to pass that test.
The prestige and authority of the Security Council …
Mr. President, I thank you for your kind remarks, which I shall indeed convey to my Government and to Mr. Grant’s family.
I am honoured and pleased to be able to address the General Assembly at this memorial to Jim Grant and to speak about his contributions to the international community. While we …
We believe that it is important that persons suspected of leading last spring’s genocide in Rwanda or in States neighbouring Rwanda should be detained until the International Tribunal for Rwanda can investigate and make decisions about prosecution. Their detention, as
I should like to highlight esp…
Today marks a planned and important point of transition in Haiti’s journey from tyranny to democracy. The Multinational Force authorized by the Council last July has fulfilled its mission. Planning for the transfer of responsibility to a United Nations force is well under way. Today’s vote verifies …
I should like to take this opportunity to welcome Foreign Minister Simão to the Security Council today. I should like to commend him for his excellent statement this afternoon and for the stress he placed on political pluralism, national reconciliation and multi-party democracy in Mozambique.
This …
Let me join my colleagues in expressing my appreciation for the Secretary-General’s timely and thought-provoking paper on ways to improve the peace and security role of the United Nations. The Secretary-General’s observations are instructive, and they provide a useful summary of where we now stand i…
The United States is pleased to support extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) for another three months. This follows the agreement of 21 December among the Liberian parties on a cease-fire and a political process for ending their five-year civil war. We …
Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. Your energy and fairness have already been of immeasurable help this month, and I am sure they will continue to be. I would also like to warmly thank the Permanent Representative of Rwanda for his hard work during December.
The san…
One stark set of facts hangs over the otherwise credible performance of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and the peace-keeping force of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). We have witnessed the almost total absence of progress towards a political settlement of this c…
The United States stands in solidarity with the people of
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The United States recognizes the devastating impact of the disastrous flooding in the region. We empathize with the hardships that those countries face. We stand wit…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/49/L.62/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”.
The countries of the Caribbean are our neighbours. Among these neighbours, those that are members of CARICOM include some of the oldest democra…
The United States Government remains extremely concerned that the draft resolution on emergency assistance to the Sudan (A/49/L.41/Rev.1), just adopted, reflects a situation in the Sudan that takes very little account of the reality that exists in a vast part of that country — a reality that, as the…
On behalf of my Government I should like to thank our 56 co-sponsors for their support of the GLOBE resolution. This initiative will link schoolchildren, teachers and scientists worldwide, energize scientific and environmental education and contribute to scientific research — with the goal of enhanc…
The United States was pleased to join in the consensus on draft resolution II in document A/49/727/Add.2. It was the result of long and arduous efforts on the part of many delegations. These negotiations were conducted in a candid and friendly spirit and with a view to compromise, which we have so h…
My country and the United Nations suffered a huge loss yesterday in the passing away of Bradford Morse. In remembering him this afternoon, we should remember his compassion and his dedication to bettering the lives of people all over the world.
Bradford Morse served the United Nations and the inter…
Today we have decided to send a team of 40 United Nations military observers to Tajikistan to assist the parties in maintaining a cease-fire in a civil war that has claimed too many victims. With this decision, the Security Council and the international community have shown their willingness to invo…
