I would like to thank Director Wosornu, Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Ms. Ahmed for briefing the Security Council, and you, Mr. President, for your leadership and your advocacy for the people of the Sudan.
We gather for today’s meeting to discuss the situation in the Sudan and resolution 27…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today.
This past weekend, scores of delegations hailing from around the world gathered in Switzerland for the summit on peace in Ukraine. Together, 82 signatories to the joint communiqué sent a loud and clear message to Russia that Ukraine is…
I thank the Republic of Korea for organizing this session and Ms. Nderitu for her comprehensive briefing.
As resolution 2686 (2023) recognizes, hate speech, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, related forms of intolerance and gender discrimination can contribute to driving the outbreak, esca…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
It comes as no surprise that Russia called for today’s meeting the day before representatives of dozens of countries travel to Switzerland for the summit on peace in Ukraine. Today’s meeting is a transparent attempt by Russia to distract the w…
The United States is deeply committed to promoting the meaningful participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the United Nations system, without regard for their political beliefs. We will continue to support the accreditation of legitimate NGOs, including those with which we disagree …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the representative of Yemen to today’s meeting.
The United States is deeply disturbed by the reports that Houthi rebels detained at least 50 Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies, Member State diplomatic miss…
Let me begin by saying that economic measures, including sanctions, are a legitimate, appropriate and effective tool for addressing threats to international peace and security. The United States is not alone in this view or practice.
The United States uses sanctions to address some of the most abho…
The Security Council must do everything in its power to end the fighting in the Sudan and to facilitate an immediate surge of humanitarian assistance at scale to people in dire need, which is why the United States voted in favour of this resolution (resolution 2736 (2024).
Today we came together to…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your informative briefing as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan.
As we have previously stated, the United States is deeply concerned by the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Sudan. That con…
I apologize for taking the floor. I just need to respond briefly to remarks made by the representatives of the Russian Federation and China.
First, where the Russian Federation’s reference to United States military exercises is concerned, they are long-standing exercises that we have conducted with…
I thank the Republic of Korea for calling this important meeting, and I would also like to thank all the members of the Security Council who voted to keep this item on the agenda. I want to thank the briefers, High Commissioner Türk and Special Rapporteur Salmón, and I particularly want to thank Mr.…
On behalf of the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea, I would like to make a brief statement before we proceed to the procedural vote on adopting the provisional agenda.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s human rights abuses and violations are inextricably linked to the regime’s…
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz very much for today’s briefing on the ongoing work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to advance accountability for atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
We are grateful to President Gatti Santa…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Syria continues to blatantly ignore its obligations to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention and resolution 2118 (2013). For the past decade, multiple — I repeat, multiple — independent investigations have concluded that the Al-Ass…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abarry and Mr. Da Piedade Veríssimo of the Economic Community of Central African States for their informative briefings.
The United States believes that it is vital to support the democratic and peaceful aspirations of the people of Central Af…
Today the Security Council sent a clear message to Hamas: accept the ceasefire deal on the table. Israel has already agreed to this deal, and the fighting could stop today if Hamas would do the same. I repeat: the fighting could stop today. The Council and countries across the region and the world h…
The United States thanks Council members for their constructive engagement on resolution 2734 (2024). We welcome the extension, for an additional 36 months, of the mandates of the Monitoring Team and the Ombudsperson established under resolution 1267 (1999).
We also welcome the Council’s further re…
The past eight months have been nothing short of devastating for Israelis who lost loved ones on 7 October when Hamas set the conflict into motion by carrying out acts of unthinkable violence; for Israelis and people from more than 16 other countries, whose sons and daughters, brothers and sisters a…
I apologize for taking the floor again, but I need to respond to some remarks that were made by the representative of the Russian Federation.
Russia has, for the past eight months, used and hidden behind the tragic situation in Gaza to make its highly disingenuous claims of concern for the plight o…
The United States welcomes calls for international dialogue and intercultural exchange. However, the word “civilizations” has no clearly defined meaning within international law or the United Nations system. In resolution 78/286, just adopted, we understand the word “civilizations” to be synonymous …
