I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General and the Chief of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism for their briefings today.
Let me begin by once again condemning the acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines and unders…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Director Rajasingham and Ms. Hayford for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of Türkiye to this meeting.
We share Mr. Pedersen’s frustrations with the stalled effort to achieve a Syrian-focused and Syrian-led solution to the…
At the outset, the United States would like to thank Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel for her steadfast leadership of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in…
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his informative briefing. I would also like to express my appreciation to our
briefers, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Vaweka. I also welcome the representatives of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Secretary of State for External…
I just returned from a trip to Japan, where I had the honour of visiting Nagasaki, the last place to ever experience the atomic bomb. It was a reminder of our profound responsibility to prevent the scourge of war and ensure that no place experiences the horror of nuclear weaponry ever again.
Unfort…
I thank Senior Coordinator Kaag very much for her briefing.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond dire. Starvation has taken the lives of children in the north. Essential supplies are dwindling. Millions have been displaced.
At this perilous moment, President Biden has called on Israel to t…
The United States and Japan are proud to introduce a draft resolution (S/2024/302) that will strengthen and uphold the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime, including in outer space. We have only begun to understand the catastrophic ramifications of a nuclear explosion in space, how it c…
I thank President Francis for convening this important debate.
The United States was pleased to co-sponsor resolution 76/262 in 2022 and was gratified that it was adopted by consensus. We continue to believe that the veto initiative is an important innovation to increase transparency and accountabi…
Let me start by thanking Malta for organizing this important debate. I also want to thank Ms. Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and her team for their comprehensive briefing and report (S/2024/292). I commend her efforts, including on Ukraine, which is why my Russian colleague…
I thank Ms. Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ms. Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, for their briefings today and for all the work they and their teams are doing — often in challenging, e…
I thank Chairperson-in-Office Borg for his briefing and participation today and for Malta’s principled leadership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Let me begin by expressing gratitude to Malta for taking on the OSCE chairpersonship at short notice. Malta’s principl…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Director Wosornu and High Representative Chambas for their informative briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to this meeting.
One year ago, two rival generals sent their armies into battle and set the Sudan on a path of death, d…
I want to thank the Secretary-General for his appearance here and for his briefing.
We are meeting at a moment of great peril in the region. Iran and its militant partners, including Hamas, have driven us to the precipice of a broader conflict. The United States condemns Iran’s direct attack on Isr…
The United States has worked vigorously and with determination to support Palestinian statehood in the context of a comprehensive peace agreement that would permanently resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since the attacks of 7 October, President Biden has been clear in that sustainable peace …
I apologize for taking the floor, but I need to respond to the remarks made by the representative of the Russian Federation. It is indeed a fact that Russia vetoed that draft resolution (S/2024/239). No one should contest that. But to blame the United States for the situation in the region is totall…
I would like to thank Malta for organizing this meeting, and I am grateful to our briefers for their enlightening presentations. I would also like to welcome the Ambassador of China to his first Security Council meeting — it is my first as well.
During the Summit for Democracy last month, President…
I thank Commissioner-General Lazzarini for his briefing.
The United States mourns the fact that at least 178 staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been killed in this conflict. We mourn the loss of dedicated humanitarians and valued…
I thank you, Madam President, and Special Representative Bathily for his extremely sobering briefing, and for his ongoing efforts to support the Libyan people in advancing a stable, secure and sovereign future for Libya. I would also like to thank Ambassador Yamazaki for his update on the work of th…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Director Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Ms. Shakir for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to this meeting.
At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Shaya Mohsin Zindani …
