For months, the United States has tirelessly pushed towards a goal to which all of us should aspire — a sustainable resolution of the Gaza conflict so that Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side and enjoy equal measures of security, dignity and freedom. To build towards that future, the Uni…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing for her briefing. We commend her work and that of her team, which she has continued to carry out despite difficult circumstances. And I thank African Union (AU) Special Representative El-Amine Souef for his briefing. I also welcome the re…
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing and for his efforts to support the Libyan people in advancing a stable, secure and sovereign future. I also want to thank Ambassador Yamazaki for his briefing. And we welcome the continued reporting by the Panel of Experts of the Committee esta…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman and the Analytical Support and Sanctions
Monitoring Team for their preparation of the eighteenth Secretary-General’s report (S/2024/117) on the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). I thank Secretary General S…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their briefings today. Let me also welcome Yemen’s representative to this meeting.
The United States also welcomes the Secretary- General’s report published last week on Houthi threats to maritime security. That reporting on Houthi attacks on…
It is an honour to be with participants today. I thank you, President Ali, for hosting us today and for your exemplary leadership in tackling climate and food insecurity through the Caribbean Community and Common Market.
For years, climate change has been the topic of conversation on the world stag…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing and for attempting to ground the significant myths and disinformation that the Russian Federation has advanced in its efforts to rewrite history.
The deaths that Russia is lamenting are a direct consequence of its flagrant vio…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing, and I would like to acknowledge President Vučić and Prime Minister Kurti.
The United States remains committed to peace and stability in the Western Balkans, including through our support for the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission, i…
This is a sad day among so many sad days. We sadly gather here today to celebrate the life of a dedicated public servant, a fierce advocate for liberty and democracy and, on a personal level, a beloved friend. On behalf of the United States, the host country, I extend my deepest condolences to his f…
I thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing, and I would also like to welcome the representatives of Kuwait and Iraq to the meeting.
The United States welcomed Iraq’s progress towards stability last year, along with the assessment of the Special Representative of the Secretar…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We have seen the news reports of a strike hitting a bakery in Russia-occupied eastern Ukraine, with at least 28 killed, on 3 February. While we are unable to independently verify that information, the United States laments all civilian casua…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
On 2 February, at President Biden’s direction, the United States conducted precision air strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated militia groups. That necessary and proportionate action was ta…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his briefing.
There can be no doubt that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire. Yesterday Senior Coordinator Kaag outlined the steps the United Nations proposes to take to accelerate and expand the delivery of aid at scale. I was pleased that the C…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for the report and his briefing to the Security Council today on the ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to the situation in Darfur.
Twenty years ago, the Court began receiving reports of very similar patterns of violence…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador for her briefing and for the work that she and all the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) team are doing in Haiti. They operate in incredibly difficult conditions, and we recognize those challenges as they work to foster…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her informative briefing.
Let me begin by expressing condolences to all of those affected by one man’s decision to launch a war of aggression, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations. We are here today because President Putin decided t…
I thank you for convening us, Mr. President, and I thank Secretary- General Guterres for his briefing today.
In November I visited Al-Arish, where I saw the United Nations and its humanitarian partners’ life-saving work and action. In the wake of that visit, the United States facilitated an extende…
I thank Deputy High Representative Ebo for his briefing.
It is unfortunate that the Russian Federation continues to call for repeated meetings on this topic and to use the Council as a stage for its blatant disinformation, which we have unfortunately had to listen to this morning. It is cynicism of…
We have been clear in our statement, despite the fact that my Russian colleague thinks it was weak.
We carried out this action under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. And this comes down simply to freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and, yes, for the United States, bu…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their briefings.
It has been more than three months since Hamas carried out the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust and set this conflict into motion. It is a conflict that has killed and displ…
