I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
As members have heard, last night, in response to ongoing and escalating Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, the United States and the United Kingdom, with support
from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, conducted a number of joi…
I thank Special Representative Simão and Ms. Théroux-Bénoni for their briefings.
The United States remains gravely concerned about the democratic backsliding across the region and strongly supports the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and its instrumental role in prevent…
During last week’s Council meeting (see S/PV.9525), Member States demanded that the Houthis immediately cease maritime attacks in the Red Sea. Since then, the United States has worked closely with Japan to forge consensus around a strong resolution that amplifies this very message and, if adopted, w…
I wish a happy new year to colleagues, as this is my first meeting of the year.
We voted against all three of Russia’s amendments, which were put forward, we believe, in bad faith — at the
last minute — and, as is often the case, were divorced from reality.
We voted against Russia’s amendment tha…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director Wosornu for their very important and — I might add — sobering briefings today.
As this is the first meeting this year on the impacts of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we must not lose sight of the fact that the Charter of the United Na…
The United States welcomed the Security Council’s adoption on 22 December 2023 of resolution 2720 (2023), which called for urgent steps to be taken to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access in Gaza and create the necessary conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostil…
I thank Mr. Khiari and Mr. Dominguez for their insights on the grave threats posed by the continuing Houthi attacks against commercial and merchant vessels in the Red Sea.
Just over one month ago, the Security Council warned the Houthis to stop those attacks. Instead, the Houthis continued to strik…
I thank Assistant-Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing yet again today.
We are once again gathered in this Chamber to discuss the impacts of Putin’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And as I said yesterday (see S/PV.9523), the United States mourns each and every civilian life lost to th…
I would like to thank our three briefers for their helpful remarks this morning.
The United States shares the concern regarding the sharp increase in violence by extremist settlers in the West Bank and the unprecedented number of Palestinian fatalities both there and in Gaza over the past three mon…
The United States is committed to promoting peace, stability and human rights in Afghanistan. Resolution 2721 (2023) sends a clear message to the Taliban, the Afghan people and the world. It shows that the Security Council supports a process by which Afghanistan is integrated into the international …
On behalf of the United States, let me strongly congratulate Ecuador on a very successful presidency, particularly with everything we have had to traverse this month. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his remarks for the second time today.
We mourn this tragic loss of life as we do the…
This was tough, but we got there. Since the
start of this conflict, the United States has done work tirelessly to alleviate this humanitarian crisis, to get life-saving assistance into Gaza and to get hostages out of Gaza, to push for the protection of innocent civilians and humanitarian workers an…
I am not going to respond Russia’s rant — a country that has also created conditions that it is complaining about now in its unprovoked war in Ukraine. As colleagues can see, the United States did not support the oral amendment put forward by Russia. We believe that the humanitarian draft resolution…
I thank Deputy to the High Representative Ebo for his briefing and sustained attention on this important issue.
The United States continues to be appalled by Syria’s flagrant non-compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and defiance of various Security Council resolutions, including
r…
Two weeks ago, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield travelled to Ghana for the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial. While she was in Accra, she spoke to a group of young leaders at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. She told them that Africans deserve a better vision for security…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their sobering briefings.
As the year 2023 comes to a close, the Syrian political process remains frustratingly blocked, and the Syrian people are suffering greatly. The Security Council continues to rightly discuss the political and humanita…
Finding a way to better support African-Union-led peace support operations is a priority for the United States. In 2016, we spearheaded resolution 2320 (2016), which cemented the consensus behind the idea of burden- sharing between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to support the deploym…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Otunbayeva, Ambassador De La Gasca, Mr. Rajasingham and Ms. Akbar for their very informative briefings. I also thank the entire team of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for the work and commitment they have to a sta…
I would like to underscore the point that I made after an earlier adoption, that we do not find it particularly fruitful to repeat the statements and positions from the Third Committee.
The United States would like to thank the additional nine Member States that voted in favour here in the plenary.…
I did not intend to take the floor today. My delegation, like many others in this Hall, actually respects the work of the Third Committee, and we do not repeat disassociations, explanations of vote or other statements, when its draft resolutions are put to the vote in plenary meeting. I would like t…
