I thank President Donoghue for her informative report (A/78/4) today and for her leadership as President of the International Court of Justice. During her tenure, she has helped to navigate the Court through the coronavirus disease pandemic and guided the Court in managing a caseload that has never …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her comprehensive briefing. I also welcome the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
I would like to emphasize that the report by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General clearly demonstr…
I will keep this short, because frankly it is not worth wasting any more time discussing Russia’s bad-faith draft resolution (S/2023/795).
The United States could not support yet another Russian draft resolution that was put forward with no consultation and failed to reflect the realities on the gr…
I thank Brazil for convening today’s open debate as we mark the twenty-third anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. I thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as all of today’s briefers, f…
Last week, I said that the Council needed to let diplomacy play out and that we needed to give Secretary-General Guterres, President Biden and Secretary Blinken, as well as regional leaders, the chance to move progress forward (see S/PV.9442). Over the past few days, we have seen the fruits of that …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this ministerial meeting and for convening the Security Council. I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Deputy Special Coordinator Hastings for their important briefings.
We are grateful for the Secretary-General’s leadership in this incredibly challeng…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing. I wish to welcome President Osmani-Sadriu and Prime Minister Brnabíc to today’s meeting.
Let me first reiterate the commitment of the United States to maintaining stability in the Western Balkans. My Government strongly condemns the violence p…
I thank Special Representative Salvador for her briefing and for her team’s ongoing efforts in Haiti. I would also like to thank Ms. Waly of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Russell of UNICEF and Ms. Manigat of the High Transitional Council for their important perspectives on the dy…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet and former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki for their insightful briefings. I also want to thank Ms. Josefina Echavarría Álvarez for her impo…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ms. Catriona Laing, and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission for Somalia, Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia to …
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their sobering briefings.
President Biden just spoke to these issues in Israel, and he has made clear that the United States is outraged and saddened by the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza. We mourn this terr…
As we meet, President Biden is in the region. His trip is a clear demonstration of the fact that the United States is actively engaging at the highest levels to secure the release of hostages, to prevent the conflict from spreading, to stress the need to protect civilian lives, to address the humani…
At the outset, the United States expresses its condolences to Uganda regarding the passing of Judge Elizabeth Ibanda- Nahamya. We welcome the Secretary-General’s appointment of Judge Lydia Mugambe and wish her well in that role.
We are grateful to President Gatti Santana for her leadership of this …
I thank Special Envoy Xia for his informative briefing. I also thank Mr. Caholo and Ms. Malimukono for their briefings and welcome the participation of the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in today’s meeting.
The United States appreciates all that the Spe…
Let me thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Japan, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, and welcome Libya’s presence at this meeting.
We meet a little more than a mo…
Just over a week ago, terror was unleashed on Israel by Hamas, whose stated purpose is to destroy Israel and kill Jews. That was the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. I want to say that once again: that was the worst massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was an appalli…
I thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing today. His continuing efforts to counter weapons diversion are critical.
Nearly one month to the day since Russia previously called a meeting on this issue (see S/PV.9415), we are once again here at Rus…
I would like to thank our briefers Special Representative of the Secretary-General Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed and Mr. Solomon Ayele Dersso for their insightful views on how to enhance and improve coordination and collaboration between the United Nations and the African …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu for his informative briefing and Mr. Rodrigo Botero García for all he does to advance environmental justice in Colombia. I would also like to thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for his important perspective. Let me als…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Hennis-Plasschaert and Ms. Al-Jarahi for their briefings.
We appreciate the Special Representative’s steadfast leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in Baghdad and her support for other United Nati…
