I would like to thank Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect Okoth-Obbo and for presenting the Secretary- General’s report (A/77/910) (see A/77/PV.83).
It has been 18 years since the General Assembly adopted its World Summit outcome document (resolution 60/1), which proclaimed that each S…
I have the honour to deliver the statement on behalf of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and my own country, the United States.
We were pleased to co-sponsor, and, in my country’s case, join the consensus on resolution 77/300, entitled “Mental health and psychosocial support”, whi…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing.
The importance of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the broader region is clear. That is why the United States is concerned a…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today.
Moments ago, I stood with Ukraine, France, the United Kingdom and Albania to call out Russia and Iran’s flagrant violations of resolution 2231 (2015). We know that the Kremlin has procured hundreds of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) an…
I thank Mr. Souef, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, and Ms. McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, for their excellent briefings. We extend a warm welcome to Ms. Catriona Laing as she assumes her position as Special Representativ…
We welcome the adoption by consensus of the eighth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) (resolution 77/298). We also thank Ambassadors Rae of Canada and Ladeb of Tunisia and their teams for co-facilitating this difficult but important negotiation process.
When the S…
I thank the briefers for their excellent and informative briefings.
We congratulate Member States on progress made towards implementation of the Yaoundé Architecture during the 10 years since its creation. As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Yaoundé Code of Conduct, we look to the Yaoundé …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Otunbayeva and Ms. Basij-Rasikh for their briefings. Let me also thank the entire the team comprising the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its work in advancing the Security Council’s goal of a stable, prosperous, in…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza for her leadership and briefing today. The United States appreciates her, her team’s and the troop- and police-contributing countries’ commitment to peace in the Central African Republic. I also wish to thank Ms. Bahous, Ambassador Ad…
I thank Special Representative Haysom, Ambassador Gituai and Mr. Impagliazzo for their comprehensive briefings today.
The United States is alarmed about the 8 June reports of deadly intercommunal violence in the Malakal protection of civilians site. We condemn the reported attacks and offer our dee…
I thank Special Representative Bathily and Ambassador Ishikane for their briefings. We also thank Ms. Imneina for her contribution.
The United States takes note of the progress reported by the 6+6 joint committee in reaching agreement on a package of electoral laws and thanks Morocco for hosting th…
I thank Special Representative Wane for his briefing and welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Diop in today’s meeting.
We are pleased to see that the Secretary-General has continued to monitor the Malian transitional Government’s progress towards full compliance with the four benchmarks in…
The United States strongly believes in encouraging a culture of peace through the promotion of justice, democracy and human rights, as well as by rejecting violence and addressing the root causes of conflict. In recognition of those values, we support resolution 77/296. We thank
Bangladesh for its …
I want to thank today’s briefers, His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher and Ms. Latifa Ibn Ziaten. I would also like to thank you, Madam Minister, for convening this meeting to further the protection of universal human rights, religious coexistence and …
Standing for the freedoms of expression and religion or belief, it is United States policy to support the protection of human rights as a central tenet of international peace and security, and we view efforts to that end as foundational to the mission of the United Nations and to our work together h…
Let me begin by thanking, as others have, Under-Secretary- General Lacroix and my friend His Excellency President Santos Calderón. I also thank Ms. Salma Kadry very much for setting the stage for this important discussion. And I thank you, Madam President, for the leadership of the United Arab Emira…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/77/877), for the sobering news it holds and for the path forward it proposes. The report confirms that persistent inequities threaten progress for children, young women and girls, and other at-risk populations, such as the LGBTQI+ persons, people who …
I thank President Gatti Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz 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.
Since the previous briefing (see S/PV.9217), the M…
I thank you, Mr. President, for bringing us together today to discuss this important topic. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. The Security Council truly appreciates the fact that Ms. El Omrani came to speak to us today. Her leadership gives me tremendous hope for…
I thank Special Adviser Ritscher for his briefing. I also thank him and his team for their valuable work.
As Iraq continues its transition from conflict to stability and prosperity, accountability for the heinous crimes committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) remains an impo…