I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Executive Secretary Tiaré for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Diouf for her important remarks centred on the link between security and climate change.
The United States welcomes the efforts of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and the Niger to revitalize…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his sobering remarks.
First, let me underscore that every day that Russia obstructs and threatens to suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative, it raises global food prices around the world. That means higher prices for everyone, including poor and middle-…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) work on the situation in Libya.
The International Criminal Court has an important role to play in the international system of justice, and its work in Libya plays a critical part in support …
We greatly appreciate High Representative Schmidt’s participation here today, as well as his briefing. I also want to thank Mrs. Željka Cvijanović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for her participation in today’s meeting.
The United States has long advocated for the democratic an…
I thank Assistant-Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for sharing the progress of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on mandate implementation and their updates on Abyei.
I would like to begin by thanking UNISFA’s leadership personnel, who continue to provide …
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing this morning and for the steadfast work of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on this important issue.
As we have heard from the High Representative and seen in …
I would also like to thank Foreign Minister Osmani for his participation today and for North Macedonia’s principled leadership at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). His comments about Ukraine were particularly pertinent. From the civilians brutalized by Russia’s missiles…
Let me join others in congratulating the Swiss delegation and Government on assuming the presidency at a historic occasion. My delegation looks forward to cooperating closely in order to ensure that this is a productive month for the Council. Let me also thank you, Sir, for chairing this important d…
As long as we are on this issue of the language, I just want to state for the record that my understanding of this
language issue, as raised first by the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, then the presidency and then the Permanent Representative of Albania, coincides 100 per cent with the explanation pro…
I am grateful to Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing and thank Foreign Minister Gërvalla- Schwarz and Foreign Minister Dačić for participating in today’s meeting.
The United States remains firmly committed to enhancing stability in the Western Balkans, especially during this time of grea…
Today the Security Council has sent a clear, unanimous message to the Taliban and to the world: we will not stand for the Taliban’s repression of women and girls.
The Taliban have chosen to ban women from universities, to keep secondary schools closed to girls and to prevent Afghan women from worki…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their briefings.
Thirteen years ago, Bashar Al-Assad responded to peaceful protests with a brutal crackdown. His regime has detained, tortured and murdered civilians, including children, and has rejected diplomatic efforts to end a war that h…
The Security Council needs to better reflect the United Nations today — particularly by including geographically diverse perspectives — so that it can better respond to twenty-first century challenges, which is imperative for the Council’s continued relevance and credibility. The United States con…
On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I would like to extend our thanks to Poland for shepherding resolution 77/282, on sustainable infrastructure. We are pleased to join consensus. Quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure is critical to achieving the Sustai…
I would like to welcome Special Representative of the Secretary-General María Isabel Salvador in her first appearance at the Security Council since the Secretary- General announced her appointment on 1 March. I would also like to thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and…
The Syrian people have suffered horrific abuses during more than 12 years of brutal war at the hands of the Al-Assad regime and at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, and other terror groups. A sustainable end to the conflict in Syria will require accountabili…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his informative briefing.
As we heard earlier, today Israel marks the sombre holiday of Yom HaZikaron. We join our Israeli friends in commemorating the loss of those killed in past wars and terrorist attacks, and we unequivocally condemn terrorist attacks …
Let me thank Secretary-General Guterres, Special Representative Perthes, Assistant Secretary- General Msuya and Special Envoy Wais of the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for their informative briefings. I want to thank Special Representative Perthes in particular for his efforts o…
Let me start by thanking Secretary-General Guterres for his remarks and thanking him and the entire United Nations system for all the efforts made to promote peace and security and to support the Charter of the United Nations.
I also thank colleagues for coming together to talk about how we can def…
I would like to thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing on the situation in Libya, as well as the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) on Libya for his report.
We continue to unequivocally support the Special Representative’s efforts to reach the polit…
