I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the sustained violence in Israel and the West Bank. Last year was the deadliest since the second intifada, and 2023 is on track to surpass that staggering level of violence. The United States i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening us to commemorate this important day.
I want to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his presence and for his statement and thank in particular Mayor Adams for joining us today and for his bold remarks.
In past years, on this commemorative day, I have shar…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor a second time. I apologize, but I feel like I have to correct some of the fallacies that we have just heard from our Chinese and Russian counterparts.
First, specifically on the assertion that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea abandoned it…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his informative briefing and recommendations to the Security Council and welcome the representative of the Republic of Korea to this meeting.
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s launches…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his thorough briefing and for the United Nations efforts aimed at securing an extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
As Under-Secretary-General Griffiths clearly outlined, as long as Russia continues to blockade Ukraine’s ports, the world needs th…
The United States requests a procedural vote on the participation of Ms. Morozova as a proposed briefer for this meeting. We regret having to call this vote, given that the majority of Council members already expressed serious concerns to the presidency yesterday and today.
Let me be clear, the Uni…
Today, the Security Council has acted to preserve the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as a lifeline for the people of Afghanistan, and the United States fully supports UNAMA and its mission. We are therefore proud to support a one-year extension of UNAMA’s mandate (resolutio…
I too would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev, African Union Commissioner Adeoye and Ambassador Joyini for today’s briefings.
The United States Government is deeply committed to security sector reform as a tool for promoting international peace and security. The Secretary-General’s re…
Let me start by joining others in extending our condolences and support to the people of Mozambique and Malawi who were affected by the disaster of Cyclone Freddy — by all accounts, a truly horrific storm. I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Assistant Secretary- General Msuya and Ambassador Dautllari …
We listened carefully to the briefers, and we would like to thank Mr. Snyder for his thoughtful presentation today.
The United States welcomes serious discussions on the detrimental impacts of hate speech and harmful rhetoric — and we regret that today’s meeting is a missed opportunity to do so. Th…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva and Ms. Akbar for their briefings. I am grateful to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its work to advance the Security Council’s goal of a stable, prosperous and secure Afghanistan. The United States fully supports UNAMA and it…
The United States wishes to thank Council members for their constructive engagement on a resolution (resolution 2676 (2023)) to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts. The text adopted today incorporates the views
of all Council members following nearly two months of consultations and negotiatio…
I thank you, Madam President, for bringing us together for this important discussion today. I would like to welcome all our guests, including the President of the Swiss Confederation and all the Ministers who are in the Chamber with us today. Their presence reflects the high priority they give to th…
First, I would like to congratulate Malta on its successful presidency last month, and we wish Mozambique the best of luck with the beginning of their presidency of the Council this month.
Secondly, we thank Special Representative Haysom for his thoughtful briefing today. I would also like to thank…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Last month, we listened carefully to the briefings by the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Coordinator of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) on the IIT’s latest attri…
I too wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths, Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Rasha Muhrez for their briefings.
We are now three weeks on from the deadly 6 February earthquakes that killed so many. We reiterate our support for the response of the United Nations to all who have been affected…
We thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing on the situation in Libya. We welcome his strong leadership and fully support the proposed elections-enabling mechanism, as outlined in his remarks. The United States is 100 per cent committed to helping him to succeed.
The status quo in Liby…
The United States would like to express its support for the high-level meeting on pandemic preparedness and response, which will be a critical step in reinforcing the hard work that our colleagues in Geneva are doing, including in the intergovernmental negotiating body process. It is a shared global…
One year and one week ago, on 17 February 2022, I warned the Security Council that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine (see S/PV.8968). I said that Russia would manufacture a pretext and then use missiles, tanks, soldiers and cyberattacks to strike pre-identified targets, including Kyiv. with the …
We thank Malta for organizing this timely meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union. We also thank High Representative Borrell Fontelles for his informative briefing today.
On behalf of the United States, I want to express my deep appreciation for the European Union’s…
