I will take the floor briefly. I again categorically deny any United States involvement in the incident. We have heard, also quite categorically, both from me and from one of our briefers today, that the energy situation in Europe, however one wants to describe it, is more affected by Russia’s unrel…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Hanif and our other briefers today.
I will be a little longer than I intended given that, once again, our Russian colleagues have decided to instrumentalize a Security Council meeting to spread conspiracy theories and disinformation and, to quote my colleague, “m…
I want to begin by thanking our briefers today. I particularly want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her briefing. The United States appreciates her leadership, particularly at this challenging time for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the De…
Yesterday the Secretary-General said,
“The United Nations Charter is clear: any annexation of a State or a territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law”.
That very violation is what we are …
I thank the High Representative for her briefing. My delegation appreciates her persistent efforts and the efforts of the experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide independent, thoroughly researched, detailed information about Syria’s chemical weapons prog…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his informative briefing.
From day one, the Biden Administration has been unequivocal in its support for a two-State solution. That has not changed. As President Biden made clear to the General Assembly last week,
[A] negotiated two-State solution remains…
I do not want to get into a back-and-forth dialogue. However, I just want to say that it seems that our Russian colleagues are determined, perhaps even desperate, to demonstrate that the United States is as violent, duplicitous and manipulative as Russia is in Ukraine, for example. They will never s…
We thank Executive Director Waly, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Potzel and Ms. Koofi for their briefings. We also thank the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, for accepting the Secretary-General’s call to lead the United Na…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today and thank President Zelenskyy for his statement.
A little more than seven months ago — just seven months — we met at night in this Chamber (see S/PV.8970) to discuss how we could preserve peace in Ukraine. At that moment, Putin chose w…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Waly, and World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Guarnieri for their briefings.
The United States shares the Secretary-General’s deep concern about the instabil…
I thank you very much, Madam President, for bringing the members of the Security Council together at this extremely grave time to discuss the crisis in Ukraine caused by Russia.
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I also thank the Secretary-General for his determination and the moral clarity that he has brought t…
I thank Ms. Riziq and Special Representative of the Secretary- General Haysom and for their comprehensive briefings on the situation in South Sudan.
The United States commends the work of the leadership of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the men and women of UNMISS and the troop…
I thank Ireland and Brazil for gathering us here to discuss the pressing issues of conflict-induced hunger. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths, Executive Director Beasley and Chief Economist Torero for their informative and very sobering briefings. As many here have heard …
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his useful briefing this morning.
Let me begin by noting that we are deeply troubled by the outbreak of violence along the Armenian- Azerbaijani border, including reports of the shelling of civilian infrastructure in Armenia. We offer our condolences t…
Let me begin by extending my deepest condolences to the royal family, who have lost their dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Let me also extend my condolences to the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations. They have lost not o…
Let me thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. I also deeply appreciate the briefing by Mr. Darwish, whose advocacy in promoting freedom of expression and dialogue in Syria is admirable and an important reminder for all of us. The Syrian Center fo…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his comprehensive briefing. We commend him and his team for supporting the people of the Sudan and their aspirations to restore a civilian-led transition to democracy. The United States continues to fully support the collaborative e…
The United States supports decision 76/579, to include agenda item 67 in the provisional agenda of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, and it was good to see that the decision was adopted without a vote. It is entirely appropriate for the General Assembly to continue its deliberatio…
I would like to start by extending the United States’ deepest condolences to the royal family and the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen lived an extraordinary life dedicated t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing today, especially with less than a day’s notice from the Russian Federation.
I would like to begin by joining others in expressing our deepest condolences to the royal family and to the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort…
