Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for organizing this high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
Almost 60 years ago, the United States and many other nations brought into force a treaty that now prohibits its 125 parties from…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan for his briefing and for his work as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) over the past three years. His leadership has gone far to support Somalia’s efforts as it works towards a bett…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their briefings. And I thank Ms. Drik so much for offering a stark and credible view of the situation from a civil-society perspective.
I want us to imagine, for a moment, that we are parents in Mariupol. You …
I would like to thank China for its successful stewardship of the Security Council presidency last month and to extend warm wishes to France as it begins its Council presidency. Given the importance of peacekeeping to international peace and security, this is a fitting meeting with which to begin th…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Director General Grossi. We appreciate their continued support to ensure the operational safety and security of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant despite Russia’s ongoing attacks and refusal to silence its guns and withdraw from Ukraine so that this situatio…
The United States would like to express support for the intention of resolution 76/301 to maintain and strengthen political attention on pandemic preparedness and response. That is a shared global priority and a major focus for the United States. The special session proposed as part of the resolutio…
The United States thanks Sierra Leone and Japan for facilitating draft resolution A/76/L.80, on the critically important topic of justice for survivors of sexual violence, which we are pleased to co-sponsor. We encourage all countries to adopt this historic draft resolution by consensus and without …
The United States welcomes today’s renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for an additional year and thanks France, as the penholder, for its constructive engagement on the renewal.
The United States appreciates the international community’s support for Leban…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her update on the current situation in Libya. I also thank Ambassador Kamboj for her briefing, and the United States welcomes her leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
The violence that …
I will be brief. Let me just state that, if the Russian Federation believes that there was an economy in Afghanistan to be destroyed, it has been destroyed by the Taliban.
Also, let me be clear that the United States has not turned its back on Afghanistan. We have remained in the country and have c…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Deputy Special Representative Potzel for their briefings.
I am glad this meeting was called today, not for the reasons the Russians requested it but because the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is grave, as we heard from the United N…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-
General Msuya for their briefings today. Their reports about the lack of progress in addressing the Syrian political situation, as envisioned in resolution 2254 (2015), and the further deteriorating humanitarian crisis should obligate the Secu…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Commissioner- General Lazzarini for their briefings. We also appreciate the briefing by Mr. Levy.
We welcome the continued maintenance of the ceasefire enacted on 7 August, as well as the resumption of fuel shipments to Gaza to ensure that hospitals and ot…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for their briefings.
I would also like to congratulate Ukrainians on their Independence Day and thank President Zelenskyy for participating in this meeting today. The United States stands with President Zelenskyy and the people …
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We commend the Secretary-General for his recent visit to Ukraine, and we greatly appreciate the continued efforts of the United Nations aimed at addressing the increasingly dangerous situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
The is…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his report and briefing to the Security Council today on the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the situation in Darfur, including his moving insights from his visit and time spent in Darfur and Khartoum. My delegation will give great considerati…
I thank the Secretary-General and Ambassador Zlauvinen for their briefings and their steadfast commitment to furthering multilateral diplomacy.
We live in a world where our greatest challenges are shared, and global challenges require global solutions. That is what makes multilateral institutions s…
Let me thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Director Mudawi. I want to express my gratitude to them both for their unwavering commitment to bringing peace and humanitarian relief to Yemen. Thankfully, we now have an opening for a sustained peace due to the recent truce extension. We appreciate t…
I will be brief. I do not really want to repeat everything that I said before. I just want to again appeal to Russia to end its seizure of the Zaporizhzhya power plant and return control of the facility to the Government of Ukraine. We will then see how quickly civility returns to the facility.
I thank Director General Grossi for his briefing on the situation
at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. We welcome the steadfast commitment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to addressing the situation there and to nuclear safety worldwide.
The United States continues …
