Thank you, Mr. President, for hosting today’s meeting. We thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate Chen and Mr. Ewi for their
briefings. The United States also thanks Secretary- General Guterres for the combined effor…
Since this is my first time in the Security Council since China took up the presidency, I would like to thank Brazil for a successful month in its presidency of the Council in July and welcome China to the presidency and wish it a successful month as well.
I would also like to thank China for conve…
The United States welcomes the ceasefire that was reached last night. Our thanks go to Special Coordinator Wennesland, as well as Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and other regional partners, for facilitating an end to the recent hostilities. We call on all the parties to fully implement the ceasefire, includin…
I thank you and your delegation for your leadership of the Council this month, Sir. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic to today’s meeting.
We support and welcome the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic, as we…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
I, too, would like to take a moment to express my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason for her contributions to the Security Council. During the year and then some that we have worked together, I have admired her steadfas…
The United States has long recognized the relationship between human rights and environmental protection and advancing environmental justice. We have a history of promoting environmental protection, and we believe
that every person should live in a healthy environment. We also believe that a health…
Let me thank the United Kingdom for its constructive role as the penholder for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Thanks to the United Kingdom’s hard work and the efforts of most members of the Council, we now have a more substantive mandate, which includes important language in s…
The United States congratulates Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on the adoption of resolution 76/299, which declares Central Asia a zone of peace, trust and cooperation.
The intention to establish a region as a zone of peace creates a foundation for greater cooperati…
I would like to thank the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh for its tireless leadership this year as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and Egypt for its service as PBC Chair last year.
The United States strongly supports United Nations peacebuilding efforts. Conflict prevention, preventive…
At the outset, let me thank Deputy Special Coordinator Hastings for her briefing.
Today I would like to share an update from President Biden’s visit to Israel and the West Bank this month, which demonstrated the strength of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Israel, including …
Let me thank Special Representative Hennis- Plasschaert for her briefing today on the horrific attack. I would also like to welcome the presence of the Iraqi Foreign Minister and the representative of Türkiye.
The United States strongly condemns the attack on 20 July in Iraq’s Dohuk governorate, wh…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing. We welcome reports of considerable progress made in Cairo and Geneva by delegations from the House of Representatives and High Council of State towards an agreement on a constitutional framework for elections, and we credit Sp…
We should not be here today. There was no justification, no conceivable reason, for Russia’s decision on 8 July (see S/PV.9087) to veto a Security Council draft resolution (S/2022/538) designed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to more than 4 million people suffering from 11 year…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. We appreciate her persistent efforts and those of the experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide independent, thoroughly researched and detailed information on Syria’s ch…
I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and Executive Director Russell for their briefings. I thank Mr. Kumi for sharing his experiences and insights; it is very important for us to hear them. I also thank Brazil for hosting this very important debate.
This year’s annual children and arme…
The United States welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and we thank the members of the Security Council for their support. Resolution 2645 (2022), which we put forward with our co-penholder, Mexico, is based on the recommendations of the Secre…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera1 Ruiz Massieu for his briefing and presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/513) and for
his and his team’s work. The role of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia in supporting peace and reconciliation in Colom…
Thank you, Mr. Minister, for convening this discussion today. I also thank all the briefers for their insightful contributions. My delegation found the comments of Ms. Russo on gender and its value and use in strategic communications particularly thought-provoking, and so I thank her for those. The …
I, too, want to thank the penholders for leading a process with integrity and an unquestionable commitment to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable Syrian people.
The vote we took this morning is what happens when one Council member takes the entire Security Council hostage, with the lives of Sy…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya. We are grateful for their commitment and that of their teams to improving the lives of the Yemeni people.
We welcome the fact that the truce in Yemen continues to hold. It has significantly reduced violence and improved the fre…
