I think that I have to say before beginning my intervention that the narrative we have just heard from the previous speaker is also astonishingly one-sided.
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing. We wish him continued success in his role and we commend his dedication to securing justice for the …
I thank Special Envoy Xia for his informative briefing and for joining us today. I also want to thank our other briefers for their very helpful and useful briefings.
The United States continues to support the United Nations regional strategy for the Great Lakes. We encourage Special Envoy Xia to ac…
The United States knows that the veto is controversial. It was controversial from the very beginning, with heated debates on that issue when the Charter of the United Nations was negotiated, in San Francisco in 1945. The veto has continued to be controversial to this day, which is the reason why the…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings. My delegation would also like to express its gratitude to Ms. Shawky, not only for her detailed briefing but, most importantly for the life-saving work done by her organization and so many other international …
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. The United States supports his continued close engagement with all parties to promote calm and to foster dialogue.
As we just heard, this month billions of people around the globe celebrate Ramadan, Passover and Easter. Those holidays are a r…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for sharing his update on the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) today. I also want to thank Special Envoy Tetteh and congratulate her on the assumption of her new position. We look forward to working with her in the cou…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Caroline Ziadeh for her briefing today, and we look forward to working with her. I also would like to thank Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković and Foreign Minister Gërvalla-Schwarz for participating in this meeting.
As has been noted, this is …
I would also like to thank Deputy High Commissioner Clements and Director General Vitorino for their informative briefings on the situation on the ground in Ukraine. Right now, their agencies and non-governmental organization partners are doing such important life-saving work. Their teams are puttin…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings and ongoing efforts.
We are witnessing a moment of hope for Yemen — an opportunity to finally bring peace to a country and a people that have suffered for far too long. Today, I will outline the progress we ar…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important discussion today. I also want to thank Special Representative Patten for her remarks. The United States is proud to support the important work of the Special Representative’s Office. Most of all, I would like to thank the th…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, for his briefing today. We appreciate the vital role that the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia continues to play in supporting peace in Colombia. And we welcome the presence here today o…
We are honoured by your presence here with us today, Mr. President, and are thankful to the United Kingdom for leading today’s debate.
I thank our briefers from UN-Women and UNICEF for their remarks and for the work that their teams are doing on the ground. I, too, visited Romania and Moldova and s…
I thank you, Sir, for bringing us together today for this very important discussion. I also thank the briefers for their insights.
I think we all remember where we were when we realized that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was not a minor outbreak, but a highly contagious virus that would change…
As we have made clear to members of the Security Council, including the Russian Federation, the meeting under today’s agenda item was proposed without prejudice to the agenda items in relation to the 2014 letters, specifically, the 2014 letter from the Ukrainian Permanent Representative (S/2014/136)…
I thank Special Representative Wane and Ms. Bintou Founé Samaké for their briefings today.
I appreciated Ms. Samaké’s insightful emphasis on the critical role of women under the Algiers Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali and
in peacebuilding in Mali. We fully endorse her call for the me…
Let me also start by thanking the United Arab Emirates and Ambassador Nusseibeh for her
successful presidency during the month of March. As you, Madam President, begin your Security Council presidency, I want to thank the United Kingdom for its leadership and for organizing this vital discussion on…
It has been 11 years since the start of the Al-Assad regime’s brutal war on the Syrian people — 11 years of death, 11 years of damage, 11 years of injustice. Now more than ever, we are witnessing the effects of impunity for the actions of the Al-Assad regime and its enablers. Now more than ever, we …
The United States was pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2628 (2022) today. We appreciate the extraordinary efforts of our United Kingdom colleagues to produce a quality mandate for the reconfigured mission in Somalia. We would like to take a moment to recognize and honour the sacrifices made b…
I thank you, Madam President, very much for giving me this opportunity today. It is much appreciated.
I feel that I must make four critical points.
First, I want to be clear that the conflict that is being suffered by the Ukrainian people is not about the Russian Federation versus the West. Just l…
I have the unique honour of addressing members on this important occasion as both a member of Congress and one of this year’s United States Congressional Delegates to the General Assembly.
As we commemorate the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, let us reflect on the profound w…
