I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings. We are grateful for their hard work and the unwavering commitment of the judges, attorneys and staff in Arusha and The Hague, as well as in the field offices in Kigali and Sarajevo, in their pursuit of justice for the victims in R…
On behalf of the United States, the host country of the United Nations, we extend our sincere congratulations to President-elect Shahid upon his election as President of General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session. He will assume his new role at a critical time during the coronavirus disease (COVI…
The United States wishes to thank Georgia and the Philippines for draft resolution A/75/L.93 on the modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. We place importance…
I too thank Special Representative Fall for his briefing today and for his tireless efforts across the region during a tumultuous time.
Today I would like to talk about the situations in Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Burundi.
First, the United States would like to express its gr…
I thank the High Representative for her briefing today, and the United States welcomes the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias, to today’s discussion. We thank him for his thorough presentation. And let me just say that the United State…
The United States welcomes the adoption of the renewed mandate for the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS). We are grateful for the tenacity of the United Kingdom in getting the
Security Council to consensus, and to the Sudan for its support of the Council…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his thorough briefing and for all the work that his team has done to support the ceasefire efforts and to bring some calm to the situation in the past two weeks.
I also thank Mr. Lazzarini for his update and for the life-saving work that the United Nations Relief and Work…
The United States does not support draft resolution A/75/L.87/Rev.1, which is before us today, and will vote against it as currently proposed.
The United States also wishes to thank all delegations that have proposed amendments for consideration by the General Assembly. Whatever the outcome of the …
I am sorry to have to take the floor again, but we would also ask our colleague from Haiti to withdraw his motion. I think that there are differences of opinion over which amendment is furthest from the text in accordance with rule 90, and the Secretariat had already put the
amendments in order, ha…
It is a pleasure to see you, Mr. Vice-President, up on the podium today.
I would like to seek clarification because the way we read that rule is that if two, three or however many proposals submitted on the same question, it is the one that was submitted first that is acted upon first. However, in …
Let me join others in thanking our briefers this morning for their insightful reports. I also want to thank the Foreign Minister of Somalia for joining us this morning and sharing his update.
As we have stated repeatedly before the Council, Somalia’s holding of a peaceful, transparent, inclusive an…
The United States firmly supports efforts to promote an international meeting dedicated to environmental protection and sustainable development for all, and we are pleased to join the consensus on resolution 75/280. We thank Sweden and Kenya for their leadership on this text and for their work to en…
Civil society are our eyes and ears on the ground and give us critical information and perspectives on a number of issues and should be at the table at all United Nations meetings, including at the high-level meeting on HIV/ AIDS. Civil society participation is critical to the high- level meeting. C…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Secretary-General Guterres for his continued attention to this issue.
Over the past two weeks, the United States has approached this crisis in Israel and Gaza with a single focus — bringing an end to the conflict as quickly as possible. We have not bee…
The United States joins the consensus on resolution 75/279 and we thank Egypt, Spain and Turkey for their facilitation.
We would like to underscore that certain documents referenced in the resolution, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, are non-b…
As we have heard from several delegations, States have the primary responsibility to protect their populations and vulnerable groups from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Yet as we all know, some States do not uphold that sacred responsibility. In many situations, …
The news of the passing way of President Idriss Déby Itno was a great shock to us, as it was to the rest of the world. I offer the heartfelt condolences of the Government of the United States to his family and loved ones and to all the people of Chad during this difficult time.
Today we remember a …
When the La Soufrière volcano erupted with apocalyptic fury two weeks ago, it set off a chain reaction, spurring a crisis within a crisis. More than 13,000 people were forced to flee. Their displacement has caused further anguish to a region already struggling to combat the coronavirus disease pande…
The United States is pleased to join the consensus on the adoption of resolution 75/273 on global drowning prevention. With respect to references to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, I refer the Assembly t…
Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, a tragedy that demonstrated the Soviet Union’s disregard for nuclear safety and the safety of its own citizens. I want to particularly recognize the representatives of Ukraine and Belarus, whose people were most seriously affec…
