Ten years ago, the Al-Assad regime met the Syrian people’s peaceful demands for dignity, respect and fundamental freedoms with violence and repression. For more than a decade, the Syrian people have endured the unimaginable — from torture to attacks on hospitals and health care and to cutting off hu…
On behalf of the Government and the people of the United States, I would like to begin by extending our deepest sympathies to the wife and children of the late President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, his extended family and friends and all the people of Tanzania.
As we gather here today, we remember …
The United States appreciates Australia and Jamaica’s leadership and skilled shepherding of draft resolution A/75/L.68, and the core group’s decision to bring such an important topic to the attention of the General Assembly. We support efforts to highlight the importance of media and information lit…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening us today to commemorate this important International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. I also thank the Secretary-General for his participation and Ms. Coleman for her powerful words.
A little over 400 years ago…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to commemorate this important day, and I thank the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Mr. Iweala for their leadership in pressing all of us to do more to eliminate racial discrimination, wherever and by w…
I have two explanations of position. I will first deliver an explanation of position on resolution 75/262, on the International Day of Argania.
The United States joins the consensus on the resolution, and we thank Morocco for its facilitation. We underscore the fact that certain documents reference…
We would like to thank the facilitator for his leadership on resolution 75/260. The United States of America was pleased to vote in favour of the resolution, although we would have preferred that it would have been adopted by consensus today. We would like to make several points on the final text.
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I do not know where to begin with this particular draft oral amendment. There is a footnote. There is so much to unpack from the substantive, political and technical perspective in it. We believe that it is inappropriate to try and introduce that kind of amendment on the floor given the importance o…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important briefing.
We are here today because in 2014, Russia occupied Crimea and instigated a conflict in the Donbas region. We are here today because Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine have led to the deaths of more than 13,000 people, displaced mi…
I will be brief. The United States also does not support draft amendment A/75/L.61 proposed by the Russian Federation, which would remove the term “key populations” from the text of draft resolution A/75/L.59.
We completely agree with the arguments put forward by our colleague, the representative o…
The United States is pleased to join the consensus on resolution 75/259. We reiterate the importance of our relationship with Angola and understand the devastating and ongoing impact that the coronavirus disease pandemic and the country’s multi-year recession has had on its economy. We look forward …
The United States strongly believes in encouraging a culture of peace through the promotion of justice democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as by rejecting violence and addressing the root causes of conflict. In recognition of those values, we support the resolution just adopted…
The United States is pleased to join the consensus on resolution 75/201, which reaffirms the importance of peacebuilding and sustaining peace. We remain committed to the United Nations mission to advance peace and security. We thank the delegations of New Zealand and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…
The United States strongly believes in encouraging a culture of peace through the promotion of justice, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as by rejecting violence and addressing the root causes
of conflict.
We would also like to note our concern that the use of the phrase …
The United States believes that education is transformational for individuals and societies and creates pathways to better health, economic growth, a sustainable environment and peaceful democratic societies. On 15 November 2018, the United States Agency for International Development announced a new…
The United States remains deeply concerned about the unprecedented rise in humanitarian needs in recent years, as well as the severe increase in the number of people in need since the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Last week, the United Nations released the Global Humanitarian…
The United States is pleased to join consensus on resolution 75/124 and reaffirms the vital function of the United Nations in responding to natural disasters around the world.
With regard to paragraph 62 of the resolution, the United States supports victims of gender-based violence and condemns the…
The United States would like to note that draft resolution A/75/L.45 comes at a critical time in the ongoing negotiations and must be based on a shared commitment to supporting the Afghanistan peace negotiations in the pursuit of an Afghan-owned, Afghan-led resolution to decades of conflict.
When t…
I thank Special Representative Zerrougui for her briefing today.
As the Security Council takes stock of the past year and prepares to renew the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the United States is impressed by the p…
On behalf of, and as the guest of the United States delegation, it is an honour to address the members of the General Assembly as they consider sport for development and peace.
My name is Dr. Nan Hayworth. I am a medical doctor — the first female physician elected to a full term as a member of the…
