I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Let me start by saying that the United States is committed to forthright and transparent discussions in the Security Council. We have no interest in allowing the Council to be used for propaganda. Regardless what the representative of Russia has said, the ad…
I will lead off today by offering our condolences to the people of Kuwait for the death of their Amir, Sheikh Al-Sabah. The Amir was a peacemaker in every sense of the word, and we are grateful for his years of dedicated service to the people of Kuwait and to making the region a more stable, prosper…
I want to thank Under-Secretaries-General DiCarlo and Lacroix for their remarks and the updates regarding the latest developments in the Sudan.
I would also like to welcome the progress made on the ground since the Security Council met in June (see S/2020/496) to authorize the creation of the Unite…
On this seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, I have the awesome honour of introducing today someone who has taken to heart the core principle that this international Organization was founded upon — peace.
On 15 September, we all witnessed the results of President Trump’s vision and pers…
The Charter of the United Nations begins as the United States Constitution begins: “We the people”. It is for good reason that those who composed the United Nations Charter and framed the United States Constitution began with a reminder that Government and multilateral institutions exist to serve th…
The United States commends the penholders for the cooperative spirit in which they led this process and specifically both the Ambassadors for their personal commitment and their teams’ personal commitment to the future of Afghanistan. We thank them both.
The United States remains deeply committed t…
I want to thank Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Lowcock for their insightful but sobering briefings. Mr. Griffiths’ conclusion a gave heart-breaking human face to what we are discussing today and the challenges that we have been seeking to address for some time. In that regard, I also want to make clear, as w…
The United States is pleased to have voted in favour of resolution 74/307, entitled “United response against global health threats: combating COVID-19”. We thank the Government of Saudi Arabia and the core group for the transparent and effective negotiation process it led and appreciate its efforts …
I wish to thank the co-facilitators for their efforts to achieve agreement on resolution 74/306. The United States appreciates the cooperation and collaboration of the international community in the global effort to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As we strive to make progress to defeat C…
The United States had informed the Secretariat that it was requesting votes on both operative paragraph 7 and operative paragraph 34 before we act on the entire resolution.
The United States would like to deliver an explanation of position with regard to resolution 74/305. The United States wishes to note that it does not concur with the references to the World Health Organization in the twelfth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth prea…
We very much thank the Niger’s efforts to focus today’s discussion on such an important topic. We thank as well Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba de Potgieter, Executive Director Fore, Ms. Marika Tsolakis, Ms. Rimana Youssouf Assane Mayaki and Hadiza for their insightful and comp…
We find it a little ironic that, in decrying the lack of consensus with respect to the inclusion of the responsibility to protect, several delegations are breaking consensus on the inclusion of the item on the agenda. We also find it a little ironic that, in opposing the inclusion of that item on th…
The United States supports retaining this item on the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session. It is entirely appropriate for the General Assembly to continue its deliberations on Russia’s aggressive acts against Ukraine, including its ongoing violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty …
The United States would like to clarify its views on several elements in resolution 74/304 and state for the record its dissociation from consensus on two paragraphs.
The United States dissociates from the sixth preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 6 and does not concur with the references …
The United States proposes the following amendment to draft resolution A/74/L.85, entitled “Interaction
between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. The United States proposes that the sixth preambular paragraph be deleted in its entirety.
I thank Special Representative Swan and Special Representative Madeira for joining us today and for their comprehensive updates and briefings.
I also join you, Mr. President, in welcoming our new Belgian colleague, Ambassador Kridelka. It is really good to see him in person. Although I saw him on t…
I want to first join my colleagues in condemning the attacks in the Niger and expressing our condolences to the victims and their families.
We thank Special Representative Sori-Coulibaly for her comprehensive briefing. On behalf of the United States, I would like to express our gratitude for her le…
I thank our briefers for their updates and for their teams’ continued and resolute efforts to help resolve these daunting crises. I want to publicly thank Mr. Griffiths, once again, for all of his efforts towards achieving a political solution. We stress our support for his work on the joint declara…
I am delivering this explanation of vote on behalf of the United States of America, Germany, Estonia and Belgium.
We join the rest of the Council in the unanimous vote in favour of resolution 2536 (2020) today, which renews the sanctions regime in the Central African Republic, as well as the mandat…
