I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing.
We commend the people of the Sudan for their continued efforts to seek political solutions to their governance challenges and for putting in place a civilian-led transitional Government. This is not easy work, but it is the right work. We al…
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings.
The United States remains committed to the people of Yemen as they continue to endure one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. We are concerned by recent reports of widespread and acute food insecurit…
It is an honour for the United States, as the host country, to be here to pay tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.
It is telling that we are all united in speaking here today. Simply put, the professor was so…
I thank Special Representative Lacroix for his briefing. I would like to welcome our friend Foreign Minister Meza- Cuadra back to the Council.
Today is a historic day for Haiti and for the United Nations. In so many complex circumstances, the status quo prevails, but today is different. Today marks…
My delegation wishes to thank the co-facilitators, the Ambassadors of the Bahamas and Sweden, for their leadership on this High-level Political Forum resolution (resolution 74/4). Today the United States of America is pleased to join the consensus on this important outcome document.
All countries h…
On behalf of the United States Government, I would like to extend our thanks to the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Prasad and Byrne Nason, the Permanent Representatives of Fiji and Ireland, for their excellent facilitation of the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) …
The United States supports efforts to expand access to universal health coverage and believes that we should view them in the light of the ultimate goal towards which we as nations have been working at the United Nations and the World Health Organization for more than half a century, that is, achiev…
I thank Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his briefing. We are also very glad to welcome Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo García and Presidential Counsellor Archila to the Council again today.
The 2016 Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Pea…
I thank Special Representative Zerrougui for her briefing today.
Last December, the Congolese people cast their votes for change and for a peaceful transition of power, stability and a brighter future. The United States applauds the recent formation of a Government in the Democratic Republic of the…
I appreciate the Secretary-General’s engagement and the briefings from our three guests.
I would like to start by reading a passage that caught my attention this past weekend.
“There is broad consensus that conflict prevention, management, or resolution in Africa requires that Africans themselves …
I would like to thank Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, for the work he has done to promote peace and security in the Great Lakes region during his first several months in that role.
Conflict has plagued the Great Lakes for decades, but six years foll…
The turmoil in Africa is, or should be, the distress of the world. It is therefore very right that the Chamber consider and seek to act on the most heartbreaking elements of that turmoil — the conspicuous entrapment, for it is nothing less than that, of its young people into the conflicts and violen…
We welcome the Secretary-General’s announcement that the Syrian Negotiations Commission and the Syrian regime have reached agreement on the committee that will draft a credible, balanced and inclusive constitution. That constitution must reflect the aspirations of all Syrians, both inside and outsid…
I would like to thank today’s briefers for their presentations and thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to engage on the critical topic of peace and security in Africa.
The United States is deeply committed to realizing a better life for all the people of Africa and demonstrates that thro…
We wish to thank Secretary-General Guterres and our other briefers for their presentations today. This is a timely discussion as we work together to address a problem that reaches beyond the capacity of any one State.
Following the territorial defeat of Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) in …
We recall that the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of including the responsibility to protect on the provisional agenda of the seventy-fourth session at its meeting on the morning of 16 September (decision 73/572). We were pleased that, at its meeting yesterday morning, the General C…
As the Council is aware, this is my first time participating in this monthly briefing. With this in mind, I would like to step back for a moment and speak broadly on how I intend to approach issues related to the State of Israel.
First, I believe it is important to be clear on serious matters. So a…
Today’s vote on draft resolution S/2019/756, on a humanitarian ceasefire in Idlib, underscores the commitment of the international community to bringing peace and stability to north-west Syria. The Security Council must act to end the violence, in particular against civilians in Syria, and to enable…
I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for her sobering but necessary update on the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
First, let me commend the organizations and individuals that are providing life-saving assistance to millions of Syrians. Their work is heroic, and the United States prou…
I thank Special Representative Shearer for his informative briefing.
One year ago, South Sudan’s leaders signed the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan. Since then, the parties have taken some meaningful steps towards lasting peace. Political
violence has decreas…
