First, we wish to thank the co-penholders, Germany and Indonesia, for their diligence and commitment to drafting a new mandate that will provide the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) the guidance needed to advance its core mission. The United States voted in favour of resoluti…
The United States supports the inclusion of the responsibility to protect on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. Debate in this Hall of this important issue is healthy. If there are differences of view and a lack of consensus, they can be discussed here in t…
The United States supports retaining this item on the agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. It is entirely appropriate that the General Assembly continue debating and deliberating on this important
matter. We ask all Member States to vote in favour of including the item on t…
The United States appreciates Lebanon’s regional role with respect to religious freedom and diversity. While we commend its commitment to tolerance and interfaith dialogue, resolution 73/344 is problematic for a number of reasons, and unfortunately we cannot support it. The United States cannot supp…
The United States is pleased today to once again co-sponsor the important resolution 73/343, on illicit trafficking. Wildlife trafficking threatens what we value, our governance structures and the rule of law. It undermines economic prosperity and the livelihoods of communities, encourages corruptio…
We would like to thank the facilitators, Belgium and Jamaica, for their leadership on the resolution just adopted on the International Labour Organization Centenary Declaration (resolution 73/342).
Today, the United States is pleased to join consensus. We agree that full and productive employment a…
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for their briefings. We are grateful for the tireless efforts of their teams, and I look forward to working with them to bring lasting peace and security to the people of Yemen.
Before I continue, I would like to briefly address th…
The United States welcomes resolution A/73/L.115, on the twenty- fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25), and will join the consensus on its adoption. Civil-society organizations and human rights defenders play a critical role in implementing the Beijing Dec…
I first want to note how pleased I am to be here today with all of the Security Council members in the Chamber today, assuming my duties at the United States Mission to the
United Nations. I thank my Council colleagues for all their warm welcomes.
The United States welcome to unanimous adoption of…
The United States joins consensus on resolution 73/337 in recognizing the need to strengthen malaria surveillance and data quality and urges the global anti-malaria community to use data to make evidence-based decisions. Given the influx of data and advancements in the development of new malaria con…
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing today, and Ambassador Vieira for all his important work in chairing the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission.
The United States is pleased that Guinea-Bissau’s leadership, with the able assistance of th…
I thank Special Representative Yamamoto, Executive Director
Fedotov and Ambassador Djani for their briefings, as well as Ambassador Raz for her presentation today.
The United States commends the continued hard work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in supporting the p…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing.
The United States adds its condemnation to the attacks in Burkina Faso, as well as our condolences to the families of the victims. We are deeply concerned about an increase in violent attacks targeting civilians in Burkina Faso…
First, I would like to thank Finland for its facilitation of resolution 73/333.
With this resolution and its annex, the United States reaffirms its position on references to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Rio+20 outcome document, entitled “The future…
The United States joined the consensus in support of today’s renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). We commend France for the cooperative spirit in which it led this process. I also want to express our deep appreciation to the troop- contributing countries fo…
Let me thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary- General Lowcock for their briefings. As Secretary of State Pompeo stated in this Chamber last week (see S/PV.8600), we appreciate the opportunity to use the Security Council to confront the complex challenges of the Middle East. There are few …
I thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for another informative briefing on the gains of the Government of Iraq in increasing stability and prosperity for its people.
To achieve the enduring defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) and successfully stabilize those areas for…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov and Executive Director Coninsx for their briefings today.
The latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/612) on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) demonstrates the hard-won progress that we have made over the past several …
Welcome you to New York, Mr. President. It is good to have you with us in the Security Council this morning. I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing and his tireless efforts.
I want to start by expressing our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Rina Shnerb, who was brutal…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Commissioner Chergui for their briefings.
The United States congratulates the people of the Sudan on the 17 August signing of the constitutional declaration and political agreement between the Forces of Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Cou…
