I thank our briefers for their remarks and the tireless efforts of their teams.
Progress on the United Nations-led political process is vital, but it faces obstacles from within Yemen and from outside forces. The Security Council has seen regional escalation by Iran, and we are alarmed about the re…
We thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings. We appreciate the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and the tireless dedication of its judges, attorneys and staff.
We also thank President Agius for his leadership over the last six months. His…
I thank you, Mr President, for convening today’s important meeting.
I also thank Ms. Wickramanayake, Ms. Muganda and Ms. Ramyar for their important updates, moving testimony and concrete recommendations. They have brought a very useful perspective into the Security Council and one, as others have s…
We wish to join other delegations in commemorating the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The Programme of Action and the Conference’s report (A/CONF.171/13) helped reframe the discussion of population and development issues…
The support of the United States for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unwavering. We are committed to working with the Ukrainian people to promote
democracy and prosperity and root out corruption. President Trump underscored that message to President Zelenskyi following peaceful c…
I thank Special Adviser Khan for being with us in person
today and for his thorough and serious briefing to the Security Council.
The plight of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities is of critical importance to the United States. We will not waver from holding the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sh…
Personally, returning to Baghdad three years after I completed my assignment at our embassy there gave me an opportunity to observe first-hand the progress that Iraq has made on so many fronts. The first-ever visit to Iraq by members of the Security Council underscored the strong and continued commi…
I thank today’s briefers for their informative briefings.
The United States recognizes the contribution that contingents make in increasingly insecure environments around the globe. We welcome the opportunity to work together, through existing working groups, to make peacekeeping as effective as po…
I would like to congratulate Peru on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of
July. I also congratulate Kuwait on a superb job during its presidency in June. Let me add my warm welcome back to New York to Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière. It is truly excellent to have …
The United States does not take trade-policy direction from the General Assembly. Further restrictions on the materials used in capital punishment are inconsistent with international law, which recognizes the authority of States to impose the death penalty for the most serious crimes. The United Sta…
The United States would like to thank Security Council members for a collaborative negotiation and express our gratitude for France’s extraordinary efforts in developing resolution 2480 (2019) and conducting the negotiations. I also want to join our colleagues today in bidding farewell and expressin…
The United States is pleased to participate in this debate on the responsibility to protect (R2P).
We continue to support the 2005 World Summit Outcome document and believe that each individual State has the responsibility to protect its populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and c…
The United States thanks Council members for their endeavours to ensure that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is well positioned to continue its mission to protect civilians, support humanitarian aid to 1.2 million internally displaced persons and assist in the cr…
I thank Mr. Pedersen for his briefing.
The United Nations-led political process in Geneva is the only legitimate and internationally recognized forum to create a lasting, inclusive and peaceful political solution to the conflict in Syria. Three and a half years ago, in resolution 2254 (2015), the S…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, the Permanent Representative of Belgium and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations for their briefings.
The seventh report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/492) reflects the same tone of concern and increasing alarm of many Me…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for yet another deeply sobering briefing.
One hundred and thirty-nine days have now passed since the last United Nations-Syrian Arab Red Crescent humanitarian assistance convoy arrived in Rukban in early February, that is, 139 days in which no heed has been p…
I thank Special Representative Shearer, Assistant Secretary- General Gilmour and Ms. Minagano for their briefings.
Although the implementation of the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan remains slow, the United States acknowledges that the par…
We were pleased to vote in favour of resolution 2476 (2019), which authorizes the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). This is a historic moment. Today we establish a new United Nations special political mission that replaces the 15-year-long peacekeeping mission in Haiti. The United N…
The United States welcomes this opportunity to affirm its commitment to effectively addressing the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse and its collective support for the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the Secretary-General’s related efforts to strengthen its implementation.
Sexual ex…
The United States joined the consensus on resolution 73/300 today on the express understanding that the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are not legally binding on Member States, and to the extent that it is implied in…
