I would like to acknowledge Under- Secretary General Fletcher and Executive Director Russell’s briefings, although I would take issue with some of the characterizations in Mr. Fletcher’s remarks, which pointed the finger of blame solely at Israel, with one reference to Hamas.
I will also address in…
Resolution 2787 (2025) is recognition of the need for continued vigilance from the Council against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist threat. Just last week, the Secretary-General transmitted to Council members a statement (SG/SM/22724) describing Houthi attacks against two civilian cargo vessels, the…
The United States would like to thank co-penholder Panama for its work to help the Security Council to achieve the unanimous adoption of this important resolution (resolution 2785 (2025)).
Less than one year remains on the Transitional Presidential Council’s planned road map for the restoration of …
As the United States conveyed during the Council’s 9 July briefing on Yemen, the United States believes that it is time to sunset the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA). The Mission is mandated to lead a committee that has not functioned since 2020, and its movements an…
I would like to thank Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Khan for her briefing and report to the Council today on the ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to the situation in Darfur and to welcome our Sudanese colleague and representative.
The United State…
Since this is my first time in the Council under Pakistan’s presidency, I want to wish you, Mr. President, every success this month. I also thank Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher and Ms. Summer Nasser for their informative briefings. I would also like to welcome the…
I thank you, Mr. President, and congratulate you on your presidency. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča and Executive Director Waly for their briefings and for the efforts of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) team. I would also like to thank the Special…
Accusations of genocide are categorically false here and fuel antisemitism around the world. America fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself. Israel has taken numerous measures to limit harm to civilians and address humanitarian needs. The loss of civilian life in Gaza is tragic, but the resp…
I just wanted to be clear in my response to certain remarks made by some colleagues: no one wants to see Palestinian civilians in Gaza go hungry and thirsty. The United States supports getting assistance to civilians in Gaza, but it should happen in a way that does not allow Hamas to benefit.
The U…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
The stated purpose of this meeting is to report on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016). Regrettably, that resolution does not contribute to resolving the underlying issues, but instead distracts from very real, pressing threats t…
I would like to acknowledge Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee and Ms. Shayna Lewis, and thank them for their briefings, which, as others have noted, were quite sobering. I also thank Ambassador Joonkook Hwang for his stewardship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005),…
I thank Special Representative Bintou Keita for her briefing today and for her and her team’s work on the ground. I also welcome the representatives of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who are with us today.
In the three months since our most recent briefing (see S/PV.9887), we have…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his informative briefing today on the situation in the Central African Republic.
The United States offers its condolences to Kenya and Zambia and all the friends and family of the fallen and injured peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Inte…
I would like to thank Special Representative Virginia Gamba de Potgieter and Director Sheema SenGupta for their briefings. And I want to thank Sila for sharing her compelling words with us.
This year’s annual report on children and armed conflict (S/2025/247) provides a sobering snapshot of the dev…
I am compelled to respond to some assertions made by certain Council members.
I spoke earlier about the precision operation that the United States took to degrade Iran’s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon. We did not take this action lightly, and we are confident that it is consistent with the in…
I thank Special Representative Tetteh for her informative briefing and for her continued efforts to de-escalate tensions, prevent renewed clashes in Tripoli and support Libyan efforts to forge consensus on a political path forward for the whole country. I also want to welcome the participation of th…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis for their briefings.
As we reflect today on the conclusions of the Secretary-General’s final report on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2025/397), Iran continues to openly violate its United Nations o…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roza Otunbayeva, Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya and Executive Director of UN-Women Sima Sami Bahous for their informative briefings, and I welcome the representative of Afghanistan.
It has been nearly four years since the Taliban take…
I thank Secretary-General António Guterres, Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Director General Rafael Grossi for their continued attention on this urgent matter of international peace and security.
Last evening, United States military strikes targeted nuclear facilities in Fordow, Nata…
I thank the Secretary-General for his introductory remarks and Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and Director General Rafael Grossi for their briefings.
We meet at a decisive moment in the Middle East, convening amid an intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran. It is not too late for th…
