I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this important meeting. I welcome the many ministers joining us today.
I would also like to thank Administrator Steiner, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Mr. Kabat and Ms. Getschel for their contributions and helpful framing of today’s discussion.
Many of ou…
We welcome the President in the Security Council today; it is excellent to have him back with us. We thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing. We look forward to his leadership as we begin the next chapter in the United Nations Verification Mission in
Colombia. We also thank forme…
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing. I welcome Indonesian Foreign Minister Marsudi and thank her for joining us in the Security Council for today’s briefing. We offer our deepest condolences to Chad on the loss of 10 peacekeepers in Mali over the weekend.
Turning to today’s subjec…
I thank Special Representative Salamé for his briefing and his continuing efforts, and those of his team, in a very challenging environment.
As the representative of the United Kingdom noted and every subsequent speaker suggested, the status quo in Libya is not sustainable. Terrorists continue to p…
I thank Ms. Joanna Wronecka for her briefing today on the important work undertaken by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005), concerning the Sudan, and for her commitment to the work of the Committee. As always, she has our continued support.
The 24 October b…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing today. I would also like to thank Foreign Minister Camara for participating in today’s meeting.
Sadly, this has been a very difficult reporting period for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA…
Our profound thanks go to Special Representative Zerrougui, Foreign Minister Malanji, Ambassador Fatima Mohammed, Mr. Nangaa Yobeluo, President of the Commission électorale nationale indépendante, and Monseigneur Utembi, President of the Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo (CENCO), for their in…
I thank Special Representative Chambas for his briefing here today, which clearly outlined areas of progress as well as the immense challenges that remain in West Africa.
We appreciate the work that the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) does in support of international pe…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for their briefings and for their excellent work to achieve and implement the agreements reached in Stockho…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Zerihoun and Ambassador Vieira for their briefings on the situation in Guinea- Bissau. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2018/1086) on the strategic assessment of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea- Bissau (UNIOGBIS). W…
I am delivering this explanation of vote on behalf of the United States on the draft resolution entitled “Preservation of and compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty” (A/73/L.70).
The United States will vote against the draft resolution because it is disingenuous for Russ…
We gather to vote on resolution 2451 (2018) today in order to address the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen and to endorse the Stockholm agreements.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and maintains the firm conviction that the best hope…
The adoption of draft resolution A/73/L.70 requires a two- thirds majority of those present and voting. Under Article 18 of the Charter of the United Nations,
“Decisions on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: r…
We thank all of the briefers today for their presentations and for their work to advance peace and development in the Sahel.
We share the Special Adviser’s assessment that the Sahel is an important and culturally diverse region filled with potential, but that its people today face a daunting set of…
I thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing. On behalf of the United States, I express our sincere gratitude to him for his four and a half years of service as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. We greatly appreciate the tireless effort that he has put into that work and his eff…
The United States believes that it is inappropriate that Mexico has brought this bilateral matter to the General Assembly. We are also disappointed that Mexico failed to consult with the United States prior to circulating draft resolution A/73/L.63. We will vote against it. Our vote should not be in…
The United States is thankful for the opportunity to provide remarks on the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Twenty years ago, we…
The United States cannot support the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. We therefore object to the adoption of a draft resolution (A/73/L.66) that welcomes the adoption of a compact rejected by some Member States. We are not bound by any of the endorsements, commitments or outco…
I would like to thank Executive Director Fedotov for his briefing.
The scourge of drug addiction continues to claim too many lives around the world, including in West and Central Africa. The harm caused by illicit drug cultivation, trafficking and consumption is linked to organized crime, illegal f…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing today.
Over the past few weeks we have seen images and news of tunnels discovered in northern Israel. As the Under-Secretary-General has told us this morning, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed so far the exist…
