We thank Special Representative La Lime for her briefing and for being with us today. We appreciate the update on the efforts of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) and its preparation for a successful drawdown of operations by October 2019. We also always appreciate …
I would like to thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, and Prosecutor Brammertz for their informative briefings, as well as for being with us today.
The United States would like to begin by recognizing President Meron and thanking him for hi…
The United States is pleased to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/73/L.35, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
The United States underscores the central importance of international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, whose universal and unified character …
I thank you, Sir, for convening and presiding over today’s important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and our briefers from the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The United States remains committed to working with regional organizations to addr…
The United States welcomes draft resolution A/73/L.44, on Afghanistan, which we were happy to co-sponsor. My country seeks an inclusive peace that will benefit all Afghan men and women. We seek a peace in which Afghanistan plays its rightful and obligatory role, contributing to international securit…
A simple majority is required for the adoption of the draft resolution submitted by the United States (A/73/L.42). Since coming to the United Nations, everyone in this Hall has heard me talk about double standards and the fact that we need fairness in the United Nations. We take on heavy concerns an…
Today could be a historic day at the United Nations or just another ordinary day. Today could be a day during which the General Assembly unconditionally speaks out with moral clarity against one of the most obvious and grotesque cases of terrorism in the world or it could be a day during which it re…
Today the American people mourn the loss of President George H. W. Bush, the forty-first President of the United States of America. We thank the Security Council and the many delegations and colleagues who have offered their condolences since his passing. Allow me now to make a short statement in hi…
Let me too reiterate in the open Chamber our congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire on assuming the presidency of the
Council and our thanks and congratulations to China for its excellent presidency in November.
I also congratulate Special Adviser Khan on his appointment. I thank him for being here in p…
The United States believes that education serves as a foundation for wide-reaching and long-lasting impact, particularly for the most vulnerable, and helps to put all our societies on a more sustainable path across all sectors of development. We are pleased to announce that the United States Governm…
The United States believes that sport and physical education contribute to the promotion of education, health, development and peace. As such, we joined the consensus on resolution 73/24 today with the express understanding that the resolution does not imply that States must join instruments that th…
This explanation of vote addresses all draft resolutions under agenda items 38 and 39.
The United States continues to oppose the annual submission of a disproportionate number of unfair draft resolutions biased against Israel. As in the past, this one-sided approach damages the prospects for peace …
I thank Ms. Ghelani for her briefing and for the important work that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is doing to support the Syrian people.
We are grateful to the United Nations and the brave workers on the ground who delivered critical humanitarian aid on 3 N…
This morning I spoke with President Trump and Secretary Pompeo, and my statement reflects the concerns at the highest level of the American Government.
For the past four years, the international community has spoken with a strong, clear and largely united voice denouncing Russia’s aggression agains…
The United States believes that INTERPOL serves an important role in combating crime and encouraging international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice matters.
The United States supports the intent of resolution 73/11, which is to ensure the continued coordination between the Unite…
I am making this statement on behalf of the United States, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
We stand united in opposing Russia’s attempt to discuss yesterday’s serious escalation in the Kerch Strait under an agenda item entitled “Violation of the borders of the…
I wish to thank Special Envoy Kafando and Ambassador Lauber for their briefings. We deeply appreciate the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi dated 15 November (S/2018/1028), submitted pursuant to resolution 2303 (2016). We look forward to the next written report.
The United…
The United States is pleased to continue this discussion on Security Council reform, and we look forward to coordinating closely on issues within the group handling the intergovernmental negotiations during the seventy-third session.
We also thank the outgoing leadership, Ambassador Nusseibeh and A…
We thank Secretary- General Guterres and Commissioner Chergui for their briefings.
I too would like to begin by saying a few words in special tribute to the Malawian and Tanzanian United Nations peacekeepers and the soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were kil…
