We would like to thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing and for all the work that he has done on behalf of the Syrian people.
Today’s meeting takes place in an atmosphere of uncertainty and urgency about the future of Syria. The violence on the ground has diminished for now. That de facto …
I thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing. His presentations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are always detailed and well-considered. But, as we have pointed out, as a survey of the threats to peace and security in the Middle East, Mr. Mladenov’s briefings are, by their mandate, very incomplete. Whi…
I especially thank today’s briefers for their exceptionally sobering, compelling and powerful presentations. As always, we are grateful for the hard work that they and their teams do on the ground every day in Yemen.
While these briefings add devastating clarity to our view of the crisis, they also…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Commissioner Chergui and Executive Director Mlambo-Ngcuka for sharing their impressions from their October visit to South Sudan and their perspectives on recent developments in the country.
The United States appreciates the continued collaboration between th…
The United States appreciates the leadership that Ambassador Drobnjak and Ambassador Mejía Vélez exhibited
as co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. They facilitated a series of important discussions on a range …
I thank Mr. Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Mr. Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel); Mr. Buyoya, High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel; and Mr. Serrano, Deputy Secretary-General for Common Security and De…
I thank Ambassador Delattre for France’s efforts to find compromise language on a difficult draft resolution and to adopt a technical rollover (resolution 2446 (2018).
The United States supports the addition of a new task in the next mandate that would enable the United Nations Multidimensional Int…
We thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing. We appreciate his service and contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also thank Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku for being here today.
The United States applauds the leaders of Serb…
The United States welcomes Eritrea’s rapprochement with its neighbours. We are encouraged by its stated commitment to re-engaging in an effort to establish enduring peace and regional cooperation and to opening the door to its reintegration. This is a historic moment and a great opportunity for the …
Let me thank Special Representative Zerrougui and Ms. Mbela for their briefings and their insights.
I want to direct my comments today to my colleagues, but above all to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as they approach elections with great consequences for their future. At an Arr…
I want to express our special thanks to Special Representative Kubiš for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Iraq, to congratulate him on a successful three years and nine months of service, and to thank him for his exception leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission f…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the Secretary- General and all the briefers. In a short time I will be leaving the Security Council and my post as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. My service here has been a great honour and I will miss it. I am grateful to have the oppor…
We, too, would like to thank Special Representative Salamé for his important and detailed briefing, and I would like to thank Ambassador Skoog for sharing his impressions from his recent trip to Libya.
The stakes for achieving stability and progress in Libya have never been higher. In recent months…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev, the Police Commissioners and Ms. Reitano for their briefings.
The United States welcomes this opportunity to commend United Nations police personnel for their commitment to implementing peacekeeping mandates. United Nations police are making critical contr…
I thank High Representative Inzko for his work in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the past nine years and for his dedicated leadership of the Office of the High Representative.
The Office’s mission reflects the very ideals that the Security Council envisions for a modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, a peacef…
Today’s vote to renew the mandate authorizing Security Council sanctions on illicit petroleum exports from Libya and asset freezes and travel bans on Libyan political spoilers should have been unanimous. It should have sent a clear message to the Libyan people that we are united behind them and that…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The United States is pleased that the agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in and around Idlib continues to hold. We again note that any military offensive in Idlib would be a reckless escalation that would bring further instability…
Allow me to congratulate China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to ensure you, Sir, of our support through the course of this month.
I also want to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing on her efforts, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), to bring to justice those responsi…
I am always taken aback when I hear applause in the Chamber at moments like this because there are no winners here today; there are only losers. The United Nations has lost. It has rejected the opportunity to speak on behalf of human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits every country he…
A simple majority is required for the adoption of the United States-proposed draft amendments. Cuba’s draft resolution and our amendments do not rise to the standard required for a two-thirds majority. They are solely about economic, human rights and social issues. I would refer the membership to a …
