It is a pleasure to be here today. Before I continue, I would like to take this opportunity to express my condolences to the Governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and to the families of the victims of the tragic bus accident in Kazakhstan that claimed the lives of more than 50 Uzbek citizens yest…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his leadership in working to find enduring solutions to increasingly complex problems.
It is fitting that Kazakhstan has called this important meeting. One of Kazakhstan earliest d…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salamé, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden and Ms. Sharief for their briefings.
When we talk about Libya today, so many of the problems we face go back to one key issue: respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. This confli…
Like my colleagues, I would like to offer a very special welcome to Vice-President Naranjo. His work on the peace process in Colombia really is part of history and we are very honoured to have him in the Chamber with us today. I also thank Special Representative Arnault for his and his team’s outsta…
I wish a happy new year to all of the members of the Security Council and the General Assembly.
In the past week, what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of Iran is something the world must take note of. It is a spontaneous expression of fundamental human rights. The Iranian people ar…
As my delegation stated during the debate on this agenda item on 5 December (see A/72/PV.64), we strongly believe that the intergovernmental conference should operate by consensus. We believe that this is the best way to arrive at effective and lasting solutions with regard to an international legal…
While we will join the consensus on draft resolution A/72/L.38, we take this opportunity to clarify important points.
The United States looks forward to discussing the issue of rapid technological change on sustainable development within appropriate forums, including the multi-stakeholder forum on …
Before I begin, I want to take a moment to honour some very important people. As we gather together in the Security Council, many around the world are preparing to gather with their families to celebrate a season of peace and generosity. Amid this celebration, we remember the men and women of our mi…
I would like to thank Special Representative Yamamoto and the other briefers.
Earlier this week, President Trump unveiled a new United States national security strategy, which embodies the concept of principled realism. Nowhere is that approach more evident than with this Administration’s regional …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Keita for her briefing on areas in peacekeeping where improvement is needed and on how it can be achieved.
Unlike many other issues related to peacekeeping that require our attention, force generation and capability gaps present challenges where concrete progress…
Three years ago, the Council, in an extraordinary meeting of our Heads of Government (see S/PV.7272), tackled the problem of foreign terrorist fighters. In 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) was ascendant. Terrorists had just captured large swathes of territory, and ISIS’s ideology …
The Security Council and the international community have found common cause in our fight against terrorism, but we are continually reminded of how much more we have to do. In 2017, terrorists have targeted villagers in the Sahel and worshippers in the Sinai. Even here in the great global city of Ne…
We thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his commitment to conflict prevention and the sustaining peace agenda. We stand behind the Secretary-General as he implements an ambitious vision for a United Nations that can better address the world’s most complicated and pressing challenges.…
Today, the Council came together on an issue of critical importance. Our adoption today of resolution 2393 (2017) enables the United Nations to continue to provide vital, lifesaving cross-border assistance to millions of Syrians who need it to survive. Thanks to its mandate, more than 1 million Syri…
This discussion could not have come at a better time. There were reports this morning that the Houthi militants in Yemen had fired yet another missile into Saudi Arabia. According to the Houthis themselves, it was targeted at a meeting of Saudi leaders in Riyadh, in an area crowded with Government o…
I thank the High Representative for her briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on small arms and light weapons (S/2017/1025).
Sixteen years ago, the General Assembly adopted by consensus the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weap…
I have been the proud representative of the United States at the United Nations for nearly a year now. This is the first time I have exercised the American right to veto a draft resolution in the Security Council. The exercise of the veto is not something that the United States does often. We have n…
In this meeting, I will not use the Council’s time to address where a sovereign nation might decide to put its embassy, and why we have every right to do so. Rather, I will address a more appropriate and urgent concern.
This week marks the first anniversary of the adoption of resolution 2334 (2016)…
I would like to take a moment to respond to the statements made by the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
First, I think we have heard all of these things before from that Government. There is no doubt that the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s pursuit of …
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the Security Council today. On behalf of the United States, I thank Japan and Foreign Minister Kono for convening today’s ministerial meeting on the growing threat from North Korea.
Upon taking office, President Trump identified North Korea as the great…
