I thank Special Representative Yamamoto for his briefing. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2017/696) on the strategic review of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and it is good to have Foreign Minister Rabbani with us this afternoon.
It has been 16 years …
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your leadership at this meeting.
The idea of seeking justice for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and other atrocity crimes had its beginning in the years following the Second World War. Nothing could replace the lives lost or make families whole agai…
I appreciate the opportunity to address the Security Council again, and I thank this month’s presidency, Ethiopia.
Members of the Security Council often talk of threats to global security. The focus of today’s Security Council meeting is an issue with worldwide implications — nuclear proliferation.…
It is a great honour to be with the Security Council today in the midst of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly.
As we gather at this historic Assembly, I know all of our hearts are with the people of Puerto Rico as they face Hurricane Maria and its aftermath, as well as with the peop…
The United States supports the inclusion of the responsibility to protect in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. In general, the General Assembly has taken a permissive approach to the inclusion of items in the agenda. We note that there are many agenda items on the age…
The United States, too, warmly welcomes the continued support of the Security Council to Colombia. The Government of Colombia has made critical progress in implementing the Final Peace Agreement with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). As a result of the parties’ commitment and t…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I thank also Ms. Fatima Shehu Imam for joining us; it is good to hear from her. It was very good to have met her on the Council’s trip earlier this year to Maiduguri, and I thank her for the important work she does in north-east Niger…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Menkerios for his briefing.
It is not often enough that we gather as the Security Council to talk about the bright side of what we do — finding new ways for nations to work together to foster peace and …
First, I would like to say that our thoughts are with those Caribbean nations recently affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.
The United States appreciates the good-faith efforts in the negotiation of resolution 71/329, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Comm…
We would like to take this opportunity to explain our vote on draft resolution A/71/L.90, on the United Nations in global economic governance.
We would like to emphasize the importance of the Secretary-General’s call for reform of the United Nations and specifically for the elimination of duplicati…
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting and allowing us to take this vote.
The images from space of North-East Asia at night show brightness and prosperity surrounding a dark, lonely space that is North Korea. Those images are a good illustration of where the North Korean regime is tod…
Malaria has devastated the health of millions of people throughout the developing world and created dire economic consequences that undermine the efforts of nations seeking to provide health access to their populations. The United States Government remains firmly committed to ending the scourge of m…
We would like to begin by thanking Spain, in particular Victoria Ortega and María José Castillo, for guiding
the negotiations of Member States in order to bring attention to two important, yet overlooked, global issues, those of trafficking in human organs and trafficking in persons for the purpose…
We take this opportunity to make important points of clarification on resolution 71/320, on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and to underscore that this non-binding document does not create rights or obligations under international law.
The United States applauds the efforts of…
Due to the urgency of the situation concerning the nuclear test, as well as the announcement by North Korea that it is planning another intercontinental ballistic missile test, we urge the Security Council to move very quickly on this. I think that North Korea basically has slapped everyone in the f…
We want to thank you, Sir, for allowing us to have this meeting so promptly, as it is very urgent. We also want to thank the Ambassador of Egypt and his team for the steady hand and the calm way in which they led the Council last month.
For more than 20 years, the Security Council has taken actions…
The United States is very pleased to have supported this renewal of the the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). I want to thank all Security Council members, but especially France for its leadership on this vitally important peacekeeping mission. France, of course, has a historic relat…
As we consider the Security Council’s work in August, I congratulate you, Mr. President, and your Mission on a successful presidency.
I turn first to the issue of North Korea, which, in a sense, has bookended the month. We saw a strong example of Security Council unity in early August, and then an …
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the briefers that we have had today on this very important topic. My time as United States Ambassador to the United Nations has coincided by just a matter of weeks with the Secretary-General’s leadership of this institution. It was a nice coinci…
We called for this meeting tonight knowing that we had to come away unified. I personally appreciate your commitment and willingness, Sir, to move quickly. Once again, all 15 members of the Security Council have spoken in unison. All of us — the United States, Japan, China, Russia, Europeans, Africa…
