I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Stephen O’Brien, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. I would also like to thank the United Kingdom for calling today’s important meeting.
The city known today as Alepp…
The United States supports the Security Council’s adoption of the resolution 2285 (2016), which renews for another year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
MINURSO plays an indispensable role in preserving and ensuring safety and security in Wes…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé-Broook Zerihoun, Ambassador Apakan and the Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine, Mr. Martin Sajdick, for their informative briefings. I would a…
I would also like to thank Ambassador Churkin for his personal leadership on this issue and for the steady, determined commitment of the Russian Federation to shine a spotlight on this serious problem, and to urge all nations to help solve it. The United States is proud to co-sponsor the critically …
I thank you personally, Mr. President, and China for organizing this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his continued leadership on that critical issue.
On a warm spring evening just over two weeks ago, families packed into one of the largest parks in Laho…
I thank Foreign Minister Chikoti for being here today and for hosting this timely debate on an incredibly important set of issues. Let me also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Commissioner Chergui, Special Envoy Djinnit and Mr. Pillai of the World Bank for their remarks and determined work throu…
On behalf of the United States, I should like sincerely to thank those countries that voted in favour of resolution 2272 (2016), which was adopted today. The resolution underscores the Security Council’s responsibility — our responsibility — to address the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse in…
The United States will vote against the proposed amendment put forward by Egypt for a simple, stark reason, that is, the amendment would undermine the purpose of the draft resolution (S/2016/235). Our draft resolution does not dictate how any Member State should go about investigating allegations or…
I know I had the floor at length earlier, so I will try to be as brief as possible. Like the Secretary-General, because of the gravity of what we are discussing here and the insufficiency of what we have mustered up to this point as an international community, I think it is worth coming back to some…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing today, for the important report upon which it is based (A/70/729), and for his determined leadership in tackling what he has rightly called a cancer in our system. We know that he has faced considerable push-back against his efforts to bring to light th…
In looking at North Korea, it can at times feel as though one is seeing two entirely different realities. One is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that is expending tremendous resources in pursuing advanced technology to build an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying out a n…
I thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing and for his dogged efforts — no matter how many obstacles are put in his way — to seek a way out for the people of Syria from this abysmal conflict.
We are gathered here at a critical moment. Resolution 2268 (2016), which we have just adopted and in…
I would like to begin by extending the sympathies of the United States to former Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali’s family, to his friends, to his wife Laila, to his former colleagues throughout the United Nations family and to the Egyptian people.
My predecessor, Madeleine Albright, once described …
We welcome resolution 2265 (2016) to extend the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Sudan established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1591 (2005).
Following a brief period of relative calm, the past few weeks have been marked by aerial bombardments and ground offensives carried out by th…
I thank you, Foreign Minister Nin Novoa, for presiding over this meeting and for your wise leadership in your delegation’s first presidency of the Security Council. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing to the Council today and for his being here, which is testament to the serious chal…
I thank you, Foreign Minister Nin Novoa, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Foreign Minister Holguín Cuéllar for joining us to mark this very special occasion. It is a pleasure to have her here as a representative of her Government, as a former Ambassador to the United Nations and as…
I thank the President and Uruguay for its leadership on the issue of the protection of civilians, both here in the Security Council by convening this debate and also in peacekeeping, where Uruguay has played such a strong regional and international role. I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Bee…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports. Madam President, you are voting with your feet by being here and presiding over today’s meeting. The United Kingdom’s leadership on this issue and continued emphasis on the link between security and development is extremely important. I wo…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Ladsous for his briefing and welcome all the Police Commissioners. We thank them above all for their service, often in very difficult environments and for being here to brief us.
We wish to express our special thanks to the United Kingdom for convening this important…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for the United Kingdom’s deep commitment to stability and democracy in Somalia. I would also like to thank Prime Minister Sharmarke for joining us today and for his leadership. I am grateful to Mr. Kay, the Special Representati…
