I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
The United States is deeply concerned about the rocket attacks by Hamas and by the dangerous escalation of hostilities in the region. In particular, we are concerned about the devastating impact of the crisis on both Israeli and Palestinian …
Yesterday we were all shocked by the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. All 298 people aboard — 283 passangers and 15 crew members — were killed. As we stared at the passanger list yesterday, we saw next to three of the passangers’ names a capital “I”. As we now know, that letter stands for “in…
As we sit here today, nearly 11 million Syrians are struggling to survive the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. I met with some of them last month when I visited the massive and ever-expanding refugee camps along Syria’s border with Turkey. One family after another shared harrowing stories of …
Time and again — at least 17 times since February — we have gathered here to discuss the situation in Ukraine. And time and again, we have had to dedicate significant amounts of time to reviewing the efforts of Russia to destabilize its neighbour and to refuting the bald misinformation and outright …
Today is about accountability for crimes so extensive and so deadly that they have few equals in modern history. Today is about accountability for Syria, but it is also about accountability for the Security Council. It is the Council’s responsibility to stop atrocities if we can and, at a minimum, t…
I thank Special Representative Moussa for his briefing and for all his efforts on behalf of peace in the Central African region.
Today marks a pivotal moment to reflect strategically on the myriad of growing concerns surrounding the Central African region, which risks full implosion. Flanked by con…
I would just like to offer a couple of points in response.
First, for the Russians to blame Ukraine for Ukraine’s actions in defence of its own people on its own territory really is starting to remind me of the story of the schoolboy who returned home with his nose bloody and his shirt torn and, as…
In recent months, the Council has met more than a dozen times regarding the situation in Ukraine. Time and again, we have urged for respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, adherence to international law, and steps to reduce tensions and de-escalate the crisis. Just this Tuesday, we met to discu…
I would like to thank High Commissioner Pillay and Special Adviser Dieng for their disturbing briefings today.
My Government joins with them and others in condemning the outrageous and deliberate targeting of civilians in South Sudan. Instead of ceasing hostilities, as was pledged three months ago,…
I thank Mr. Serry for his thorough briefing. I will begin remarks today by addressing Israeli-Palestinian issues before turning to Syria and Lebanon.
The United States recognizes that the path to a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East is littered with obstacles, but we also believe tha…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
On 17 April, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, the European Union and the United States issued the Geneva joint statement to de-escalate the crisis that brings us together this evening. That statement outlined a series of concrete steps to en…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his constant efforts to enhance the United Nations support for security sector reform. I also want to congratulate you, Mr. President, on organizing this debate on a topic that is central to the Council’s role in preserving international stabili…
Madam President, I would like thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative Bangura, and Ms. Misaka for their informative and powerful briefings.
In the past decade, the Security Council has identified the scourge of sexual violence in conflict as a matter of acute and urgent concern. We meet…
I thank the Government of Nigeria for organizing this important meeting. I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his remarks and his commitment, and that of the United Nations to doing better. My appreciation goes as well to Ambassador Keating for sharing with us his experience and many insights. A…
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for his briefing today and for his diligent work on this controversial issue.
We meet today to discuss the work of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine and the timely report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Hum…
I will be brief, but in response to my colleague from the Russian Federation, I would like to say just a few things.
First, the United States has constantly called for de-escalation and urged restraint. That has been our consistent policy. Our consistent statements have made clear that military for…
The human stakes of what is happening in Ukraine are extremely high. The lives of innocent civilians are at risk, yet we are being bombarded by Russian disinformation and propaganda, while the Ukrainians are being confronted by incitement and violence. Russian media
and Government spokespersons are…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor and urge the adoption of this comprehensive draft resolution on road safety (A/68/L.40). We sponsored the draft resolution because motor vehicle accidents kill more than 1.2 million people every year and because many of those deaths could be prevented throu…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Honoré for her briefing, which, together with the report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/162), illuminates the impressive strides Haiti has made, as well as the challenges it continues to face.
Today, I should like to focus on three areas tha…
I wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for their briefings.
The representative of the Russian Federation began his statement extolling the so-called referendum as embodying democratic procedures and having been conducted without outside interfere…
