Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and the Chinese delegation on assuming the presidency of the
Security Council. I also thank you for convening us this evening.
The situation in Burundi is beyond fragile. The ongoing repression, harassment and violence against the legitimate polit…
I thank Special Representative Honoré for her briefing, which, together with the Secretary-General’s report (S/2016/225), clearly outlines the important strides
that Haiti has made in the past several years since the earthquake, as well as the daunting challenges that it continues to face.
I would…
The Security Council and the United Nations remain steadfast in their commitment to support the people of South Sudan in their quest for stability, peace and good governance. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go and much work remains to be done. As such, we must work together to send the right si…
I am pleased that the representative of the Russian Federation can agree with so much of what I had to say. It is too bad, however, that we cannot agree to some basic facts in this Chamber. The facts remain that Russia backed the separatists, Russia armed the separatists and Russia led a military ca…
I would like to begin by thanking by thanking the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Foreign Minister Steinmeier, for his briefing and for being here with us today. We know that the partnership between the OSCE and the United Nations remains stro…
The Security Council deals with diverse challenges, many of which we struggle to find agreement and consensus on. On one, however, the will of the Council, and indeed of the membership of the Organization, could not be clearer: North Korea. Over the past weeks, North Korea’s dangerous actions and de…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on peacebuilding. I would also like to thank Ambassadors Kamau, Skoog and Rosenthal for their briefings and for their important work to assist the world’s most fragile countries in building sustainable peace.
This meeting is especially impo…
I thank you, Sir, for your briefing and chairmanship of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. It is abundantly clear that the Council needs to remain diligent and focused on supporting Somali efforts to advance a stable, prosperous future wi…
In 1945, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, United States President Harry Truman reflected on the just-completed Charter of the United Nations and called it
“a declaration of great faith by the nations on this Earth — faith that war is not inevitable, faith that pe…
I would like to begin by thanking the representatives of Chile and Sweden for their statements.
“Oh, there is no doubt.” Those are the words of the late Nelson Mandela on the eve of black majority rule in South Africa, describing the role that international sanctions played in ending apartheid. Ind…
The United States fully supports the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. We commend both Cypriot leaders for their determination to make substantial progress towards a comprehensive settlement to end the long-standing division of the island and reunify Cyprus a…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Ms. Sellassie, for her briefing. The United States welcomes her close engagement with regional leaders and the broader international community to assist the countries and the people of the Sahel region on their path towards achieving …
This morning many of us in New York woke up to the news of yet another terrorist attack, in yet another city, targeting yet another group of innocents. On behalf of the United States, I extend our condolences for those whose lives have been taken and offer our prayers for those whose lives still han…
I would like to welcome Special Representative Tanin back to
New York and to the Security Council in his new role as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I congratulate him again on his appointment and t…
I wish to thank High Representative Inzko for his leadership of the Office of the High Representative and his crucial efforts on behalf of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We again reiterate our strong support for his mandate under the Dayton Agreement as the final authority re…
I thank President Gurmendi for her presentation of the activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) between 1 August 2014 and 31 July 2015, and for her service to the Court in this first year of her tenure as President.
Ending impunity for those responsible for war crimes, crimes against hu…
The United States strongly supports today’s resolution 2244 (2015), which targets many of the most serious causes of instability and insecurity in Somalia and mandates the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea to continue its important work. The resolution reflects the Security Coun…
Earlier this week, the outgoing head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Sudan described the horrific attacks — including rape, abduction and murder — that his teams have observed in that country. Let me read some of what he told a reporter:
“Civilians have be…
Let me begin by joining colleagues and expressing our deepest condolences in connection with the passing away of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, Lieutenant General José Luiz Jaborandy, Jr. I know that his presence and leadership will be greatly missed by all…
We welcome Foreign Ministers Thaçi and Dačić back to the Security Council. I commend both their countries on their continued dedication to the normalization of relations through the European-led dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. We believe that progress is indeed being made, even if the tone of pa…
