The withdrawal of the United States from the Human Rights Council was not a withdrawal from our commitment to advancing universal human rights within the United Nations system and around the world. The failures of the Human Rights Council to address some of the most egregious human rights abuses of …
On behalf of the United States, I wish to express my sincere condolences to the people of the Argentine Republic regarding the passing of Mr. Dante Maria Caputo,
former Argentine Foreign Minister and President of the General Assembly at its forty-third session.
Dante Caputo was a driven and passio…
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…
The United States commends the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund, partner Governments and civil society on the tremendous progress outlined in the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political D…
We congratulate the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Ambassador Cho Tae-yul, for his ongoing chairmanship of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We believe the PBC’s year is already off to a strong start under his leadership. Let me also thank the Permanent Representative of Kenya,…
The United States looks forward to continuing our engagement in the development of a global compact on refugees and a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. We appreciate the contributions of the many Member States, international organizations, United Nations offices and agencies an…
The United States would like to thank the facilitators, you, Mr. President, and the many delegations that worked so hard to negotiate resolution 71/280. The United States joined the consensus on the resolution and looks forward to engaging actively during the preparatory process, the negotiation of …
Today we remember the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. We remember the millions of Africans torn from their families, the countless people who suffered and died from disease, starvation and the most inhumane treatment imaginable as they were put on ships and sold into bondage.
In his autob…
The United States is pleased to join consensus on resolution 70/302 before us, which decides to transmit the draft outcome document of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session for adoption at the high-level plenary meeting on addressing …
On 30 June, 165 Governments, including my own, as member States of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) came to consensus in Geneva to recommend that IOM enter into a relationship agreement with the United Nations. The United States fully supports the draft relationship agreement and w…
The United States welcomes the formal adoption by the General Assembly of the Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 (resolution 70/294). As we did in An…
I would like to thank the President, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Kamau for their statements today. I would also like to congratulate Australia and Angola, the Chairs of the 2015 peacebuilding review, as well as the Chairs of the country-specific configurations of the Peacebuilding Commission (PB…
The United States wishes to reaffirm its strong support for the United Nations-led international humanitarian system. The year 2016 will be important, as it will provide us with an opportunity to make measurable progress on the humanitarian agenda broadly, and on the protracted crises that underpin …
