I thank Mr. De Mistura and Mr. Markram for their briefings.
Almost exactly one year ago, I stood on the floor of the Security Council and held up pictures of dead Syrian children (see S/PV.7915). After that day, I prayed that I would never have to do that again. I could; there are many truly grueso…
We would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Peru on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The United States stands ready to support you in every way possible. I thank Mr. Markram for his briefing.
We often talk about chemical weapons. …
I thank the Secretary-General for being at this meeting and for his commitment to peacekeeping. I also thank Chairperson Mahamat for his briefing, and I have to tell Ms. Touré that her advocacy and passion and the way she fights for the people is to be admired. It is inspiring, but it is to be liste…
I thank you, Foreign Minister Blok, for presiding over this meeting, and I thank Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for once again laying out the facts about what is happening in Syria. I also want to personally welcome Karen Pierce to the Council as the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingd…
We gather today to commemorate a shameful and brutal period in the world’s history. We remember the more than 10 million men, women and children who lost their lives and their dignity at the hands of the transatlantic slave trade. The rare messages of hope that come from that terrible time are the s…
I thank my British colleagues for calling this important meeting.
We are here today to discuss the use of a chemical weapon by one Council member on the territory of another Council member. Let me make one thing clear from the very beginning — the United States stands in absolute solidarity with Gr…
I would like to congratulate the Netherlands and your team, Mr. President, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also want to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and for all of his efforts on behalf of peace in Syria
Sixteen days ago, we sat around…
I want to thank the penholders, Sweden and Kuwait, for their work, their sacrifice and their time in the negotiations. As we look at the negotiations, I think it is also important that we bring the Council some of the voices of the Syrian people in eastern Ghouta, who have suffered so much while wai…
I would like to personally thank the Secretary-General for being here a second day in a row, but, more important, for his comments on Syria. I think that it is time for us to realize that we cannot continue to look away. I very much appreciate him taking the time to make that personal plea. I think …
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for being with us today as well as Mr. Mladenov for his briefing.
We are meeting today in a forum that is very familiar to all of us. This meeting on the Middle East has been taking place each month for many, many years; its focus has been almost entirely on is…
I thank Staffan de Mistura for his briefing and all his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Syria. The United States fully supports his initiative to bring the parties back to Geneva and begin work on a new constitutional committee in accordance with resolution 2254 (2015), but we…
I thank Mr. Grandi and Mr. Jenča for their briefings.
The news reports from Burma have long been brutal and heartbreaking. Because of the lack of access granted by the Burmese Government, few reports get out, but those that do are simply horrifying. The Associated Press recently told the story of K…
Let me first thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing. I also thank the representatives from Serbia and Kosovo.
There is always more progress to make, but the conditions in Kosovo have changed markedly since the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo was established, in …
The news out of Syria this morning is following a troubling pattern. There are reports of yet another chemical-weapon attack on Sunday. Victims of what appears to be chlorine gas are pouring into hospitals. Few things have horrified my country and the world as much as the Al-Assad regime’s use of ch…
I would first like to thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing.
During the past year, as the representative of the United States I have most often taken the position that this monthly meeting on the Middle East is miscast. As I have pointed out many times, we spend far too much time in this meeting on I…
I thank the briefers for talking about this very important issue facing us.
The United States has been a supporter of South Sudan from the beginning. Since independence, we have invested well over $11 billion in South Sudan and the Government of President Kiir. What began with
so much promise has …
Russia has convened us with almost no notice, and then put forth a proposal that it hopes will distract from the new French initiative to hold accountable those who use chemical weapons. Today, Russia is again doing what it does best with regard to chemical weapons. It is running from the facts. It …
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his leadership in working to find enduring solutions to increasingly complex problems.
It is fitting that Kazakhstan has called this important meeting. One of Kazakhstan earliest d…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salamé, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden and Ms. Sharief for their briefings.
When we talk about Libya today, so many of the problems we face go back to one key issue: respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. This confli…
I wish a happy new year to all of the members of the Security Council and the General Assembly.
In the past week, what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of Iran is something the world must take note of. It is a spontaneous expression of fundamental human rights. The Iranian people ar…
