I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Mr. Scharia and Mr. Aboulatta for their briefings.
All over the world, we are confronting new and dangerous terrorist threats. We see terrorists using trucks to mow down innocent civilians in city centres, home-brewed improvised explosive devices left on tr…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
For over four weeks, the world has endured images from Burma that we should never have to see. Much more importantly, we have seen images of acts that no person should ever have to endure. We have seen terrified women and children fleeing from their h…
I want to respond to a couple of points that have been made so that we set the record straight.
Russia’s assertion that we should see an end to the cross-border assistance due to gains made in access is false. Mr. Lowcock just briefed the Council that
in August the United Nations was able to reach…
I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Mr. Mark Lowcock for their briefings and to take a moment to welcome Mr. Lowcock to the Security Council. His dedication to addressing the humanitarian crisis in Syria is inspiring. I would be grateful if at some point he could tell us if the Syrian r…
I would like to thank Mr. Shearer for his briefing. I also thank President Mogae for his briefing and his tireless efforts to bring peace to South Sudan.
The people of South Sudan are suffering and the promise of their hard-fought independence is slipping away. In fact, we are so concerned about th…
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting and allowing us to take this vote.
The images from space of North-East Asia at night show brightness and prosperity surrounding a dark, lonely space that is North Korea. Those images are a good illustration of where the North Korean regime is tod…
Due to the urgency of the situation concerning the nuclear test, as well as the announcement by North Korea that it is planning another intercontinental ballistic missile test, we urge the Security Council to move very quickly on this. I think that North Korea basically has slapped everyone in the f…
We want to thank you, Sir, for allowing us to have this meeting so promptly, as it is very urgent. We also want to thank the Ambassador of Egypt and his team for the steady hand and the calm way in which they led the Council last month.
For more than 20 years, the Security Council has taken actions…
The United States is very pleased to have supported this renewal of the the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). I want to thank all Security Council members, but especially France for its leadership on this vitally important peacekeeping mission. France, of course, has a historic relat…
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and the briefers that we have had today on this very important topic. My time as United States Ambassador to the United Nations has coincided by just a matter of weeks with the Secretary-General’s leadership of this institution. It was a nice coinci…
We called for this meeting tonight knowing that we had to come away unified. I personally appreciate your commitment and willingness, Sir, to move quickly. Once again, all 15 members of the Security Council have spoken in unison. All of us — the United States, Japan, China, Russia, Europeans, Africa…
Exactly one month ago, I came before members of the Security Council and declared that it was a dark day for the world because of the dangerous and irresponsible actions of North Korea. Almost one week ago, I said that the days of talking were over and that it was time to act. Today, the full Securi…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Egypt’s presidency of the Council for the month of August, and on starting it off in a very good way, especially for your negotiations on something that draw attention to an important issue such as this one, for which we thank you.
We know that te…
I thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing. The United States shares everyone’s concern about the heightened tensions in Jerusalem. All parties should work to reduce these tensions, and we offer whatever assistance we can in helping to do that. At the holy sites, it is vital that both access and security…
I thank our briefers. I also thank China for organizing this very important debate.
Over the past couple of decades, a welcome shift has occurred in the international community’s relationship with Africa. The United States regards itself as a partner to Africa and looks to build on that relationshi…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for making this a public meeting and enabling all of us to voice our concerns.
I would first like to tell my Russian friends that not only has the Secretary-General said that the launch was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and the United States…
To my friends on the Security Council, I must say that today is a dark day, because yesterday’s actions by North Korea made the world a more dangerous place. Its illegal missile launch was not only dangerous but also reckless and irresponsible. It showed that North Korea does not want to be part of …
I thank Under-Secretary Feltman for his briefing today, and Ambassador Vale de Almeida for his comments.
The topic of compliance by the Iranian regime with its international obligations reminds me of the fable of the scorpion and the frog. The scorpion asks the frog for a ride across the river. The…
I thank all of our briefers who spoke with us today.
First, the United States condemns in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack last week in Jerusalem. This stabbing attack left one Israeli border guard dead and wounded several others. We express our deepest sympathies to the victims an…
I want to begin by conveying our thoughts and prayers to the people of China, as well as to those affected by the school tragedy that we have just heard about this morning. I know that the facts are still incomplete, but from what we have heard so far, it is heartbreaking. The United States stands w…
