I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for her briefing.
The United States will always believe that victims in Darfur deserve justice and that accountability is essential for achieving a stable and lasting peace in Darfur. We will continue calling for all those responsible for t…
The United States strongly supports the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and is pleased to have voted for this mandate renewal. We note that it will be difficult for the Council and MINUSCA to assist the Government of the Cent…
I would like to thank Special Representative Fall and Director Ghelani for their briefings today. Their work is vital to a region facing a wide range of political, economic and social challenges, particularly in Cameroon, on which I will focus my remarks.
The security and humanitarian conditions in…
We thank Special Representative La Lime for her briefing and for being with us today. We appreciate the update on the efforts of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) and its preparation for a successful drawdown of operations by October 2019. We also always appreciate …
I would like to thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, and Prosecutor Brammertz for their informative briefings, as well as for being with us today.
The United States would like to begin by recognizing President Meron and thanking him for hi…
I thank you, Sir, for convening and presiding over today’s important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and our briefers from the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The United States remains committed to working with regional organizations to addr…
Today the American people mourn the loss of President George H. W. Bush, the forty-first President of the United States of America. We thank the Security Council and the many delegations and colleagues who have offered their condolences since his passing. Allow me now to make a short statement in hi…
Let me too reiterate in the open Chamber our congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire on assuming the presidency of the
Council and our thanks and congratulations to China for its excellent presidency in November.
I also congratulate Special Adviser Khan on his appointment. I thank him for being here in p…
I thank Ms. Ghelani for her briefing and for the important work that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is doing to support the Syrian people.
We are grateful to the United Nations and the brave workers on the ground who delivered critical humanitarian aid on 3 N…
I wish to thank Special Envoy Kafando and Ambassador Lauber for their briefings. We deeply appreciate the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi dated 15 November (S/2018/1028), submitted pursuant to resolution 2303 (2016). We look forward to the next written report.
The United…
We thank Secretary- General Guterres and Commissioner Chergui for their briefings.
I too would like to begin by saying a few words in special tribute to the Malawian and Tanzanian United Nations peacekeepers and the soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were kil…
We would like to thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing and for all the work that he has done on behalf of the Syrian people.
Today’s meeting takes place in an atmosphere of uncertainty and urgency about the future of Syria. The violence on the ground has diminished for now. That de facto …
I especially thank today’s briefers for their exceptionally sobering, compelling and powerful presentations. As always, we are grateful for the hard work that they and their teams do on the ground every day in Yemen.
While these briefings add devastating clarity to our view of the crisis, they also…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Commissioner Chergui and Executive Director Mlambo-Ngcuka for sharing their impressions from their October visit to South Sudan and their perspectives on recent developments in the country.
The United States appreciates the continued collaboration between th…
I thank Mr. Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Mr. Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel); Mr. Buyoya, High Representative of the African Union for Mali and the Sahel; and Mr. Serrano, Deputy Secretary-General for Common Security and De…
I thank Ambassador Delattre for France’s efforts to find compromise language on a difficult draft resolution and to adopt a technical rollover (resolution 2446 (2018).
The United States supports the addition of a new task in the next mandate that would enable the United Nations Multidimensional Int…
We thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing. We appreciate his service and contributions to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also thank Foreign Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku for being here today.
The United States applauds the leaders of Serb…
The United States welcomes Eritrea’s rapprochement with its neighbours. We are encouraged by its stated commitment to re-engaging in an effort to establish enduring peace and regional cooperation and to opening the door to its reintegration. This is a historic moment and a great opportunity for the …
I want to express our special thanks to Special Representative Kubiš for his comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Iraq, to congratulate him on a successful three years and nine months of service, and to thank him for his exception leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission f…
We, too, would like to thank Special Representative Salamé for his important and detailed briefing, and I would like to thank Ambassador Skoog for sharing his impressions from his recent trip to Libya.
The stakes for achieving stability and progress in Libya have never been higher. In recent months…
