Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, on behalf of all the members of the Security Council, for your service as President of the General Assembly, and for arranging today’s meeting.
The United States, as the President of the Security Council for the month of September, has the honour to intr…
I thank President Kafando for his briefing today.
The United States welcomes President Nkurunziza’s announcement in June that he does not intend to seek a fourth term. The act of stepping down of his own accord would be a strong step forward for Burundi and democracy, and would set a positive examp…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lowcock and Special Representative Gamba for their detailed and disturbing briefings and for their important work on Syria.
The United States condemns the attack that took place earlier this week in Syria’s Al-Suwayda province, for which the Islamic Sta…
I would like to thank the representative of Kuwait, as Chair of the Committee established, pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zerrougui for their briefings. We appreciate their efforts to keep the Se…
I want to thank Special Representative Arnault for his briefing and welcome the participation of Vice-President Naranjo Trujillo. With regard to our Colombian friends, I want
to take a moment to reflect on the hard-won opportunity for a lasting peace that they have achieved, which seemed like an im…
We are very pleased to have you with us for today’s discussion, Madam President. We would also like to thank Commissioner Chergui and Special Representative Zewde for their briefings, and to congratulate Ms. Zewde on her new appointment. We look forward to working with her.
As the Council has recog…
We thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. We also would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Minister Janabi and Ms. Ibrahim for their important and compelling briefings this morning.
The task of addressing challenges to peace and security is complex and is influenced by man…
The United States would like to thank France, the penholder, and all our Council colleagues for their collaboration in renewing one of the world’s largest peacekeeping missions.
As Mali prepares for presidential elections in a few short weeks, the people of Mali find themselves at another significa…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Van Oosterom and Ambassador Vale de Almeida for their briefings today.
As has been noted, on 8 May, President Trump announced that the United States would end its participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear pr…
I thank Special Envoy De Mistura and Director Ging for their briefings this morning.
We are no closer to peace in Syria and no closer to addressing any of the Security Council’s concerns about the Al-Assad regime’s denials of humanitarian access. The situation in the south-west de-escalation zone h…
I thank the President for having convened this General Assembly meeting on the biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We also sincerely thank Ambassador Sauer of Finland and Ambassador Bahous of Jordan and their teams for co-facilitating this difficult but important…
The draft resolution on the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy Review (A/72/L.62) should guide global efforts to counter terrorism and prevent violent extremism, not become yet another vehicle to unjustly criticize Israel at the United Nations. The United States cannot accept the divi…
We thank the Secretary-General for his important briefing this morning.
We are grateful to our Russian colleagues for this opportunity to explore the root causes of conflict in the Middle East. This meeting is timely because today Russia has the ability to stop the military escalation that is happe…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative Nébié and Commander Maio for their detailed briefings this morning.
The United States expresses its deepest condolences for the Tanzanian peacekeeper who died on 3 June and the Burundian peacekeeper who d…
