I want to thank Under-Secretaries-General DiCarlo and Lacroix for their remarks and the updates regarding the latest developments in the Sudan.
I would also like to welcome the progress made on the ground since the Security Council met in June (see S/2020/496) to authorize the creation of the Unite…
The Charter of the United Nations begins as the United States Constitution begins: “We the people”. It is for good reason that those who composed the United Nations Charter and framed the United States Constitution began with a reminder that Government and multilateral institutions exist to serve th…
I want to thank Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Lowcock for their insightful but sobering briefings. Mr. Griffiths’ conclusion a gave heart-breaking human face to what we are discussing today and the challenges that we have been seeking to address for some time. In that regard, I also want to make clear, as w…
We very much thank the Niger’s efforts to focus today’s discussion on such an important topic. We thank as well Special Representative of the Secretary-General Gamba de Potgieter, Executive Director Fore, Ms. Marika Tsolakis, Ms. Rimana Youssouf Assane Mayaki and Hadiza for their insightful and comp…
I thank Special Representative Swan and Special Representative Madeira for joining us today and for their comprehensive updates and briefings.
I also join you, Mr. President, in welcoming our new Belgian colleague, Ambassador Kridelka. It is really good to see him in person. Although I saw him on t…
On 29 February, the United States took a decisive step towards a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with the announcement of a joint declaration with the Afghan Government and an agreement with the Taliban. We were pleased to introduce resolution 2513 (2020), endorsing the Agreement for Bringing Peace …
Mr. President, I wish you and your team every success as you assume the monthly rotating presidency of the Security Council. I thank Belgium for its presidency last month.
I also very much thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for being here, for her informative briefing and for her leade…
I want to join other colleagues in thanking Germany for calling this meeting today in crucial support of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The Security Council tackles some of the greatest challenges to interna…
I thank Special Representative La Lime for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in Haiti. The United States is grateful for the excellent work that she and her team have done in support of political and economic stability in Haiti. I also thank Executive Director Gilles for her briefing and s…
I thank the briefers for their presentations. In 2014, Russia occupied Crimea and fuelled the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13,000 people, displaced millions and precipitated an alarming humanitarian crisis. Russia’s ongoing aggressive actions are an affront to international …
I would like to thank all of today’s briefers.
Before I begin my remarks today, I must take a moment to raise a point of profound concern for my Government — the release yesterday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of a database of companies operating in, or conn…
On behalf of the United States, as the host nation of the United Nations, we warmly welcome His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians to the United Nations and New York. We also warmly welcome you, Mr. Minister, and thank you for presiding over the Security Council today. We tha…
First, I would like to thank the United Kingdom, as penholder, for proposing resolution 2510 (2020), which was just adopted. However, I want to note that we are disappointed that today’s vote did not garner unanimous support among the members of the Security Council, despite commitments agreed to by…
The United States is pleased to join the large majority of Council members in voting in favour of resolution 2507 (2020), renewing the sanctions regime in the Central African Republic. We hope that the extension of the arms embargo, assets freeze and travel ban will keep necessary pressure on the ar…
It is an honour to join with so many others today in paying tribute to one of the world’s great leaders of the past 50 years, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. He will be missed not only by the people of Oman, but also by his friends and admirers the world over, including in the United States.
Wh…
It was a pleasure to have the Secretary-General of the United Nations here, as well as the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Dato Lim Jock Hoi, whom we thank for his briefing and for highlighting ASEAN’s essential and growing role in regional cooperation.
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I thank Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for his briefing this morning.
Since the Council met last month (see S/PV.8694), the humanitarian crisis situation in Syria has significantly deteriorated, as we have seen and heard. The lives of millions of civilians are now at even greater risk, as the comb…
I very much thank Deputy Special Envoy Matar for her briefing and updates today. We continue to extend our full support to her and to Special Envoy Pedersen. Monthly briefings to the Security Council remain crucial to guiding our efforts to end the conflict; therefore, we appreciate her availability…
I thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Director Rajasingham for their briefings and for the dedicated work of their teams.
The United States welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, with full Council support. With the renewal of the mandate, …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing.
Last June, the Security Council adopted resolution 2480 (2019). Its aim was to encourage the Government of Mali and the signatory armed groups to show follow- through and progress towards the benchmarks in the Algiers Agreement on Peace and …
