The United States attaches great importance to the work of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). The ACABQ’s technical expertise and recommendations have formed the basis for decisions by the Fifth Committee on many complex issues. All Member States have a vital i…
At the outset, I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming you, Mr. President, and the other incoming members to the Chamber, and to extend our congratulations on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We look forward to working closely with all Council members.
I thank…
I wish to thank Mr. Mladenov for his briefing. As always, we appreciate his team’s hard work to fairly address these complicated issues. I also want to thank Ms. Hary for her briefing.
I am sure that there will be further discussions today of our Monday announcement regarding Israeli settlements in…
It is great to see you here, Sir, with us today. I thank the briefers for their very insightful and concrete
recommendations. It was good to have the Secretary- General here, as always.
The birth of the United Nations delivered a powerful message of peace to a world shattered by war. Since 1945, t…
We congratulate Poland on its assumption of the Security Council presidency for August and for holding today’s annual open debate as the first signature event of its presidency. Your presence here today, Mr. President, underscores the urgent need to collectively address the issue of children and arm…
The United States commends Nauru in its role as facilitator of draft resolution A/73/L.104. We deeply respect Nauru’s flexibility, transparency and creativity despite the difficult and complex negotiations that led to the final text. We are happy to vote in favour of this draft resolution.
As evide…
On behalf of the United States, as host country to the United Nations, I too offer our condolences to the Tunisian people and join many around the world in mourning the passing of President Béji Caïd Essebsi. We commend his leadership and honour his legacy as the first democratically elected preside…
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the escalation of the Al-Assad regime and the Russian Federation’s military operations in north-west Syria, which have had a devastating impact on Syrian civilians, medical workers, humanitarians and civilian infrastructure, with an increasi…
My remarks will also be brief as we look forward to discussing these issues in consultations. But I wanted to thank Special Representative Salamé for his briefing to the Security Council today and for the serious and pressing issues that he has raised. We continue to support his leadership as he wor…
We also join colleagues today in expressing condolences to the Government of Tunisia on the passing of its President, as well as to the victims’ families for the senseless attacks in Kabul yesterday.
It is good to see Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed here in the Council. I thank her for her briefi…
I wish to thank the Special Representative Chambas, for his informative briefing today and for his leadership of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).
The latest report of the Secretary-General on the activities of UNOWAS (S/2019/549) underscored just how varied the real…
I thank Special Representative Zerrougui for her briefing and for the continued efforts of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to support peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, protect civilians and secure access for public …
The success of transitions from peacekeeping to
peacebuilding is crucial to maintaining lasting stability and security around the world. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his leadership on peacebuilding initiatives and for the valuable perspectives that he presented earlier today. I w…
I thank you, Mr President, for convening today’s important meeting.
I also thank Ms. Wickramanayake, Ms. Muganda and Ms. Ramyar for their important updates, moving testimony and concrete recommendations. They have brought a very useful perspective into the Security Council and one, as others have s…
I thank Special Adviser Khan for being with us in person
today and for his thorough and serious briefing to the Security Council.
The plight of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities is of critical importance to the United States. We will not waver from holding the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sh…
The United States was pleased to sponsor this important resolution on persons with disabilities in armed conflict (resolution 2475 (2019)). We thank Poland and the United Kingdom for their tremendous and tireless efforts to conduct a thorough and transparent negotiation process.
This ground-breakin…
On behalf of the United States, as host country of the United Nations, we extend our sincere congratulations to Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad Bande on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. Many of us have come to know Ambassador Muhammad Bande over the past t…
The United States commends the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and partner Governments on the tremendous progress outlined in the Secretary-General’s report (A/73/824) on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment…
As my delegation stated during the debate on this agenda item on 5 December (see A/72/PV.64), we strongly believe that the intergovernmental conference should operate by consensus. We believe that this is the best way to arrive at effective and lasting solutions with regard to an international legal…
