The United States thanks Council members and the Permanent Mission of South Sudan for their engagement in renewing and improving the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). For the first time in many years, the UNMISS mandate was renewed in the context of positive developments…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Shearer for his dedication to South Sudan and for his timely briefing. Ms. Sunday’s continued advocacy for an inclusive peace process in South Sudan is commendable. We thank her for her remarks on behalf of women and civil society in South Suda…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Assistant Secretary-General Coninsx and the Monitoring Team of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups…
It is an honour to have Prime Minister Rama with us today in the Chamber, and we thank him for his briefing. Human rights, democracy, peace and the maintenance of regional stability are vitally important to all of us, but they cannot be preserved without deliberate effort. That makes the Organizatio…
I congratulate Belgium on its assumption of the presidency. I would also extend congratulations to Viet Nam for a very successful presidency last month. I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu and Mr. Spleeters for their briefings.
In 2001, the General Assembly adopted by consensus the Programme…
The United States would like to join others in recognizing the co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations for the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, Ambassadors Nusseibeh and Braun, whose work this past year laid a strong foundation for our current discussion.
The United States con…
At the outset, we would like to thank our briefers for joining us today. We would like to join others in expressing our condolences for the tragic death of Ms. Almaas Elman and urge justice and security for all of Somalia’s civil society.
Since the Council’s most recent meeting on Somalia in August…
I thank the briefers for their remarks today. The situation in the Sahel demands that the international community focus its efforts in an intelligent, deliberate and collaborative way. Today’s briefing is a step in that direction.
We are concerned that the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the S…
While the Sudan and South Sudan have important political transitions of their own to navigate, the situation in Abyei and along the border between the two countries must not be forgotten. With that in mind, the United States thanks Council members for their efforts to ensure that the United Nations …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Police Commissioners for their briefings.
We talk quite a lot about peacekeeping in the Council, although our conversations tend to focus on the contributions of military personnel. We are grateful for the courageous Blue Helmet troops, but I am glad …
Let me join others in congratulating South Africa on its extremely successful presidency of the Security Council this month. We also thank each of the briefers, although that may not be the appropriate word today.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was established i…
We are grateful to the United Kingdom and Germany for their leadership in producing a mandate that supports the civilian-led transitional Government of the Sudan as it works to form inclusive peace agreements and
bolster democratic governance. As we look to the successful conclusion of the peace pr…
We are pleased with the Council’s strong statement of support for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and its mandate. We believe that the time has come for a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution that will provide
for the self-determination …
I thank Ambassador Pecsteen de Buytswerve for his briefing today. His work as Chair of the of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia continues to contribute not only to the work of the Council, but also to the international efforts to advance peace and st…
We wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Mueller, Assistant
Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Marcaillou for their sobering briefings.
The United States welcomes yesterday’s announcement that Turkey would halt its offensive actions in north-eastern Syria and agree to a permanent ceasefire. As a…
