I thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing to the Security Council on the International Criminal Court’s work on the situation in Libya. I also want to take this opportunity to thank him as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and wish him continued success in that role and in all his …
I want to thank the High Representative for her briefing. The United States greatly values the work of the Office for Disarmament Affairs on this file, in coordination with the commendable efforts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to provide independent, thoroughly …
We thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings today on the situation in Yemen. Their dedication and efforts to help facilitate peace are truly commendable.
As we just heard from the Special Envoy, we are now at a pivotal moment where Yemen could continu…
We thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her frank and useful briefing and for her leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which continues to play such an important and respected role in the country.
I must start by strongly condemning the Islamic Revolut…
I will take the floor briefly. I again categorically deny any United States involvement in the incident. We have heard, also quite categorically, both from me and from one of our briefers today, that the energy situation in Europe, however one wants to describe it, is more affected by Russia’s unrel…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Hanif and our other briefers today.
I will be a little longer than I intended given that, once again, our Russian colleagues have decided to instrumentalize a Security Council meeting to spread conspiracy theories and disinformation and, to quote my colleague, “m…
I want to begin by thanking our briefers today. I particularly want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her briefing. The United States appreciates her leadership, particularly at this challenging time for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the De…
I thank the High Representative for her briefing. My delegation appreciates her persistent efforts and the efforts of the experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide independent, thoroughly researched, detailed information about Syria’s chemical weapons prog…
I thank Ms. Riziq and Special Representative of the Secretary- General Haysom and for their comprehensive briefings on the situation in South Sudan.
The United States commends the work of the leadership of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the men and women of UNMISS and the troop…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his useful briefing this morning.
Let me begin by noting that we are deeply troubled by the outbreak of violence along the Armenian- Azerbaijani border, including reports of the shelling of civilian infrastructure in Armenia. We offer our condolences t…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his comprehensive briefing. We commend him and his team for supporting the people of the Sudan and their aspirations to restore a civilian-led transition to democracy. The United States continues to fully support the collaborative e…
The United States supports decision 76/579, to include agenda item 67 in the provisional agenda of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, and it was good to see that the decision was adopted without a vote. It is entirely appropriate for the General Assembly to continue its deliberatio…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for her briefing today, especially with less than a day’s notice from the Russian Federation.
I would like to begin by joining others in expressing our deepest condolences to the royal family and to the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan for his briefing and for his work as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) over the past three years. His leadership has gone far to support Somalia’s efforts as it works towards a bett…
The United States welcomes today’s renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for an additional year and thanks France, as the penholder, for its constructive engagement on the renewal.
The United States appreciates the international community’s support for Leban…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-
General Msuya for their briefings today. Their reports about the lack of progress in addressing the Syrian political situation, as envisioned in resolution 2254 (2015), and the further deteriorating humanitarian crisis should obligate the Secu…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Commissioner- General Lazzarini for their briefings. We also appreciate the briefing by Mr. Levy.
We welcome the continued maintenance of the ceasefire enacted on 7 August, as well as the resumption of fuel shipments to Gaza to ensure that hospitals and ot…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We commend the Secretary-General for his recent visit to Ukraine, and we greatly appreciate the continued efforts of the United Nations aimed at addressing the increasingly dangerous situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
The is…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his report and briefing to the Security Council today on the investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the situation in Darfur, including his moving insights from his visit and time spent in Darfur and Khartoum. My delegation will give great considerati…
We should not be here today. There was no justification, no conceivable reason, for Russia’s decision on 8 July (see S/PV.9087) to veto a Security Council draft resolution (S/2022/538) designed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to more than 4 million people suffering from 11 year…
