I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. We appreciate her persistent efforts and those of the experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to provide independent, thoroughly researched and detailed information on Syria’s ch…
Thank you, Mr. Minister, for convening this discussion today. I also thank all the briefers for their insightful contributions. My delegation found the comments of Ms. Russo on gender and its value and use in strategic communications particularly thought-provoking, and so I thank her for those. The …
I, too, want to thank the penholders for leading a process with integrity and an unquestionable commitment to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable Syrian people.
The vote we took this morning is what happens when one Council member takes the entire Security Council hostage, with the lives of Sy…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya. We are grateful for their commitment and that of their teams to improving the lives of the Yemeni people.
We welcome the fact that the truce in Yemen continues to hold. It has significantly reduced violence and improved the fre…
Let me thank Special Representative Annadif, Ambassador Fatima and Ms. Magigi for their helpful and insightful briefings.
As the number of coups and transition Governments have grown in West Africa, so has the importance of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWAS). The United States stron…
I do not want to extend this any longer. I fully concur with the remarks of my colleague from the United Kingdom, and I want to reassure the Irish delegation that everything was done correctly. Our understanding is that the norm has for many years been that the facilitator’s statements are circulate…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for the Secretariat’s work on the report (S/2022/490) of the Secretary- General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2231 (2015) and her briefing to the Security Council. I would also like to thank my colleagues Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her compelling and useful briefing this morning. I also want to thank Ms. Lusenge for her insights and her recommendations to the Security Council.
The United States remains deeply concerned by the continued campaign of violence by t…
The United States voted in favour of resolution 2640 (2022) to extend the crucial support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to the people of Mali for another year.
We are grateful to France for its collegial engagement as the penholder on this…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing and, as always, for all his hard work to encourage a political process that might bring the conflict to an end.
I also want to extend a special thanks to Mr. Alshogre for his powerful testimony today, which was both compelling and painful to hear. It …
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her compelling, if ultimately heart-breaking, briefing.
I thank President Zelenskyy for addressing the Security Council again today. While we were honoured by his presence, I think we are all horrified by the circumstances under which we are meeting. We e…
I will be brief. I too feel the need to respond to comments made by the Russian delegation today.
The United States categorically objects to accusations of obstructing a Security Council product on Libya today. To the contrary, the United States joined the majority of the Council in submitting cons…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I also want to thank our civil society briefer for her very helpful and insightful report and recommendations.
The United States is gravely concerned about the situation in Libya. It is appalling that small cabals of men, in most cases backe…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing. The United States continues to appreciate his tireless efforts to work closely with the parties to reduce tensions through dialogue.
The current tension on the ground, as he mentioned, is palpable and dangerous. The United States has repeated…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Rugwabiza for her informative briefing. My delegation wants to start by congratulating her on a productive beginning to her tenure at the helm of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central…
Let me start by thanking you and your delegation, Sir, for keeping a continued spotlight on accountability, in particular your focus on holding those responsible for committing atrocities to account. I also want to thank Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Nderitu, Ms. Tsybulska and Mr. Co…
I thank Mr. Haysom and Ms. Mudawi for their comprehensive briefings today, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for raising the possibility of a Council visit to Juba, which my delegation will consider. But in the meantime, we look forward to the visit to Juba by the end of the ye…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important and timely briefing on cooperation with the European Union (EU).
The United States deeply appreciates the European Union’s contributions across the globe, which the High Representative just enumerated, including its cooperation with the Un…
I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings on the efforts of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to bring perpetrators to justice for the atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. We heard from the President this morning some of the c…
I thank Special Representative Wane for his briefing today. I would especially like to thank Ms. Touré for her important yet troubling observations about the serious challenges facing the people of Mali, in particular women and young people, as well as the dire need for the Government to more effect…
