I would like to thank our briefers — Special Envoy Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their continued efforts. I thank our Albanian colleague, Ambassador Hoxha, for his report on the Security Council Committee
established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014). We also welcome Major Ge…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov for his briefing.
The United States remains deeply concerned about the situation in north-east Syria, and in particular the continued threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
We welcome the reports that local forces have regained ful…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his tireless and ongoing efforts to find a political solution to this protracted and devastating conflict. My special thanks also go to Ms. Thuraya Hijazi. While their briefings can often be painful to hear and their messages are often pointed, we applaud Syrian ci…
I thank the Prosecutor for his report today and his briefing to us on the investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the situation in Darfur. The United States has welcomed his leadership since his tenure began.
As the United States affirmed at the recent meeting of the Assembly o…
My thanks go to Special Representative Annadif and Executive Director Waly for their briefings. I also especially thank Ms. Thiombiano Yougbaré for her compelling and powerful presentation. The recommendations that she and the People’s Coalition for the Sahel made last year and that she underscored …
The United States voted in favour of a three-month rollover of the 2021 mandate for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to provide additional time for an agreement on a reconfigured African Union-led mission in Somalia.
AMISOM has played a vital role in addressing the Al-Shabaab threat an…
Let me start by thanking Special Envoy Pedersen, Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Ms. Ballour.
My delegation wants to thank the Secretary General for his substantive report on United Nations humanitarian operations in Syria (S/2021/1030) and for his 60-day report on resolution 2585 (2021) (S/…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fall for his briefing.
Today I will raise four country-specific situations and two regional threats.
First, the United States would like to express its gratitude to the African Union for appointing a High Representative for Chad to encourage …
I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings on the ongoing work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to bring perpetrators to justice for the atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
The United States remains deeply grateful for th…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his comprehensive briefing. Let me echo others in thanking him and his team for their committed work during a difficult time period in the Sudan. Let me also take a moment to thank Ambassador Jürgenson and the Estonian delegation fo…
The United States welcomes the adoption of resolution 76/70, entitled, “Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov”.
We thank all of the States Members of the United Nations that joine…
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her informative briefing, as always. Let me say up front that the United States appreciates her efforts and the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in dealing with this extremely important issue.
Our Russian…
I welcome Special Adviser Ritscher to the Security Council. We are glad to have him here today in his new role as Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD). His previous exp…
I would like to start by thanking our briefers.
We appreciate Mexico’s efforts to call attention to the detrimental effects that the diversion of and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons can have on international peace and security. The United States remains deeply committed to the i…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Ambassador Baroud and Ms. Sinaré, for their briefings. It is especially important that the Security Council continues to hear from civil society representatives like Ms. Sinaré, so we thank her.
Like other Council members, the United States is alarmed by ris…
Let me begin by thanking France for its work is penholder.
The United States voted in favour of resolution 2605 (2021) today because it reinforces the Council’s support for the critical work of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MIN…
I thank President Hofmański for his briefing and for his leadership as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
As noted in the Court’s report on developments between August 2020 and August 2021 (A/76/293), this has been a year of significant change and activity at the Court. The United…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for your sustained leadership of the General Assembly. Your presidency of hope rightly directs the vision of the Assembly at goals that are greater than we have achieved previously. That is critically important as we chart a future beyond the coronavirus …
My delegation wants to join other Council members in thanking,
Madam President, your Permanent Representative and the Permanent Representatives of France and other countries, as well as other United Nations colleagues, for organizing a successful visit to Mali and the Niger.
I thank Special Repres…
The United States commends the Security Council for reaffirming its support for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and warmly welcoming the Secretary-General’s recent appointment of Staffan de Mistura as his new Personal
Envoy for Western Sahara with the adopt…
