I thank the High Representative for her briefing today, and the United States welcomes the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Fernando Arias, to today’s discussion. We thank him for his thorough presentation. And let me just say that the United State…
The United States welcomes the adoption of the renewed mandate for the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS). We are grateful for the tenacity of the United Kingdom in getting the
Security Council to consensus, and to the Sudan for its support of the Council…
Let me join others in thanking our briefers this morning for their insightful reports. I also want to thank the Foreign Minister of Somalia for joining us this morning and sharing his update.
As we have stated repeatedly before the Council, Somalia’s holding of a peaceful, transparent, inclusive an…
As we have heard from several delegations, States have the primary responsibility to protect their populations and vulnerable groups from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Yet as we all know, some States do not uphold that sacred responsibility. In many situations, …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening us today to commemorate this important International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. I also thank the Secretary-General for his participation and Ms. Coleman for her powerful words.
A little over 400 years ago…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important briefing.
We are here today because in 2014, Russia occupied Crimea and instigated a conflict in the Donbas region. We are here today because Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine have led to the deaths of more than 13,000 people, displaced mi…
The United States would like to note that draft resolution A/75/L.45 comes at a critical time in the ongoing negotiations and must be based on a shared commitment to supporting the Afghanistan peace negotiations in the pursuit of an Afghan-owned, Afghan-led resolution to decades of conflict.
When t…
I thank Special Representative Zerrougui for her briefing today.
As the Security Council takes stock of the past year and prepares to renew the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), the United States is impressed by the p…
The United States has historically been and will continue to be a strong supporter of meaningful accountability and justice for victims of atrocities through appropriate and legitimate mechanisms. Perpetrators of atrocities must face justice, but we must also be careful to recognize that there is a …
I thank you, Madam President, for that warm welcome. I am pleased to be here with my colleagues today. As the new Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations, I am very pleased that my first appearance in the Council is on this very important topic — …
Let me virtually express my appreciation as well for the briefing by President Agius, which we heard earlier. We are very grateful in the United States for his hard work and the unwavering commitment of all the Judges, attorney and staff in Arusha and The Hague, as well as in the field offices in Ki…
