I would like to thank Director Wosornu, Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Ms. Ahmed for briefing the Security Council, and you, Mr. President, for your leadership and your advocacy for the people of the Sudan.
We gather for today’s meeting to discuss the situation in the Sudan and resolution 27…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing today.
This past weekend, scores of delegations hailing from around the world gathered in Switzerland for the summit on peace in Ukraine. Together, 82 signatories to the joint communiqué sent a loud and clear message to Russia that Ukraine is…
The Security Council must do everything in its power to end the fighting in the Sudan and to facilitate an immediate surge of humanitarian assistance at scale to people in dire need, which is why the United States voted in favour of this resolution (resolution 2736 (2024).
Today we came together to…
I thank the Republic of Korea for calling this important meeting, and I would also like to thank all the members of the Security Council who voted to keep this item on the agenda. I want to thank the briefers, High Commissioner Türk and Special Rapporteur Salmón, and I particularly want to thank Mr.…
On behalf of the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea, I would like to make a brief statement before we proceed to the procedural vote on adopting the provisional agenda.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s human rights abuses and violations are inextricably linked to the regime’s…
Today the Security Council sent a clear message to Hamas: accept the ceasefire deal on the table. Israel has already agreed to this deal, and the fighting could stop today if Hamas would do the same. I repeat: the fighting could stop today. The Council and countries across the region and the world h…
The United States thanks Council members for their constructive engagement on resolution 2734 (2024). We welcome the extension, for an additional 36 months, of the mandates of the Monitoring Team and the Ombudsperson established under resolution 1267 (1999).
We also welcome the Council’s further re…
The past eight months have been nothing short of devastating for Israelis who lost loved ones on 7 October when Hamas set the conflict into motion by carrying out acts of unthinkable violence; for Israelis and people from more than 16 other countries, whose sons and daughters, brothers and sisters a…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Special Envoy Pedersen for their sobering briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Griffiths. As we heard, this is his last in-person briefing on Syria, and, as we know, he has plan…
I want to thank Mozambique for organizing this very important and timely debate. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for the most recent report on youth, peace and security (S/2024/207). I very much appreciate all the briefers providing their thoughtful insights.
The United States has long b…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis-Plasschaert very much for her briefing and, more important, for her dedicated service. The appreciation of the Government of Iraq for her efforts speaks volumes about how effective she has been in implementing her good offices role.
The…
I just returned from a trip to Japan, where I had the honour of visiting Nagasaki, the last place to ever experience the atomic bomb. It was a reminder of our profound responsibility to prevent the scourge of war and ensure that no place experiences the horror of nuclear weaponry ever again.
Unfort…
The United States and Japan are proud to introduce a draft resolution (S/2024/302) that will strengthen and uphold the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime, including in outer space. We have only begun to understand the catastrophic ramifications of a nuclear explosion in space, how it c…
Let me start by thanking Malta for organizing this important debate. I also want to thank Ms. Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and her team for their comprehensive briefing and report (S/2024/292). I commend her efforts, including on Ukraine, which is why my Russian colleague…
Let me begin by offering my condolences to the many people affected by the terrible earthquake
in Taiwan. Our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones, those who are injured and those whose homes and businesses have been destroyed.
I also want to thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgi…
At the top, I want to express my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of last week’s terrorist attack in Moscow. We condemn terrorism in all its forms and stand in solidarity with the Russian people in grieving the loss of life from that horrific event.
Today, the Council spoke out in…
Today the United States put forward a draft resolution (S/2024/239) in good faith after consulting with all Council Members and after multiple rounds of edits. The vast majority of the Council voted in favour of the draft resolution, but unfortunately, Russia and China decided to exercise the veto. …
For all the stories that have been written about divisions in the Council — and there are many real divisions — I believe most of us share many of the same goals. First and foremost, we want to see an immediate and sustained ceasefire as part of a deal that leads to the release of all hostages bein…
I am proud to stand before members and, in truth, to stand with them in proposing draft resolution A/78/L.49, on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) systems for sustainable development.
Today we stand at an inflection point. Artificial intelligence poses existential, universal…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening us today as we dedicate ourselves to eliminating racial discrimination.
Some among us may have heard of the famous Montgomery bus boycott, which began in late 1955, after Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white man. But what many peopl…
