Let me start by thanking our briefers — Director Wosornu, Deputy Director-General Martina, and Deputy Executive Director Skau — for briefing the Council on the humanitarian crisis caused by this senseless and brutal conflict. I look forward to the statement by the Permanent Representative of the Sud…
Let me start by welcoming you, Madam President, here to the Council today, and let me thank Japan for convening this important meeting. I thank the Secretary-General for his statement, and I would like to thank the two briefers for their briefings and recommendations.
Around 60 years ago, President…
The United States is deeply committed to supporting the Afghan people. And therefore, we are deeply committed to supporting the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
I want to commend the UNAMA staff on the ground in Afghanistan who are performing critically important work under…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for briefing us on the current situation in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territory and Ukraine, which called for and is here for this critical meeting.
I want to start by condemning Russia’s devastating missile attacks on Odesa today, whic…
I want to start by thanking Japan for convening today’s open debate on conflict prevention. I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador França Danese, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their insights. I also want to thank our civil society briefers, Mr. Williams and Ms. Bhagw…
Let me start by welcoming the presence
here today of Minister Katz, Israel’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
I want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patten and her team for producing this factual, methodical and sobering report, which confirms what we have known for months. O…
I want to start by thanking Ukraine and the President of the General Assembly for organizing this critically important debate. If you walk out of the Hall, towards the Security Council, you will pass by two pieces of Ukrainian art: a vase and a carpet, each depicting a tree in blossom. Secretary-Gen…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing and thank Guyana for calling this important meeting. I welcome the many Foreign Ministers joining us today. Their presence reflects the importance that we accord this issue.
Two years ago, on a cold February evening, I gathered with many Council m…
Over the past few weeks, we have made it incredibly clear that the draft resolution that the Security Council just voted on (S/2024/173) would not achieve the goal of a sustainable peace and could in fact run counter to it. Proceeding with a vote today was wishful and irresponsible. And while we the…
For months, the United States has tirelessly pushed towards a goal to which all of us should aspire — a sustainable resolution of the Gaza conflict so that Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side and enjoy equal measures of security, dignity and freedom. To build towards that future, the Uni…
I thank Special Representative Ziadeh for her briefing, and I would like to acknowledge President Vučić and Prime Minister Kurti.
The United States remains committed to peace and stability in the Western Balkans, including through our support for the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission, i…
This is a sad day among so many sad days. We sadly gather here today to celebrate the life of a dedicated public servant, a fierce advocate for liberty and democracy and, on a personal level, a beloved friend. On behalf of the United States, the host country, I extend my deepest condolences to his f…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for his briefing.
There can be no doubt that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire. Yesterday Senior Coordinator Kaag outlined the steps the United Nations proposes to take to accelerate and expand the delivery of aid at scale. I was pleased that the C…
We have been clear in our statement, despite the fact that my Russian colleague thinks it was weak.
We carried out this action under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. And this comes down simply to freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and, yes, for the United States, bu…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their briefings.
It has been more than three months since Hamas carried out the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust and set this conflict into motion. It is a conflict that has killed and displ…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
As members have heard, last night, in response to ongoing and escalating Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, the United States and the United Kingdom, with support
from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, conducted a number of joi…
During last week’s Council meeting (see S/PV.9525), Member States demanded that the Houthis immediately cease maritime attacks in the Red Sea. Since then, the United States has worked closely with Japan to forge consensus around a strong resolution that amplifies this very message and, if adopted, w…
I wish a happy new year to colleagues, as this is my first meeting of the year.
We voted against all three of Russia’s amendments, which were put forward, we believe, in bad faith — at the
last minute — and, as is often the case, were divorced from reality.
We voted against Russia’s amendment tha…
This was tough, but we got there. Since the
start of this conflict, the United States has done work tirelessly to alleviate this humanitarian crisis, to get life-saving assistance into Gaza and to get hostages out of Gaza, to push for the protection of innocent civilians and humanitarian workers an…
I am not going to respond Russia’s rant — a country that has also created conditions that it is complaining about now in its unprovoked war in Ukraine. As colleagues can see, the United States did not support the oral amendment put forward by Russia. We believe that the humanitarian draft resolution…
