I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing and for attempting to ground the significant myths and disinformation that the Russian Federation has advanced in its efforts to rewrite history.
The deaths that Russia is lamenting are a direct consequence of its flagrant vio…
I thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing, and I would also like to welcome the representatives of Kuwait and Iraq to the meeting.
The United States welcomed Iraq’s progress towards stability last year, along with the assessment of the Special Representative of the Secretar…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We have seen the news reports of a strike hitting a bakery in Russia-occupied eastern Ukraine, with at least 28 killed, on 3 February. While we are unable to independently verify that information, the United States laments all civilian casua…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
On 2 February, at President Biden’s direction, the United States conducted precision air strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated militia groups. That necessary and proportionate action was ta…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salvador for her briefing and for the work that she and all the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) team are doing in Haiti. They operate in incredibly difficult conditions, and we recognize those challenges as they work to foster…
I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her informative briefing.
Let me begin by expressing condolences to all of those affected by one man’s decision to launch a war of aggression, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations. We are here today because President Putin decided t…
I thank Deputy High Representative Ebo for his briefing.
It is unfortunate that the Russian Federation continues to call for repeated meetings on this topic and to use the Council as a stage for its blatant disinformation, which we have unfortunately had to listen to this morning. It is cynicism of…
I thank Special Representative Simão and Ms. Théroux-Bénoni for their briefings.
The United States remains gravely concerned about the democratic backsliding across the region and strongly supports the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and its instrumental role in prevent…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director Wosornu for their very important and — I might add — sobering briefings today.
As this is the first meeting this year on the impacts of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we must not lose sight of the fact that the Charter of the United Na…
The United States welcomed the Security Council’s adoption on 22 December 2023 of resolution 2720 (2023), which called for urgent steps to be taken to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access in Gaza and create the necessary conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostil…
Two weeks ago, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield travelled to Ghana for the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial. While she was in Accra, she spoke to a group of young leaders at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. She told them that Africans deserve a better vision for security…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their sobering briefings.
As the year 2023 comes to a close, the Syrian political process remains frustratingly blocked, and the Syrian people are suffering greatly. The Security Council continues to rightly discuss the political and humanita…
Finding a way to better support African-Union-led peace support operations is a priority for the United States. In 2016, we spearheaded resolution 2320 (2016), which cemented the consensus behind the idea of burden- sharing between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to support the deploym…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Otunbayeva, Ambassador De La Gasca, Mr. Rajasingham and Ms. Akbar for their very informative briefings. I also thank the entire team of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for the work and commitment they have to a sta…
I apologize for taking the floor once again. I will be very brief. I just want to make it clear — if I did not do so earlier — that the United States has tried on numerous occasions to have a dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It has refused an unconditional dialogue. We have t…
I apologize for taking the floor, but I needed to respond to some points that were made by our Russian colleague.
She raised the issue of the United States being active, I believe, in increasing briefings on this issue. The reason we are active in raising this issue in briefings and calling for bri…
Let me also welcome the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to this meeting.
The United States is proud to have voted in favour of resolution 2717 (2023), which clearly responds to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s request to change the status quo while maintaining the Mission’s…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and the Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, Major General Gauchat, for their briefings.
Over the past few days and weeks, we have shared many of our thoughts on the subject, and we will have more to say late…
I thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing on why we are here.
From the outset, I want to affirm that the United States condemns in the strongest terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile and short-range ballistic missile launches this past weekend. There …
I thank all of today’s briefers for their efforts to call attention to the detrimental effects that the diversion and illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons have on international peace and security.
Responsible State use of conventional weapons contributes to global and regional securi…
