I thank Mr. Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his informative briefing, and it is a pleasure to welcome him back to the Council.
I would like to first express my country’s firm commitment to supporting the democratic aspirations of the people of Central Africa. There are…
The United States thanks Gabon for its stewardship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti and commends the Committee’s activities this past year. We are also grateful to the Panel of Experts for their important work. Their comprehensive reporting has kept th…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her informative briefing today. I would also like to welcome the representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to today’s meeting. The United States appreciates the dedication that Special Representative of the Se…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing.
For the past two months, the Security Council has been engaged in continuous meetings on the topics highlighted in his recent letter (S/2023/962). In parallel, and even as it has supported the right of another Member State to defend its people ag…
Despite a rushed process and a lack of appropriate consultation by the authors of draft resolution S/2023/970, the United States engaged in good faith on the text. We proposed language with an eye to arriving at a constructive draft resolution that would have reinforced the life-saving diplomacy we …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I also want to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his remarks, as well as Executive Director Waly, Ms. Cammett and Ms. Nyanjura for their efforts to strengthen the Security Council’s understanding of transnational organized crime. I…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and Director of Coordination Rajasingham for their briefings today.
Since February of 2022, Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of nearly 10,000 civilians, injured more than 18,000 people and displaced more than 6 m…
I thank Special Adviser Ritscher for his briefing on the efforts of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD) to ensure accountability for the group’s heinous crimes in Iraq. I also welcome the Iraqi Amba…
Since this is the first time I take the floor under your presidency, Sir, let me congratulate you and your team for assuming the Security Council presidency and offer my delegation’s full support as you carry out your duties.
I wish to thank Council members for their engagement on this resolution (…
I would first like to thank the United Kingdom, as the penholder, for its strenuous efforts to try to find consensus on the text.
While the United States voted in favour of resolution 2715 (2023) in order to enable a safe and orderly drawdown of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance M…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for her briefing today. We note that the Russian Federation invited an official from Moscow’s Patriarchate to brief the Security Council today about the religious-freedom situation in another Member State. We also take note of Russia’s change of position with …
The United States was pleased to vote in favour of extending the mandates of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) (resolution 2710 (2023)) during this important time in Somalia. We appreciate the constructive efforts of our …
I would like to thank France for its balanced approach in facilitating the renewal of this important mandate.
We voted in favour of resolution 2709 (2023) because the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) deserves the Council’s br…
I thank Director-General Ghebreyesus and Director General Jilani for their briefings today and for their dedication over the past few weeks amid extraordinary challenges.
At the top, let me emphasize that we are closely monitoring the situation at the hospitals in Gaza. We are deeply concerned for …
Let me first thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing.
We again find ourselves in the Chamber, at Russia’s behest, before the facts on the ground can be determined. But that does not seem to have prevented Russia from desperately attempting to point its finger at others in an effort…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Tetteh for sharing the progress of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on its mandate implementation and their updates on Abyei. The United States deeply appreciates UNISFA’s tireless efforts to implement its mandated…
Let me first congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency. I also wish to congratulate the delegation of Brazil for its successful presidency. I also want to thank the Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Komšić, for participating in today’s meeting.
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I thank High Commissioner Grandi for all he does alongside his team and partners on behalf of refugees around the world.
We mourn for all the United Nations staff who have been killed in Gaza over the past few weeks. Their deaths are a sobering reminder of the dangers United Nations and other human…
I thank Director Rajasingham for his briefing and the life-saving efforts of his colleagues in Ukraine.
As winter arrives, Ukraine is preparing for Russia’s continued attacks on critical infrastructure. Last winter Ukraine faced near daily targeted attacks by Russia on its energy infrastructure. Th…
I will be very brief. I think that, as the record shows, on Wednesday, 25 October, China voted against draft resolution S/2023/792, submitted by the United States (see S/PV. 9453). That is a fact.
