I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Let me start by saying that the United States remains committed to a two-State solution in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a Palestinian State and that we are concerned about any unilateral acts that exacerbate tensions…
I thank the briefers for their participation. Before I give my remarks, I would like to welcome Foreign Ministers Généus and Álvarez Gil at this meeting today, and I look forward to hearing their perspectives on the current situation in Haiti.
The United States continues to work to address Haiti’s …
The United States welcomes the Council’s adoption of this resolution on Myanmar (resolution 2669 (2022)). The resolution is a strong next step in the Council’s efforts to address the Myanmar military regime’s egregious behaviour. The resolution comes in response to the regime’s brutal repression and…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the tireless and principled work of the current co-penholders, Ireland and Norway.
This is the ninth meeting of the Security Council since the adoption of resolution…
The United States is pleased to vote in favour of extending the mandate of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). We appreciate the constructive efforts of our United Kingdom colleagues to lead the Security Council in agreeing to a six-month delay of the planned drawdown of ATMIS p…
I take the floor a second time to make a brief statement in response to breaking news reports from Afghanistan. We understand that the Taliban’s so-called Ministry of Higher Education has just issued a decision banning women from public and private universities. The United States condemns in the str…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Otunbayeva and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings. And we thank Ms. Seraj for her very sobering briefing on the overall situation in Afghanistan. The international community should take heed of her warning about the growing t…
I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his briefing today.
The United States is deeply concerned by the ongoing impediments to use of the Lachin corridor and the growing humanitarian implications of the situation. Let me be clear: impediments to the use of the Lachin corri…
The United States voted in favour of resolution 2666 (2022) so that the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) can continue its laudable efforts to protect civilians, deliver humanitarian assistance and support the Government of the Democr…
I extend my apologies for taking the floor. I would like to make a couple of points that need to be made, but I will be very brief.
Others have pointed out all the various actions by Iran that have an impact on international peace and security, but let me just make a couple of points. We all know t…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassadors Fergal Mythen and Silvio Gonzato for their briefings.
Seven and a half years ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2231 (2015) as part of the diplomacy that produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPO…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
The United States applauds the difficult but important role the international community plays in the pursuit of peace and stability throughout the Middle East. At the outset, we would like to extend our condolences to the family of the Irish …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his update on the current situation in Libya. We have been impressed with his perseverance so far in convening Libya’s leaders, and we continue to support his efforts.
In the seven years since the signing of the Libyan Political Ag…
I thank Ambassador De la Fuente Ramírez for his superb leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) over the past two years and his constructive and collaborative work on resolution 2663 (2022) adopted today. His tenure serves as an example to future Ch…
The United States is pleased to vote in favour of the extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Somalia and the renewal of the arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze measures for a further 12 months. We welcome the commendable progress made by the Federal Government of Somalia on weapon…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Executive Secretary Tiaré for their informative briefings.
The United States is growing increasingly concerned about the security, humanitarian and political crises unfolding in the Sahel. The region has witnessed a dramatic increase in the strength and…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and our briefers today, and I want to especially thank Ghana for bringing us together to discuss how United Nations police can support the implementation of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative. It is also critical that we continue to support t…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for sharing the progress of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
(UNISFA) on mandate implementation, and for their updates on Abyei.
The United States deeply appreciates UNISFA’s tireless efforts to imp…
I thank Special Envoy Xia for his informative briefing. I would also like to welcome to this meeting the representatives from South Africa, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The United Nations Strategy for Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General De Serpa Soares for his briefing.
The claim that Russia is making is simply dumbfounding. Once again, Russia has wasted the Security Council’s time to deflect attention from its
own egregious wrongdoing. Russia claims that requests from the United States and other c…
